MCQ Bank
Generativism calls the language learners as having a(n) _________ ability to learn language.
- A) acquired
- B) taught
- C) partial
- D) innate
According to Schmidt “subliminal language learning is ________”.
- A) impossible
- B) None of the given options
- C) less complex
- D) easy to tackle
According to Constructivism, people ________ their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiencing things and reflecting on their experiences.
- A) imitate
- B) construct
- C) segregate
- D) improve
According to Long’s Interaction Hypothesis (IH), interaction with ___________ is necessary for L2 acquisition.
- A) pidgin users
- B) native speakers
- C) creole users
- D) L2 speakers
In the context of symbolic competence, the discourse which reveals about social relations, memories, emotions, and aspirations is termed as symbolic _______.
- A) power
- B) competence
- C) representation
- D) action
Which of the following components was truly focused by Celce-Murcia et al for studying communicative competence?
- A) Linguistic
- B) Pragmatic
- C) Discourse
- D) Strategic
Knowledge means understanding whereas competence means ________.
- A) skill
- B) view
- C) awareness
- D) perception
According to Cummins, Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) are language skills needed in _________.
- A) language classrooms
- B) legal documentation
- C) research papers
- D) social situations
In 1996, Bachman and Palmer revisited the model of CLA and made _______.
- A) minor changes mostly in nomenclature
- B) drastic changes to the change the model altogether
- C) no changes in the nomenclature
- D) major changes in its core features
Primarily, the CUP Model deals with _____________.
- A) L2 learning
- B) L1 interference
- C) L1 and L2 proficiency
- D) L1 acquisition
CALP Model was proposed by _____________.
- A) Claud Levi Strauss
- B) Jim Summins
- C) Richard Dawkins
- D) Richardson
Which of the following competence was added by Celce-Murcia in his revised model of communicative competence (2007)?
- A) Strategic
- B) Linguistic
- C) Discourse
- D) Formulaic
The CUP Model was forwarded by __________.
- A) Ferdinand De Sassure
- B) Michael Bakthin
- C) Halliday
- D) Cummins and Swain
Which of the following is true for communicative competence proposed by Celce-Murcia et al.?
- A) A set of various linguistic skills
- B) Fixed system of discrete abilities
- C) Hierarchical set of discrete competencies
- D) Dynamic and interactive construct
In their revised model of communicative competence, Canale and Swain divided __________ competence into two components.
- A) grammatical
- B) pragmatic
- C) strategic
- D) sociolinguistic
Learner’s ability to combine grammatical forms and meanings to find different ways to speak or write defines _________ competence.
- A) strategic
- B) sociolinguistic
- C) discourse
- D) grammatical
Like Hymes, Canale and Swain also presented a model of ________.
- A) cultural competence
- B) social competence
- C) communicative competence
- D) political competence
In the context of symbolic competence, what words say and what they reveal about mind defines the concept of symbolic ________.
- A) power
- B) representation
- C) action
- D) competence
CALP Model primarily deals with __________.
- A) social interaction
- B) higher studies in English
- C) school based learning
- D) social situations
The CUP model was proposed in __________.
- A) 1990
- B) 1992
- C) 1988
- D) 1986