VU Midterm Past Papers
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Q1. How many types of Behaviorism are there?
Q2. The concept of ______ is equally applicable to L1 and L2 in language learning process.
Q3. Pavlovian conditioning is associating an unconditioned stimulus, already responded to with a new stimulus, so that the new stimulus brings about the same ______.
Q4. According to Chomsky, UG is also known as ______.
Q5. Lenneberg Theory is known as ______.
Q6. The ______ of UG are universal and they apply to all human languages.
Q7. Target language is taught or learned through imitation in ______ method of language teaching.
Q8. A learners’ classroom performance is termed as ______.
Q9. Inductive process follows learning from ______ to generalization.
Q10. Which of the following approaches makes the foundation of contrastive analysis?
Q11. Who proposed the theory of ‘Universal Grammar’?
Q12. Process of language acquisition is common in all languages as it involves ______ and behavior.
Q13. Acquisition has nothing to do with intelligence, i.e. children of different degrees of intelligence all go through the same process of acquiring their ______ language.
Q14. ______ approach says that language is a process, carried out in the first years of childhood.
Q15. According to Edward Thorndike (1898) any behavior that is followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be ______.
Q16. ______ network is a knowledge structure that depicts how concepts are related to one another.
Q17. The famous philosophical statement: I think, therefore I am is by ______.
Q18. ______ focuses on the use of scaffolding.
Q19. Theory of verbal behavior is a/an_____ of his general theory of learning Operant Conditioning.
Q20. According to Chomsky, _____ is the actual use of language in concrete situations.
Q21. There are ____ types of responses or Operant identified by Skinner that can follow behavior.
Q22. There are ____ basic types of reinforcements in Behaviorism.
Q23. Which approach emphasizes scientific study of observable behavior?
Q24. According to Chomsky, language acquisition is ____.
Q25. Which grammar focuses on the function of language?
Q26. _____ are mediational processes proposed by Bandura.
Q27. Chomsky believes that Skinner's Behaviorism the assumptions that the external factors ‘condition’ a child to respond in a particular way .
Q28. Behaviorism is primarily concerned with observable behavior, as opposed to internal events like thinking and
Q29. The focus of Universal Grammar (UG) is usually on
Q30. According to , the “Socio-Cultural Theory” is based on the developmental analysis, the role of language, and social relation of a child.
Q31. Inductive process follows learning from examples to generalization.
Q32. Jean Piaget, a psychologist, was known for his pioneering work on :
Q33. Atkinson-Shiffrin model proposed that human memory could be broken down into different memory stores.
Q34. Piaget's Cognitive Development theory's main crux is, children actively construct their understanding of the world and go through stages of development.
Q35. “A Review of B F Skinner's Verbal Behavior” (1959) is a critique written by .
Q36. Which of the following approaches rests on the idea that knowledge and understanding are constructed by the individual?
Q37. In SLA, there is a belief that children as L2 learners are to adults.
Q38. Learning Theory by Bandura focuses on
Q39. According to Brown's taxonomy, which of the following techniques is a semi-controlled technique?
Q40. One of the threats to logical and illogical comparisons in SLA is
Q41. Atkinson-Shiffrin Model proposed that human memory could be into memory stores.
Q42. Cognitivism is the study in Psychology that focuses on
Q43. The innate knowledge, according to Chomsky, was embodied in a metaphorical "little black box" in the brain, called
Q44. The principles of UG are and apply to all human languages.
Q45. Bandura suggests most of the human behavior is learned by
Q46. According to the Law of Effect, connections are only when the making of the connection results in a satisfying state of affairs.
Q47. Reciprocal Determinism is based on Cognitive, Environmental and Behavioral factors which form the basis of Social Theory.
Q48. The basis of the Atkinson-Shiffrin model is to show that how our experience different things in terms of sight, hearing, touch, feeling and taste but only a fraction of this is remembered.
Q49. The parameters of UG usually include formal universal and
Q50. According to Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH), the optimal period for language acquisition ends at .
Q51. Cognitivism is the study in psychology that focuses on processes.
Q52. The Lenneberg Theory is also known as
Q53. Skinner's theory of verbal behavior is a/an of his general theory of learning Operant Conditioning (1938).
Q54. of UG are universal and they apply to all human languages.
Q55. It is the of a human that is responsible for learning & developing a language.
Q56. Comprehensible input is the current level of competence of the language learner.
Q57. Which of the following features is NOT true for language acquisition as per Krashen's hypothesis?
Q58. The theory of Reconstructive Memory and Schema was proposed by
Q59. Which of the following is TRUE for natural approach of language acquisition?
Q60. At which level does usage-based theory apply?
