TESOL Canada
Sample questions -
Choose the correct answer:
1. What is one of the most impressive and fascinating aspects of human
development in learning English?
A) Language Acquisition
B) Language Learning
C) Language Involvement
D) Language Enrichment
2. What kind of sentences have several words devoid of function which are combined
together?
A) Telegraphic
B) Videographic
C) Telescoraphic
D) Audio graphic
3. What is the Learning of second language at a later stage of life called?
A) Simultaneous bilinguals
B) Sequential bilinguals
C) Sequential audio-lingual
D) Sequential lingual.
4. What is the prolonged distance from family language and intense proximity to
second language during early school days leads to?
A) Additional bilingualism
B) Ultra-bilingualism
C) Native bilingualism
D) Subtractive bilingualism
5. What kind of a development in a child is related to language learning?
A) Cognitive
B) Physical
C) Mental
D) psychological
6. How can young learners behave in an informal second language-learning scenario
until they are ready to speak?
A) Remain silent
B) Interact
C) Interpret
D) convey
7. The term young learners refers to the children between
A) 10 and 12 years
B) 9 and 13 years
C) 13 and 14 years
D) 5 and 12 years
8. While reviewing the lesson you should:
A) Make it more teacher centric and not fun based
B) Make it more student centric, fun based and a short activity
C) Make it more teacher centric and a long activity
D) Make it rigid and allow the teacher to take the final lead
9. How often the older learners especially students in language classroom get
exposure to second language?
A) Limited
B) No
C) Much
D) Best
10. What is the theory that tells adaptation of the first language becomes easier if it
has similarities with the second?
A) Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
B) Contractive Analysis Hypothesis
C) Constructive Analysis Hypothesis
D) Communicative Analytic Hypothesis
11. What is Chomsky’s inherent Language Acquisition device or LAD now known as?
A) Universal Grammar
B) Universal Language Theory
C) Language Acquiring Device
D) Universal Language Acquiring Device
12. Which theory of Second Language Acquisition is Stephen Krashen’s ‘Monitor Model’
based?
A) Innatist
B) Audio- lingual method
C) Communicative Language Teaching method
D) Suggestopedia
13. What is the approach that gives more importance to the environment than to the
knowledge of the learner?
A) Constructivism
B) Connectivism
C) Connectionism
D) Communication
14. What is the book written by Dave Hopkins on Language Acquisition and Language
Learning?
A) Smart Moves
B) Common Moves
C) Smooth Moves
D) Special Moves
15. What are three hierarchical components in EFL Teaching methodology?
A) Approach, Method, Technique
B) Understand, acquire, Apply
C) Procedure, Application, Investigation
D) Procedure/Method/Application
16. In which context do task based learning focuses for the use of language?
A) Practical
B) Authentic
C) Virtual
D) Reflective
17. What is the central component of Suggestopedia method of language teaching?
A) Art
B) Craft
C) Music
D) Art and Music
18. Which method was proposed by Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terrell?
A) The Silent way/
B) Suggestopedia
C) Natural
D) Grammar Translation Method
19. In how many levels students can be divided based on the ability of English
Language Learning?
A) Four
B) Eight
C) Six
D) Three
20. What helps the teacher to become aware of the differences in languages and the
difficulties of the children?
A) Grammar
B) Phonetics
C) Phonology
D) Methodology
21. How many kinds of Grammar are there?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Three
D) Two
22. Which method focuses on elaborate explanations of the intricacies of
grammar?
A) Grammar Translation Method
B) Communicative Language Teaching
C) Natural Approach
D) The Silent way
23. Which method of teaching is called “bottom up” approach?
A) Natural
B) Communicative language Teaching
C) Inductive
D) Deductive
24. How many phonemes do the standard model of British English have?
A) 44
B) 14
C) 26
D) 28
25. What is declarative knowledge?
A) Knowing the rules.
B) Using the rules.
C) Communicating with the rules
D) Learning the rules.
26. What is the full form of CPR?
A) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
B) Cardiopulmonary Reconciliation
C) Cardiopulmonary Respiration
D) Cardiopulmonary Recapitulation
27. What is a realistic situation?
A) An event that directly relates to student
B) An event that directly relates to the teacher
C) An event that directly relates to the classroom situation
D) An event that directly relates to both the teacher and the student
28. The language learning in Behaviourism is based on:
A) Imitation
B) Practice
C) Feedback on success
D) All of the above
29. The critical period in language learning refers to:
A) Indefinite time period
B) Specific time period with uncommon set of language principles
C) Specific time period with common set of language principles
D) None of the above
30. How many levels does grammar comprise of?
A) one level
B) two level
C) four levels
D) three levels
31. Deductive grammar signifies:
A) Explanations of Rules followed by examples
B) Explanation of examples followed by rules
C) Both
D) None of the above
32. What is the basic framework of a lesson plan comprise of?
A) Pre listening only
B) While listening only
C) Post listening only
D) All of the above
33. What is the analysis of language related to?
A) Pre listening stage
B) While listening stage
C) Pre and While listening stage
D) Post listening stage
34. What are the steps of modelling in communicative activities?
A) S/T
B) T/S
C) S/S
D) T/S, S-T, S/S
35. Bunching technique in a class is associated with
A) Grouping of students
B) Grouping of pictures
C) Grouping of teaching aids
D) All of the above
36. What are the steps mandatory in a lesson plan?
A) Teacher’s instruction and student participation
B) Objective and aids
C) Objective, aids and time
D) Objective and time
37. How long will be the review or the follow up activity?
A) Long 20 min
B) Short 5-10 min
C) Long and teacher centric
D) All of the above
38. Which method is effective in teaching simple language for students at lower
levels?
A. Presentation, practice, production.
B. Audio Lingualism.
C. Task based learning.
D. All of the above.
39. What does Business English comprise of?
A) General everyday English
B) General Business English
C) English for specific purpose
D) All of the above
40. What is Need analysis based on?
A) Need of the learner and need of the company
B) Need of the stakeholders
C) The school, university or training provider
D) All of the above
1. Draft out a skeletal outline for a conversation activity/ workshop
about “Learning to Swim.” (THIS QUESTION PROVIDES DOUBLE POINTS.)
Include sample of a dialogue, the link to a relevant YouTube Video, a list of
vocabularies used in the above context, and some relevant pictures such as
Swimming in the beach, pool, etc. Mention the points that a draft shall include
and design a short activity on the above subject. (i.e: Number of Students, Age,
Level, Time, Objectives, etc.)
2. Draft out a skeletal outline for a Grammar 4-skills based Lesson Plan
about “Cooking Indian Cuisine.” (THIS QUESTION PROVIDES DOUBLE
POINTS.)
Include sample of reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabularies, grammar,
exercises, dialogue, pictures, follow-up homework, and a link to a relevant
YouTube Video. Mention the points that a full Lesson Plan shall include and outline
the activity’s procedure.
(i.e: Number of Students, Age, Level, Time, Terminal Objectives, Enabling
Objectives, etc.)
