Quiz Answers: Language Acquisition, Young Learners and TPR Activities

1. Which of the following is NOT Listen and Move activities: c) Simon says.

2. Language acquisition requires: d) All of the above.

3. According to Krashen: c) Comprehensible input is important for language acquisition.

4. Young learners are d) B and C: b) Are comfortable with routines and enjoy repetition. c) Have a short attention span and need variety.

5. The term concentration span has to do with: a) The time and capacity children have to concentrate on one activity.

6. Kinesthetic intelligence, or body smart, includes skills like: d) A and B: a) Good sense of balance. b) Coordination.

7. An awareness of one's own feelings belongs to which type of intelligence? d) Intrapersonal, or self smart.

8. Children's first words most commonly refer to: a) Concrete objects.

9. Which of the following statements belongs to language acquisition? c) Learners need a scarcity of natural communication.

10. The mentalist theory about language acquisition says that: a) Nurture and nature are equally important for language acquisition.

11. Chomsky defined LAD as: b) A Language Acquisition Device.

12. According to Skinner, operant conditioning is: d) A and B. a) Voluntary behavior of the learner's own free will. b) The result of reinforced training.

13. Listen and do activities must involve: d) Both A and B. a) TPR activities. b) Gestures and miming.

14. When children listen and identify, activities they are: d) All of the above.

15. Which is NOT a listen and do activity? c) Coloring the classroom objects in a worksheet.

16. Listen and Move activities involve children in a more creative process and: d) A, B and C. These activities children work they have to.

17. To prepare for Listen and Move: a) Prepare and practice the activity and instructions.

18. Which sentence does NOT fit in Listen and Move activities? c) Stand up and point to the door.

19. When children do TPR activities: c) Both A and B. a) They learn by... b) They are not conscious.

20. The five Cs in CLIL are: c) Content, communication, cognition and culture.

21. CLIL could be defined as: c) Content and Language Integrated Learning.

22. HOTS and LOTS are: b) Different types of thinking skills.

23. CALP stands for: a) Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency.

24. BICS is: a) Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills.

25. When giving an Arts and Crafts lesson, the teacher has to: d) All of the above.

26. When teaching a second language to young learners, you have to: d) All of the above.

27. Speaking in group: d) All of the above.

28. Which is NOT a language activity that develops speaking skills? a) Drawing.

29. Literacy is: d) The ability to understand, communicate and produce printed and written text.

30. When teaching to read and write, teachers must: b) Diagnose language acquisition and production problems that a child may have.