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1

In which situation is negotiation of meaning not possible?
A)Listening to a radio program in the target language.
B)Ordering food at a restaurant in the target language country.
C)Interviewing for a job in the target language.
2

Simplified input is best characterized as...
A)speech that adults use when they speak with children.
B)modified speech to L2 learners so that comprehension is made easier.
C)speech that native speakers use when they speak with non-native speakers to make themselves understood.
3

Which of the following instructors is the best “high-input-giving” instructor?
A)Instructor A: She uses the target language to talk about familiar topics that taps into learners’ background knowledge.
B)Instructor B: She only uses the target language in the classroom. She will not use students’ L1 under any circumstances
C)Instructor C: She provides her students with input via a variety of different sources (i.e., newspaper articles, songs, poems, television, etc.).
4

What do we mean when we say that a vocabulary lesson is both didactic and communicative?
A)The goal of the lesson is to teach vocabulary and to help students practice their oral skills at the same time.
B)The goal of the lesson is to teach vocabulary and to help students pronounce the vocabulary words correctly.
C)The goal of the lesson is to teach vocabulary and to have students learn something about each other, the instructor, or the world around them.
5

Which of the following vocabulary activities is not an input activity?
A)Instructor uses Total Physical Response (TPR) to teach vocabulary.
B)Instructor holds up a picture and students must tell the teacher what the visual is using the target language.
C)Students mark up a photocopied visual according to what the instructor says.
6

Which of the following is most critical to L2 acquisition?
A)input
B)comprehensible input
C)explicit information about language







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