Test on Evolution of English Language Teaching

Question 1: The Audiolingual Method, a dominant teaching method in the United States during the 1960s, drew on American structural linguistics and behaviourist psychology.

A. Ano

B. Ne

Explanation: The study materials state that the Audiolingual Method (AM), which was the dominant method in the United States in the 1960s, drew on American structural linguistics and behaviourist psychology.

Question 2: According to the study materials, which of the following were contributing factors to the increased demand for English after World War II and its expansion as an international language?

A. The emergence of the Audiolingual Method and Situational Language Teaching.

B. Increased numbers of immigrants, refugees, and foreign students.

C. Growth of air travel, international tourism, and international trade.

D. The widespread study of classical languages in Europe.

Explanation: The study materials state that after World War II, demand for English greatly increased due to immigrants and refugees, plus foreign students. It also mentions that by the 1950s English expanded as an international language, with contributing factors including the growth of air travel, international tourism, and international trade and commerce. The Audiolingual Method and Situational Language Teaching were methodological responses to this demand, not causes of the demand itself. The status of classical languages was reviewed in Europe, but this was not a contributing factor to the increased demand for English.

Question 3: Teacher training programs are listed as a developmental stage within Johnson's Curriculum Framework.

A. Ano

B. Ne

Explanation: Johnson's Curriculum Framework outlines developmental stages as curriculum planning, specification of ends and means, program implementation, and classroom implementation. Teacher training programs are listed as a product, not a developmental stage.

Question 4: Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) shifted its focus towards communicative outcomes and communicative skills.

A. Ano

B. Ne

Explanation: The study materials state that the 'Focus moved to communicative outcomes + communicative skills' as part of the shift away from grammar-centred teaching, which CLT represents.

Question 5: Which of the following characterized the linguistic background that influenced Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in the 1970s?

A. A continued focus on grammar as the only core of language.

B. An increased emphasis on language use, communicative purposes, and situations.

C. The introduction of the Notional Syllabus as the primary syllabus model.

D. A move towards synthetic approaches in language teaching.

Explanation: The study materials state that the linguistic background of CLT in the 1970s involved a 'shift away from grammar as only core' and an 'Emphasis on: language use + communicative purposes + situations', leading to 'Communicative competence: using language appropriately in context'. Option 0 contradicts this shift. Option 2 refers to a syllabus model, not the linguistic background itself. Option 3 contradicts the move away from traditional grammar syllabuses, which were synthetic.