Language, Basic Concepts, Theories & Pedagogy. English in Use

To Read

1. Language
2. Features of language
3. Main components of language
4. Basic concepts: Idiolect, Dialect, language
5. Descriptive and Prescriptive
6. Origin and development of language
7. Language acquisition

1. means of communication and self expression
2. displacement
3. Arbitrariness
4. non-instinctive conventional
5. duality of structure: sound and meaning
6. verbal symbolism
7. social phenomenon
8. human entity
9. creative, complex, extendable and modifiable
10. structurally complex

1. Listening
2. Speaking
3. Reading
4. Writing

1. Idiolect
2. Dialect
3. Language
4. Pidgin
5. Diachronic and synchronic
6. Langue and Parole
7. Competence and performance
8. Descriptive and prescriptive

1. The Bow-wow theory
2. The Pooh-Pooh theory
3. The Ding-dong theory
4. The Yo-He-Ho Theory
5. The Ta Ta Theory
6. The La La Theory
7. Gestural Theory
8. The Music Theory
9. The Contract Theory

1. The Communicative Approach or Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
2. The Structural Approach
3. The Oral Approach or Situational Language Teaching

1. Direct Method
2. Grammar Translation Method
3. Audio-Lingual Method
4. Total Physical Response (TPR)
5. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
6. The Silent Way
7. Community Language Learning
8. Immersion
9. Task-based Language Learning
10. The Natural Approach
11. The Lexical Syllabus

1. Babbling Stage: Learning the sound system of a language
2. Holophrastic Stage: Learning the Syntax and Semantics of Language
3. The Two-World Stage: Learning the Grammar of a Language

1. Behaviourism
2. Mentalism
3. Behavioural (Empirical) Approach

1. Receptive Language before Expressive Language
2. Environmental Influences on Language Acquisition
3. Neutral networks
4. Biological Influences of Language Acquisition
5. Biology and environment

1. Linguistic Principles of Teaching English
2. General Princiipals of Teaching a foreign Language
   1. Follow the Natural Way
   2. Principles of the Formation of Habits

1. The method of teaching English adopted at present in school curriculum is functional communicative approach
2. FAC is opposite to Structural Approach
3. Communicative language Teaching replaces Structural teachng
4. Direct method is also known as natural method
5. Grammar translation method stresses on: accuracy
6. Grammar translation method is used to teach: classical language
7. The objective of direct method: to develop a command over the target language
8. Grammar translation method is used to: enhance a student’s communication skills
9. Traditional method goes against the pedagogic principles
10. The incidental or Correlative Method is known as: Inductive***
11. Journey from example to generalization is : inductive method
12. Inductive method: known to unknown, simple to complex
13. Deductive method proceeds from: generalization to specification, law and rule to observation
14. One of the principles of materials preparation of language learning is that grading of the material can be chosen
15. Correct pronounciation of individual sound is related to accuracy
16. Language acquisition occurs only when: the child has exposure to the language.
17. When a child is asked to recite a poem, it can help the teacher to test: comprehension
18. The structure ‘he goes to school’ is often produced by learners due to over generalizations of rules
19. For teaching grammar, the best grammar that a teacher can use is: pedagogic grammar
20. A test opf listening comprehension is a test of: receptive skill
21. Organisation of arguments and ideas in paragraphs is an important aspect of: writing personal letters
22. Brain storming means: to collect all ideas on a topic
23. Interective listening is listening and responding
24. Reading skils can be developed best by: focusing on the use of words from context in the text
25. Mother tongue influence can be effectively minimised in the classroom by: giving inputs from the target language in a simple graded manner.