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1. Ms. Roallos, an English teacher, divided the class group and gave a problem-solving entitled “lost in a Desert Island.” She wanted to provide her students with an activity that would allow them to signal that one wanted to speak. What specific speech routine used in conversation did Ms. Roallos adhere to?

A. Feedback

B. Initiating the task

C. Interaction

D. Turn-taking

ANS: B. Initiating the task

-The items are skills used during conversation.

2. Which mandates that “for purpose of communication and instruction, the official languages of the Philippines are Filipino, and until otherwise provided by law, English”?

A.  1987 Philipines Constitution

B. Education Act of 1982

C. R.A. 10533

D. R.A. 10157

ANS: A. 1987 Philippine Constitution

-Article XIV, Sec.7

3. Ms. Comia gave her class a group assignment. The class must come up with possible solutions to the growing number of vandalism in their school. Each group is expected to come up with a proposal. . What kind of assessment task in speaking is she using?

A. Intensive

B. Responsive

C. Extensive

D. Interactive

ANS: C. Extensive

-One of the most difficult aspects of speaking that involves complex relatively lengthy stretches of discourse by doing oral presentation such as a report proposals, sales idea new product, retelling a story, etc. that allow the students to use what they learned in English by culminating everything in one solid presentation.)

Intensive task – involves cued tasks (picture cue) to elicit oral language performance by producing short stretches of language such as telling a story or event or  by reading aloud.

Responsive task- involve brief interactions which helps the teacher realize the students ability to participate in discussions through the use of questions that are simple and referential and instructions to give more learners more opportunities to produce meaningful language responses.

Interactive task – includes task that involve long stretches of interactive discourses of language such as interviews role-plays, discussion, games, speeches, extender, explanation, and transitions that allows teacher to evaluate students ability in producing fluid, detailed and in-depth discussions.

4. Which type of situation in speaking involves face-to-face conversations telephone calls, in which participants are alternately listening and speaking, and in which they have a chance to ask for clarification, repetition, or slower speech from their conversation partner?

A. Interactive

B. Non-interactive

C. Partially interactive

D. Extensivelly  interactive

ANS: A. Interactive

-Partially interactive speaking situation is exemplified when giving a speech to a live audience where the convention is that.

5. The principle reminded the teacher, “Make sure your tasks have a linguistic (language-based) objective, and seize the opportunity to help students to perceive and use meaningfully the building blocks of language.” What principle in teaching speaking will teacher follow?

A. Focus on both fluency and accuracy

B. Give students opportunities to initiate oral communication

C. Capitalize on the natural link between speaking and listening

D. All of the above

ANS: A. Focus on both fluency and accuracy

-The other items are principles that do not match to the given situation.)

6. To help the students to get to process information received, which of the following expressions should the teacher model?

A. Asking for clarification (What did you say?)

B. Asking someone to repeat something (Pardon me, please?)

C. Using fillers (uh, I mean, Hmm)

D. Getting someone’s attention (Hey, say, so)

ANS: C. Using fillers (uh, I mean, Hmm)

-The other items are concerned with other speaking strategies

7. Which of the following actions should the teacher do in order to encourage students to participate in any speaking activity?

I. Provide an oral or written text/prompt before engaging the learners in the speaking task.

II. Let the students write reflections about the activity

III. Ask the students to share their ideas right away.

A. I only

B. II only

C. III only

D. I, II and III

ANS: I. Provide an oral or written text/prompt before engaging the learners in the speaking task.

-Listening, reading, and speaking can reinforce each other. Speaking or the skill in producing language orally is often initiated through comprehension of a meaningful input.

8. In teaching speaking, particularly when teachers aim to provide appropriate feedback and correction to the learners who make an error because they have not had sufficient knowledge of the language system, the teachers should _____________________.

I. not correct the learners but give more models and opportunities to observe the correct language form

II. correct the learners right away and teach the accurate, correct, and appropriate language form

III. let the learners errors remain for they will learn to correct them as they grow older

A. I only

B. II only

C. III only

D. I, II and III

ANS: I. not correct the learners but give more models and opportunities to observe the correct language form

-Implicit correction through modeling helps flood out errors  through self-correction.

9. The teachers lets the students listen to a recorded oral text that provides the students models on how use “uh-huh, right, ok Hmm” , etc. Which speaking strategy does the teacher emphasize and develop?

A. Asking for clarification

B. Using conversation maintenance cues

C. Getting someone’s attention

D. Asking someone to repeat

ANS: B. Using conversation maintenance cues

- The other items do not match with the language forms presented.

10. To illustrate the principle. “Encourage the use of authentic language.” Which of the following should teachers AVOID?

A. Provide texts used in a particular discipline such as weather report, news report

B. Design task such as interview for employment purpose, asking information in a particular place, advertising a product or place, etc.

C. Prepare audio-visual aids such as Maps, globe, radio, books, references, etc.

D. Use labels of any item, community announcements, speeches etc.

ANS: C. Prepare audio-visual aids such as Maps, globe, radio, books, references, etc.

