16. The allomorphs of the plural morpheme are determined by the last sound of the singular noun to which the morpheme is
attached. The allomorphs of the past-tense morpheme are determined by the last sound of the verb to which the morpheme is
attached. There is striking similarities in the processes required to generate the correct forms of these inflectional
morphemes. Which of the following description is incorrect?
(A) There is a schwa insertion process as schwa is inserted before a word-final /z/ that follows a morpheme ending in a
sibilant.
(B) There is an assimilation process as word-final /z/ is devoiced following a morpheme ending in a voiceless sound.
(C) There is a schwa insertion process as schwa is inserted preceding a word-final /d/ that follows a morpheme ending in a
velar stop.
(D) There is an assimilation process as word-final /d/ is realized as [t] following a morpheme that ends in a voiceless sound.
17. Observe the allophones of /p/ in English for the following words: personal, persecute, petunia, paternal, computer,
competitive, rapid, competition. Which of the following statement is incorrect?
(A) The phoneme /p/ is aspirated word initially in stressed syllables.
(B) The phoneme /p/ is aspirated word initially in unstressed syllables.
(C) The phoneme /p/ is aspirated word internally when it initiates a stressed syllable.
(D) The phoneme /p/ is aspirated word internally when it initiates a unstressed syllable.
18. Movement of the tongue, lips, and the larynx will change the shape of the vocal tract and in turn modify the sound
emanating from the larynx. What is this about?
(A) Phonation (B) Articulation (C) Diaphragm (D) Pragmatics
19. Which English word contains a voiced labial-velar approximant and at the beginning of a syllable?
(A) Framework (B) Tomorrow (C) Forget (D) Learning
20. According to linguistic theories, which of the following is true?
(A) Linguists do not consider animal communications to be “language,” because only humans have writing.
(B) Since writing is less subject to the constraint of time and is better organized than speech is, the study of linguistics is
more concerned with writing rather than speeches.
(C) Spoken language is acquired, whereas writing must be taught.
(D) Linguistics is the scientific study of language. When linguists study languages, they take written languages as their best
source of data.
22. A word formation process which you put two existing words together to create new words is called _____.
(A) clipping (B) affixation (C) conversion (D) compounding
23. _____ refers to the separateness of a second language learner’s system that has a structurally intermediate status between the
native and target language.
(A) Fossilization (B) Interlanguage (C) Lateralization (D) Acculturation
26. Judy’s head was throbbing, but she still had to get ready to teach at her school. After she had finished breakfast, she put on
her coat and headed to the bus stop. When she got to the staffroom, she found that all the other teachers were having a
meeting about Mr. Leslie, the new head of the school.
What is true about the word head in this text?
(A) It is homophone. (B) It means the same thing. (C) It is a noun. (D) It has the same spelling and pronunciation.
27. Which of the following is a result of epenthesis?
(A) The pronunciation of jewelry as “jewelery.” (B) The pronunciation of handbag as “hanbag.”
(C) The pronunciation of lamb as “lam.” (D) The pronunciation of ask as “aks.”
28. First and second language acquisition are complex processes. Which of the following is incorrect?
(A) The behaviorist theory maintains that language must be taught and learned through frequent practice, training, and
reinforcement.
(B) Brain-based theory maintains that all humans have an innate capacity to learn a language. The child's linguistic
environment triggers the innate language capacity or the LAD.
(C) The social interactionist emphasizes the role of social interaction in language acquisition. Adults provide scaffolds by
modifying their speech, using more concrete references, correcting errors, negotiating meaning, and expanding on
children's production.
(D) Krashen's Monitor Model consists of five hypotheses: the Acquisition vs. Learning Hypothesis, the Natural Order
Hypothesis, the Input Hypothesis, the Monitor hypothesis, and the Affective Filter hypothesis.
29. "Billy Baby only likes things that begin with the /b/ sound. Billy baby likes boats. Billy baby does not like ducks. Why?
Because duck begins with what sound? Yes, the word duck begins with the /d/ sound."
The purpose of this instruction is to train students' _____.
(A) oral language (B) phonological awareness (C) phonemic awareness (D) phonics
30. The language experience approach _____.
(A) involves children dictating stories while the teacher writes them down.
(B) begins by reading a picture book to students and asking for their experience
(C) does not work well for children with limited life experience.
