VU Midterm Past Papers
136 solved midterm past paper MCQs for ENG514 (Teaching of Listening & Speaking Skills) at Virtual University, each with the correct answer marked. Use them to learn the VU question style and test your recall. An independent study tool — not affiliated with VU.
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Q1. Which of the following involves the deliberate learning of language features?
Q2. Which of the following is directly related to intentionality?
Q3. The acronym STM stands for
Q4. One significant difference in the acquisition of lexis in L1 and L2 is the possibility of lexical :
Q5. Formulating a grammatical system can be achieved through the processes of
Q6. Which of the following is the first of three related tasks a child has to perform during the acquisition for any new word?
Q7. Which of the following method rely on simultaneous processing of multiple layers phonetic, lexical and syntactic?
Q8. NLP stands for
Q9. What a listener understands depends upon having
Q10. Which of the following is considered as the initial phase of lexical acquisition?
Q11. Which of the following is a cognitive activity that involves the activation and modification of concepts?
Q12. Which of the following competence is essential to the social dimension of listening?
Q13. Which of the following is processed primarily in a sequential fashion?
Q14. Which of the following orientations focuses on the listener's cognitive processing?
Q15. Which of the following is the capacity of the learner to discriminate speech sound contrast in his native language?
Q16. Which of the following is a stage of instruction designed to prepare students for listening?
Q17. The main goal of communicative listening activities is successful :
Q18. Which of the following types of listening refers to listening for an extended period of time while focusing on meaning?
Q19. Which of the following tasks does not require learners to interact with the speaker?
Q20. Which of the following is the translation that appears on the screen a second or two after they are spoken?
Q21. Which of the following is part of the internal processing system that screens incoming language?
Q22. Which of the following listening types refers to listening to a text closely?
Q23. Which of the following is the act of thinking about thinking?
Q24. Which of the following refers to a state of consciousness of our own thoughts as we focus on a particular cognitive or learning situation?
Q25. Listening processes are very difficult to access, because of their nature.
Q26. Which of the following refers to features of colloquial style of everyday spoken discourse?
Q27. Which of the following orientations is concerned with the listener's role in any language use situation?
Q28. Which of the following is translation of the sound track of a film that appears at the bottom of the screen?
Q29. Which of the following involves the interpretation of events in terms of existing cognitive structure?
Q30. Which of the following listening types refers to listening practices in which a listener's response is the goal of the activity?
Q31. Metacognitive instruction in L2 listening refers to methods.
Q32. Which of the following is defined as the factor that makes the four central listening processes easier or more difficult to perform?
Q33. Which of the following involves exposure to a range of genres of language use?
Q34. Vocabulary acquisition is an important goal of instructions.
Q35. Which of the following tasks relies heavily on texts to develop listening competence?
Q36. Which of the following listening types refers to listening with a planned purpose in mind?
Q37. Which of the following words are usually borrowed whole from another source language?
Q38. Metacognitive activities for listening include focused activities.
Q39. BN instruction is oriented.
Q40. Which of the following skill is a semi-recursive activity?
Q41. acronym TLU stands for
Q42. acronym ALM stands for
Q43. Which of the following operates on the principle of using and highlighting familiar linguistic items and frames?
Q44. Which of the following approach caters to incidental learning of the target grammar structure through focus on form?
Q45. acronym CDS stands for
Q46. Which of the following types of listening refers to conversational interaction in which a listener takes a leading role in understanding?
Q47. acronym SLA stands for
Q48. Which of the following is a process of matching new input with what one already knows about a topic?
Q49. Which of the following orientations examines the encoding processes in memory?
Q50. The acronym NNS stands for .
Q51. Which of the following assessments represents a correlation with some standard of success?
Q52. Which of the following activities is carried out before an actual listening task?
Q53. Which of the following is the process of recognizing words in the stream of speech?
Q54. Which of the following are patterns of physical or mental action that underlie specific acts of development of intelligence?
Q55. Which of the following tasks involves multiple responses?
Q56. The acronym OPI stands for
Q57. Which of the following is an interactive technique for simplifying or elaborating face-to-face discourse?
Q58. Which of the following is a commonly used selective listening task?
Q59. Which of the following is an unparalleled teaching device for cultural values?
Q60. Which of the following orientations focuses on how the person's listening ability develops over time?
