Name: ___________________________
EDBL 438 Mid-term
Winter 2009
A. Multiple Choice: Answer the questions by marking in the box in the right hand column. (25%)
1. Audiolingual ESL methods are a) grammar based; b) content based; c)
pragmatic based; d) Disneyland based instruction.
A
B C
D
2. According to Ellis’s theories, an ESL student preparing a speech is an
example of a) primary process; b) secondary process; c) unplanned discourse; d)
universal grammar.
A
B C
D
3. Interlanguage occurs when second language learners a) create an individual
language; b) add items from their L2 to their L1; c) add items from their L1 to
their L2; d) have a nervous breakdown.
A
B C
D
4. Norm-referenced tests refer to tests that a) are developed as “pop quizzes” by
teachers; b) use a set of learning objectives as the standards; c) use only
multiple-choice questions; d) measure student test scores with those of a sample
population.
A
B C
D
5. Audiolingual methodologies a) uses repetitive drilling of key phrases; b)
allow students to make mistakes as long as communication takes place; c) uses
content areas for instruction; d) all of the above.
A
B C
D
6. Chomsky’s theory that everyone is born with a “language organ” is called a)
Common Underlying Proficiency; b) Zone of Proximal Development; c)
Language Acquisition Device; d) Developmental Grammar.
A
B C
D
7. ESL could be a) a pullout class; b) a program for LEP students; c) one portion
of a Bilingual Education program; d) all of the above.
A
B C
D
B. Match the description in the left column with the items in the right column. (25%)
__ 8 You want to learn Spanish in order to get a better job.
A) silent period
__ 9 Washington state standards for ELL students.
B) fossilization
__10 The language a student produces.
C) output
__11 Descriptions and examples used to document if standards are met.
D) input
__12 A phase students pass through were language production is limited or not
present.
E) instrumental
motivation
__13 Informal language knowledge developed through informal interaction
with the target language.
F) integrative
motivation
__14 Washington state standards that guide classroom instruction each year.
G) language
acquisition
__15 You learn a new language because it sounds exciting.
H) benchmarks
__16 Simplified language used to assure understanding with second language
learner.
I) GLEs
__17 What happens to language development when progress has stopped
before full development.
J) ELDs
K) foreign talk
C. Write a one page essay (12 font, no title section, 1” margins) comparing and contrasting
Krashen’s second language acquisition theories with another set of theories examined in class
(and/or the book). 50%