What is the skill among the ones given below that cannot be tested in a formal written examination?
Meaning of words and phrases
Extensive reading for pleasure
Analysing texts
Reading for information
Ania, while teaching paragraph construction, should draw attention to
originality of ideas
topic sentence, supporting details and connectors
a range of vocabulary
a large variety of idea
Which of the following is suitable for making students responsible for their own learning?
Using technology to chat and network
Encouraging students to ask more and more questions
Giving a lot of homework, project work and assignments to improve language skills of students
Discouraging students from making decisions about how they learn best
The Constructivist Approach to learning means
teaching rules of grammar and consolidating through rigorous practice
helping learners acquire new vocabulary by studying literature intensively
teaching new words and structures using a variety of audio-visual aids followed by practice through drill
involving the students in a variety of activities to encourage them to learn new words and structures by accommodating them with those that they have already learnt through a process of discovery
Which of the following is not a legitimate purpose of assessment in education?
To rank the learners on the basis of marks
To find out to what extent curriculum objectives have been achieved
To identify individual and special needs of learners
To improve the teaching-learning process
A child-centered classroom is characterized by
very passive teachers and active learners
a variety of learning activities for the learners
children sitting in the center of the classroom
children teaching other children under the supervision of the teacher
A teacher uses a report from a newspaper to teach writing. The material used thus for teaching is referred to as
authentic material
external material
realistic material
natural material
When a test item expects the learners to use tense forms, voice, connectors, prepositions, and articles accurately, such an approach can be called
mixed grammar task
improper grammar testing
integrated grammar testing
asserted grammar practice