Q61. Which of the following theory assumes that mixed modes of delivery affect cognitive processing for learning?
Q62. Which of the following listening types refers to independent listening?
Q63. Which of the following tasks requires learners to engage in face-to-face interactions?
Q64. The acronym TOEFL stands for
Q65. Which of the following knowledge includes recognition of social dimensions in speech?
Q66. Which of the following is an activity in which learners use language for a communicative purpose?
Q67. Which of the following methods requires the instructor to pause at specific points during the input phase of the activity?
Q68. Which of the following refers to mutual movement of interlocutors towards language and behavior standards?
Q69. Which of the following is an important macro-skill in the lecture-listening comprehension process?
Q70. Which of the following plays a vital role in the relative success or failure of the L2 learner?
Q71. Which of the following refers to pedagogical procedures that enable learners to increase awareness of the listening process?
Q72. Which of the following refers to features of colloquial of everyday spoken discourse?
Q73. Metacognitive instruction is __________ oriented.
Q74. Listening outside the language classroom is ______ for learners.
Q75. Which of the following is the translation that appears on screen a second or two after they are spoken?
Q76. Interactive listening refers to a type of _________ interaction in which the listener takes a leading role in understanding, asking questions and supporting the speaker.
Q77. Which of the following domains is concerned with the relationship between language use and social factors?
Q78. Language learning is essentially a/n __________ psycholinguistic process which always takes place in concrete social contexts.
Q79. Adding a visual component to listening instruction ______ the authenticity of classroom listening practice.
Q80. Which of the following listening types refers to listening practices in which a listener's response is the goal of the performance?
Q81. The acronym TLU stands for ________.
Q82. Sociolinguist Leslie Beebe states that the key to successful language acquisition is for the learner to find 'the ______ stuff.'
Q83. The criterion of authenticity indicates the need to develop learners' willingness to _________ but it also extends beyond the conditions believed important for acquisition.
Q84. Which of the following is the operational aspect of consciousness?
Q85. STM stands for:
Q86. Recent models view listening as a much more ______ and interpretive process.
Q87. The acronym HSR stands for __________.
Q88. To maintain learners’ interest, activities need to be ______ and varied.
Q89. The difference between hearing and listening is the degree of ______.
Q90. Inferring speaker intention through the use of conversational maxims is vital to ________ competence.
Q91. Which of the following is often simply a listening activity with an element of competition?
Q92. Which of the following denotes syntactic categories of units in The Spoken Language?
Q93. The ultimate aim of language focused learning is to deal with ______.
Q94. Which of the following strand should involve all the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing?
Q95. The central aspect of processing is deriving and building contextual meaning.
Q96. Which of the following processing covers the listening processes involved in comprehension?
Q97. The meaning-focused input strand involves learning through ______ and reading.
Q98. Which of the following allows a person to become active and goal-directed?
Q99. Which of the following takes place when the sound of a consonant is changed due to phonological context?
Q100. Which of the following types of listening is an important part of listening competence?
Q101. The limited capacity of ______ is reflected as a linguistic constraint.
Q102. Which of the following is directly related to intention?
Q103. Which of the following is normally automatic and unintentional, but it may be deliberate?
Q104. A word in the spoken language can be understood best as part of a phonological ______.
Q105. To ensure that the input can be understood requires the use of ______ and contextual support.
Q106. Which of the following is another type of assimilation?
Q107. Omissions of what is presumed to be understood by the listener is known as:
Q108. An intonational contour is constructed by the speaker to indicate a focal center of ______.
Q109. Which of the following are the aspects of a speech act that can be evaluated in terms of their truth value?
Q110. Which of the following involves using listening and often questioning to fill a matrix?
Q111. Which of the following sense is said to be most essential for awareness?
Q112. In the early parts of a course for beginners, there is little need to focus on ________
Q113. Which of the following identifies syntactic categories of units in the speech stream?
Q114. The acronym NLP stands for .
Q115. Which of the following is the way of learning the language?
Q116. The acronym ASR stands for__.
Q117. Which of the following type of knowledge is of likely speaker experiences that affect the meaning of the message?
Q118. Which of the following is denoted in computer programming language as ‘if (r)’?
Q119. What a listener understands depends upon having ___ with the speaker.
Q120. Which of the following uses language productively?
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