Q61. Proficiency evaluation is difficult as it is a ______ phenomenon.
Q62. According to Bandura (1995) ‘______’ refers to beliefs in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage prospective situations.
Q63. What is the role of conscious language learning monitor on the output?
Q64. Natural Approach of second language acquisition was developed by :
Q65. Which of the following factors’ highest level blocks the penetration of comprehensible input to LAD?
Q66. Which theory of language acquisition makes the fundamental claim that language structure emerges from language use?
Q67. Which of the following features is part of John Munby's approach of communicative competence?
Q68. Which of the following options truly presents criticism on CLT?
Q69. John Dewey, father of experiential education (1930) has been generally recognized as the most renowned and influential American ______ of education.
Q70. Bruner proposed Theory of Scaffolding in ______
Q71. Stern (1992) points out that CLT has become more successful in ______ settings.
Q72. Which of the following features is TRUE for language learning process as per Krashen's model?
Q73. Albert Bandura introduced Social Cognitive Theory which integrates a continuous interaction between behaviors, cognitions, and the ______
Q74. Usage-based theory focuses on
Q75. Transformational-generative grammar explains the ______ of language based on deep structures and surface structure levels.
Q76. Which of the following factors makes the theoretical foundation of language socialization?
Q77. Which of the following is part of grammatical competence?
Q78. Which of the following is part of textual competence?
Q79. Which of the following techniques helps to explore and develop the learner's zone of proximal development?
Q80. Who formulated the language socialization, a research paradigm, in early 1980s?
Q81. Constructivism is based on ______ and scientific study about how people learn.
Q82. Which of the following competence was added by Celce-Murcia in his revised model of communicative competence (2007)?
Q83. In the context of symbolic competence, the discourse which reveals about social relations, memories, emotions, and aspirations is termed as symbolic ______
Q84. Which of the following is a methodological principle of CLT?
Q85. Which of the contributions of Jerome Bruner is the ______?
Q86. In 1996, Bachman and Palmer revisited the model of CLA and made :
Q87. In BLC-HLC theory, variability is limited to the domain of
Q88. Which of the following hypotheses refers to the idea of comprehensible input?
Q89. Which of the following sounds children acquire FIRST in their language acquisition period?
Q90. Acculturation model proposes ______ with the L2 community as the prime requisite of L2 acquisition.
Q91. Who introduced the usage-based theory of language acquisition?
Q92. ______ linguists claim that the language use is ______
Q93. To which of the following components language meta-functions refer?
Q94. Which of the following features is TRUE for language acquisition process?
Q95. Language Cognition (BLC) does not comprise
Q96. What, according to Krashen, acts as a monitor for language output?
Q97. According to Vygotsky, every function in the child's cultural development appears ______.
Q98. The generative school of thought primarily focuses on the study of ______.
Q99. Which of the following factors acts as a positive filter and enhance the output?
Q100. According to Piaget, people organize their experience into ______ that help them make sense of their experiences.
Q101. Vygotsky's principle of Zone of Proximal Development describes tasks that a ______ has not yet learned but is capable of learning with appropriate stimuli.
Q102. Which of the following BLC domain is difficult to attain by late L2 learners?
Q103. B acquisition means:
Q104. Piaget idea of ______ involves assimilation and accommodation, responsible for establishing equilibrium.
Q105. Context and collaboration are the key features of the ______.
Q106. Contrary to basic language cognition, higher language cognition utterances pertain to ______.
Q107. ______ introduced zone of proximal development?
Q108. Krashen's second language theory has had a great influence on second language research and teaching since the 1980s.
Q109. Hymes model of communicative competence was proposed in response to Chomsky's model of ______ competence.
Q110. According to Piaget, people organize their experience into schemes that help them make sense of their experiences and achieve ______.
Q111. Learner's ability to combine grammatical forms and meanings to find different ways to speak or write defines ______ competence.
Q112. There are ______ Key Principles of Subsumption Theory proposed by David Ausubel.
Q113. Which of the following components is added into the category of ‘sociolinguistic knowledge’ in Bachman's 2010 model of CLA?
Q114. The distance between learners' existing developmental state and their potential development is called ______.
Q115. Krashen's input hypothesis is ONLY concerned with ______ of the language.
Q116. Constructivism is a learning theory found in which ______ explains how people might acquire knowledge and learn, having direct application to education.
Q117. ‘The modes of representation’ is one of the ______ contributions by Jerome Bruner.
Q118. Piaget believes that our understandings of the world around is constantly being revised and re-constructed as we grow and have exposure to new ______.
Q119. In ______ stage, a learner starts absorbing the new language but commits numerous errors.
Q120. What is the true requirement for language acquisition as per Krashen's input hypothesis?
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