-The other items do not match with the language forms presented

11. When focused on accuracy, the teacher lets the students realize the importance of language form and usage given emphasis in  the speaking task by showing two videos: 1). A video featuring a subject who uses the language erroneously and 2). A video showing people who use the language correctly. Which act is of what to look for to learn the language?

A. Error correction

B. Consciuosness raising

C. Error analysis

D. Reflective thinking

ANS: B. Consciousness raising

-It’s a term that means to stimulate learners’ awareness of the importance of what they learning to achieve their goals.

12. In teaching speaking for beginners activities whenever possible.” Which activity should the teacher provide?

I. Ask the learners to complete the prompt, “On my way to school, I saw ______________.

II.  Let the learners to read in chorus the list of words on the board

III. Let the learners bring pictures of their family members, trips to different places, etc. and ask them to share  story about the picture.

IV. Let the learners recite the dialogue by rote.

A. I and II

B. II and IV

C. II and III

D. I and III

ANS: C. II and III

-The other items are not relevant to learners’ personal experiences

13. A student shows unwillingness to participate in any speaking activity because when he reported in one subject he was laughed at when he mispronounce some words such as “stimulose” for stimulus, “ipikt” for  effect, etc. Which may be the reason of his problem in speaking?

A. Has nothing to say

B. Naturally shy and timid

C. L 1 interference

D. Uneven participation       

ANS: C. L 1 interference

-The learner’s mother tongue or L1 interferes in terms of phonology

14. Canale ad Swain (1980) proposed that the teaching of speaking must aim at the development of the communicative competence; hence learners must be able to communicate freely and  spontaneously. In this regard, what should speaking classes feature?

A. Must be structured around functional uses of language

B. Should emphasize language forms  and structures

C. Must be replete with translations, repetitions of drill using building blocks language

D. Should emphasize meaning only

ANS: A. Must be structured around functional uses of language

-The other will not help facilitate effective communicative, rather language learning only.

15. In teaching speaking, which of the following statements should the teacher observe demonstrate the principles in teaching pattern drills?

A. For beginners, introduce stress and intonation by pure intonation by pure imitation

B. Start by letting the students to be on their own in saying polite expressions like Hello!, Good Morning!, Good Afternoon! Etc. 

C. Ask students to use the expression in meaningful discourse in chorus or individually

D. Illustrates the meaning of the expressions through translation, direct instructions and dictation

ANS: A. For beginners, introduce stress and intonation by pure intonation by pure imitation

-The other items are inappropriate in teaching pattern drills.

16. Which of the following is/are an area/s involved in speaking?

I. Form and Mechanics including pronunciation , grammar, and vocabulary which are the components in using the right words in the right order with the correct pronunciation

II. Functions such as transaction and interaction which require knowing when clarity of message is essential  (transaction/information exchange)and when precise understanding is not required (interaction/relationship building)

III. Social and Cultural rules and norms including turn-taking, rate of speech , length of pauses between speakers, relative roles of participants and understanding how to take into account who is speaking to whom in what circumstances about what, and for what reason.

A. I only

B. I and III

C. II and III

D. I, II and III

ANS: D. I, II and III

17. In speaking class, the teacher facilities the lesson by observing this procedure: presenting a (weather report) , taking notes to students response in the form of content and grammar points  (Verb Tense), providing exercises individually or collaboratively for mastery of what been presented and letting the students perform a task (preparing a brochure on what to do during inclement weather conditions. Which of the following describes/s the teacher’s instructional procedure?

I. Provides a language input that is both content and form-orientation

II. Uses structured output focused on sound and word formation

II. Designs a communicate output to complete a task that integrates language form and function

A. I and II

B. II and IV

C. II and III

D. I and III

ANS: A. I and II

-The other items present a feature that is inappropriate in facilitating a teaching procedure in speaking.

18. Which of the following is NOT true about the language input used in speaking?

A. Comes in the form of teacher talk. Listening activities, readings passage , and the language heard and read outside of class

B. Gives learners the material they need to begin  producing the language orally

C. May be content oriented or form oriented

D. Presents the type of discourse/task designed by the teacher for the students to do at the end of the teaching session

ANS: D. presents the type of discourse/task designed by the teacher for the students to do at the end of the teaching session

- The other items are false.

19. In teaching speaking, the teacher should recognize that __________.

A. All communicative output may in turn be a language input; hence, task must be carefully planned

B. All language must be available materials to use

C. processing language input must be limited to form; therefore, the teaches must be a good model/ source of language learning.

D. all structured output must be done individual basis; hence, group work must be avoided

ANS: A. All communicative output may in turn be a language input; hence, task must be carefully planned

- The other items are all true.

20. Using information Gap Activity for beginners, the teacher uses prompts such as “Is my dress?, Do I  have long hair?, Are there thirty students in the class?, Are we Filipino?”, etc. Which of the following describe/s the teaching procedure?

I. The teacher uses referential questions t help students discover unknown information

II. The teacher uses display questions to promote student speaking, or to promotes them remember certain known information.

III. The teaches uses both referential and display

IV. The teachers helps the learners know and use the language

A. I and III

B. II and III

C. II and IV

D. I and IV

ANS: B. II and III

-The other items seek to discover information

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