(D) involves children drawing pictures while telling stories.
31. The lexical approach is a method of teaching foreign languages described by Michael Lewis in the early 1990s. According to
his theory, what is the key to teaching lexical chunks?
(A) To teach vocabulary as the primary task in class. (B) To ask students to memory as many as new words.
(C) To treat lexical chunks in the same way as individual words. (D) To use a lexicon dictionary as a supplement.
32. Mr. Taylor gives his fifth graders different reading texts based on their proficiency levels. What type of differentiate
instruction does he employ? (A) Content (B) Process (C) Product (D) Assessment
33. _____ consists of tests and exams taken at the end of courses of study in order to check progression through the curriculum.
(A) Assessment as learning (B) Assessment for learning (C) Assessment of learning (D) Alternative assessment
34. Ms. Jacobs models the sentence by saying: She gets up at six o’clock… get..sss… gets… she gets up at six o’clock. Ms.
Jacobs gets the students to repeat the new sentence using choral repetition. Finally, Ms. Jacobs asks students to make their
own sentences about what they themselves do every day. What type of teaching procedure does Ms. Jacobs use?
(A) TPR (total physical response) (B) IRF (initiation response feedback)
(C) KWL (know, want to know, learned) (D) PPP (presentation, practice, production)
35. It is an activity often used in language teaching where one student has information that the other student does not have but
needs. Students must interact with others by using the target language as means to complete the task. It’s called _____.
(A) shadow technique (B) information gap (C) switching method (D) manipulatives
36. Building on Holdaway's work in shared reading, Moira McKenzie created an approach that involves the teacher and children
jointly composing a text, often modeling the structure of a piece of literature. For example, after hearing Brown Bear,
Brown Bear several times, a teacher and a group of students create a text like White dog, white dog, what do you see?" This
shared-pen writing approach is called _____.
(A) interactive writing (B) independent writing (C) guided writing (D) structured writing
37. Listening to part of a conversation at a party and inferring the topic of the conversation is an activity involving _____.
(A) Bottom-up processing within a transactional situation (B) Bottom-up processing within an interactional situation
(C) Top-down processing within a transactional situation (D) Top-down processing within an interactional situation
38. One way of assessing students' reading is to take a closer look at the mistakes they make. Whether it be insertion, omission,
substitution, or during the process, if the teacher supplies the word when the reader struggles or self-corrects, this
information helps ascertain how a reader processes the printed word. This type of assessment is known as _____.
(A) Running Record (B) Anecdotal Records (C) Miscue Analysis (D) Reading Portfolio
39. What can English teachers do to promote the development of students’ listening skills?
(A) Often pausing to ask students to repeat what was just heard.
(B) Requiring students to work as a team.
(C) Using wh-questions only instead of yes-no questions.
(D) Integrating specific listening activities as a routine element in the daily schedule.
40. Which of the following concerning Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is true?
(A) There is an emphasis on English as a medium of instruction for teaching content in a monolingual setting.
(B) The instructors plan the class to emphasize content learning goals over language learning goals.
(C) The 4Cs Curriculum design involves considering content, cognition, communication, and competence.
(D) It is the subject matter which determines the language needed to learn.
41. A form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from common bank of
questions is called a _____.
(A) standardized test (B) norm-referenced test (C) criterion-referenced test (D) proficiency test
42. Teachers and students sometimes use the students’ L1 for some explanation and discussion before reverting to the CLIL
language for the main idea. What type of language is it?
(A) Superstratum language (B) Translanguage (C) Target language (D) Source language
43. Which is true about task-based language teaching?
(A) Pedagogical tasks refer to the uses of language in the world beyond the classroom.
(B) Target tasks refers to the uses of language in the classroom.
(C) The provision of opportunities for learners focuses on language only, but not the learning process.
(D) It puts an emphasis on learning to communicate through interaction in the target language
44. Which of the following is not a reason for adopting CLIL advocated by David Marsh?
(A) Students can learn both content and the native language simultaneously.
(B) CLIL is a holistic approach, providing students with an enriching language environment to students through scaffolding.
(C) Content-based activities engage learners in relatively higher-order cognitive processing than CLT activities.
(D) Teaching through English requires methodologies and activities that teachers need to create to make the lesson
successful in learning content and language.