VU Midterm Past Papers
54 solved midterm past paper MCQs for ENG522 (Applied Linguistics) 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. child stays at the telegraphic stage for about___.
Q2. the research question is a crucial __step.
Q3. In Functional linguistics, the concern is with language as a means of_____.
Q4. What specific name Chomsky uses for ‘the representation of language in the mind’?
Q5. Children still show greater comprehension than ______ at the telegraphic stage.
Q6. Who among the following calls Applied Linguistics as “the theoretical and empirical investigation of real-world problems”?
Q7. Linguistics is closely allied with the_______.
Q8. Surface structure is the aspect of description that determines the _____ form of sentences.
Q9. Who among the following says this: ‘In a three-year-old child “grammatical complexity of utterances is roughly that of colloquial adult language’?
Q10. The rules that express the relation of deep and surface structures in sentences are called grammatical ____
Q11. Which of the following errors occurs in utterances that are syntactically and semantically well-formed but pragmatically odd?
Q12. Which of the following sources concerns the nature of the L2 knowledge system and the difficulties learners have in using it in production?
Q13. Which of the following refers to a performance error that is either a random guess or a slip?
Q14. A task-based syllabus is based on learning.
Q15. Which of the following errors is caused by mother tongue interference?
Q16. Which of the following means that learners focus on one topic?
Q17. Which of the following concepts is a learner language form that deviates or violates a target language rule?
Q18. Which of the following provides the overall rationale for educating students?
Q19. Which of the following syllabuses is more compatible with intermediate students and above?
Q20. Which of the following errors occurs when the learner is unaware of the existence of a particular rule in the target language?
Q21. Which of the following errors is non-systematic?
Q22. The first step of every syllabus design should be analysis of
Q23. Which of the following syllabuses is a type of syllabus that is based on content and product?
Q24. Repeated listening also derives from which source?
Q25. Which of the following errors occur when the learner has described a rule but is using the wrong one?
Q26. Which of the following syllabuses is a type of syllabus that is based on learning?
Q27. Who among the following presents the ‘Seven Ways of Looking at Language’?
Q28. Applied Linguistics is a methodology in itself, because it is concerned with problems in which language plays a central role.
Q29. Who among the following collected the very first steps of language in children in his article ‘Language in the Context of Growth and Maturation’?
Q30. The earliest known attempts to describe a language in systematic way originated in ancient northwestern .
Q31. Choose the correct option. Children on the first level/s of language tend to rather make a ‘little rule’ out of sentences
Q32. Who among the following is known as arguably the first descriptive linguist?
Q33. a. grammar can be traced back over years
Q34. The language learning process is too complex to be obtained through (O'Grady, 2008)
Q35. Who said these words? ‘Language is the expression of ideas by means of speech-sounds combined into words’.
Q36. Children still show greater comprehension than __ the telegraphic stage
Q37. The phrase ‘Me wanna show mommy’ is an example of ___ stage
Q38. The analytical study of language began around 500 BC in Greece and ____
Q39. Quechua, the language of the Inca Empire, had its first grammar written in
Q40. One important source of that enrichment has been the journal Language Learning, published from the University of
Q41. Choose the correct option. If, however, the child has only learnt the ‘little rule’, they make a rule out of the
Q42. Who among the following is considered the father of modern structural linguistics?
Q43. In general terms, quantitative methodology aims to find facts and truths in a/an ____ way
Q44. Children are exposed to imperfect language from the adults around them and yet they learn language
Q45. Who among the following calls Applied Linguistics as ‘an amalgam of research interests’?
Q46. A child enters a two-word stage of language at around ____ months of age
Q47. The revolutionary attempt of Chomsky in linguistics starts from the concept of _____ grammar.
Q48. The revolutionary attempt of Chomsky in linguistics starts from concept of _____ grammar.
Q49. Who among the following calls Applied Linguistics as 'an open field of interest in language'?
Q50. The acronym AILA stands for
Q51. The month level seems to mark a turning point in a child's language learning process.
Q52. Who among the following calls Applied Linguistics as 'theoretical and empirical investigation of real-world problems'?
Q53. Children on the first level/s of language tend to rather make a 'little rule' out of _____ sentences
Q54. If, however, the child has only learnt the 'little rule', they make a rule out of the