VU Midterm Past Papers
39 solved midterm past paper MCQs for ENG517 (Computer Assisted Language Learning) 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. Liou (1993) described the use of a _________ checking program in a first-year writing and grammar course for English majors at a university in Taiwan.
Q2. For the quality of _________ of the CALL task, we looked for evidence that the targeted linguistic forms are at an appropriate level of difficulty for the learners.
Q3. Chun and Brandl (1992) described a micro-world activity designed for beginning learners of _____ language.
Q4. The criterion of authenticity indicates the need to develop learners’ willingness to __________ but it also extends beyond the conditions believed important for acquisition.
Q5. When making ______ of a CALL program, learners need to determine what they know and what they do not know.
Q6. CALL considers the role of the computer as a kind of _________ teacher, or taking the place of the teacher for some functions at some times as learners increasingly engage in autonomous learning.
Q7. Methodology for making _________ hypotheses about the benefits to be attained through CALL tasks is offered by empirical evaluation.
Q8. In the case of individuals trying to create a small program to solve a local task, lack of ___ becomes a big problem.
Q9. The storyboard activity Jones and Fortescue (1987) described was used by a group of students who sat together in front of a _________ in a computer lab.
Q10. The empirical question about linguistic difficulty is what evidence suggests that the targeted linguistic forms are at a/an _________ level of difficulty for the learners?
Q11. CALL developers need to be familiar with criteria for _________ which should be applied relative to a particular context.
Q12. During computer usage _________ are distributed through the WWW and email and can destroy files.
Q13. Whereas language learning potential captures the findings of general processes, ____________ takes into account the individual differences in linguistic ability level and non-linguistic characteristics.
Q14. The metaphor of a computer program as a _________ has been criticized, but since that time assessments of the computer in the classroom have matured and now most see the computer as a complementary tool, not as an alternative.
Q15. CALL research attempting ______ has examined learners’ oral language as they worked on CALL programs and findings have been mixed.
Q16. Problems in developing new CALL programs include:
Q17. CALL research attempting discourse analysis has examined learners’ ______ language as they worked on CALL programs and findings have been mixed.
Q18. Traditionally _______ carried an .exe file name, that is, executable files, but they now have various other suffixes or are contained in files with innocuous .doc or .jpg file formats.
Q19. CALL tasks should have a _______ articulated purpose.
Q20. Chun and Brandl (1992) described a _________ activity designed for beginning learners of German language.
Q21. Park's (1994) study investigating use of _________ multimedia through think-aloud data identified revealing thoughts such as 'I think I have a lot of vocabulary that I don't know'.
Q22. If CALL software packages are to be properly evaluated and matched with learning needs, they need to be classified by:
Q23. The objects for evaluation which are considered at three levels of analysis for CALL evaluation includes CALL:
Q24. Athena Language-Learning Project (ALLP) project was singular in attracting funding in excess of US$ __ million.
Q25. _________ is a software used to detect ______ in any writing context.
Q26. The ability to choose a _________ means that different learners are not all constrained to learn the same materials in the same way but may instead find new answers and solutions to questions and problems.
Q27. For the quality of _________ of the CALL task, the evidence suggests that the learner has acquired the target forms that were focused on during the CALL task.
Q28. CALL considers the role of the computer as a kind of teacher, or taking the place of the teacher for some functions at some times as learners increasingly engage autonomous learning.
Q29. Who described the checking program in a first year writing and...?
Q30. When evaluating a CALL program, learners need to determine what they know and what they do not know, discarding...
Q31. A model of instruction which suggests that learners can be taught a wide variety of subjects if presented with information in small steps is known as .
Q32. A database of questions to match the difficulty of each test item to the abilities of the learners being tested is used by Testing.
Q33. In light of E.G. Rozycki proposed ideas the theory has provided the rationale for a variety of marketable although short-lived teaching devices.
Q34. Liou (1993) described the use of a _ checking program in a first-year writing and grammar course for EFL majors at a university in Taiwan.
Q35. In terms of CALL, the optimal input for acquisition is not sequenced.
Q36. For the quality _ of CALL the evidence suggests that the learner has acquired the target forms that were focused on during the CALL task.
Q37. In terms of CALL, Krashen describes optimal input for acquisition as having a characteristic that it is .
Q38. In CAT, if a learner answers a question correctly, the computer will ensure that the next question will be more .
Q39. Bloom, Hastings and Madaus in 1971 and Carroll in 1963 proposed that is based on the assumption that learning is a function of time.