Teaching English to Young Learners: Key Principles

Posted on Jan 15, 2025 in Pedagogy

Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Which of the following is not a “listen and make” activity?
    c) Simon says.
  2. Language acquisition requires:
    d) All of the above: (a) meaningful interaction in the target language, (b) natural communication, (c) students to produce the language when they are ready).
  3. According to Krashen:
    c) Comprehensible input is important for language acquisition.
  4. Young learners:
    d) B and C (b) are comfortable with routines and enjoy repetition, (c) have a short attention span and need variety).
  5. The term “concentration span” has to do with:
    a) The time and capacity children have to concentrate on one activity.
  6. Kinesthetic intelligence or “Body Smart” includes skills like:
    d) A and B (a) good sense of balance, (b) coordination).
  7. An awareness of one’s own feelings belongs to which type of intelligence?
    d) Intrapersonal or “Myself Smart”.
  8. Children’s first words most commonly refer to what?
    a) Concrete objects.
  9. Which of the following statements belongs to language acquisition?
    c) Learners need scarce natural communication.
  10. The mentalist theory about language acquisition says that:
    a) Nurture and nature are equally important for language acquisition.
  11. Chomsky defined LAD as:
    b) A language acquisition device.
  12. According to Skinner, operant conditioning is:
    d) A and B (a) voluntary behavior of the learner’s own free will, (b) the result of repeated training.
  13. “Listen and do” activities must involve:
    d) Both A and B. (a) TPR activities, (b) gestures and miming).
  14. When children do “listen and identify” activities, they are:
    d) All of the above.
  15. Which is not a “listen and do” activity?
    c) Color the classroom objects in a worksheet.
  16. “Listen and make” activities involve children in a more creative process and:
    d) A, B, and C (a) these activities make them think more, (b) children work in collaboration with each other, (c) they have something to take home at the end of the class).
  17. To prepare for “listen and make”:
    a) Prepare and practice the activity and instructions.
  18. Which sentence doesn’t fit in “listen and make” activities?
    c) Stand up and point to the door.
  19. When children do TPR activities:
    c) Both A and B (a) they learn by doing things, (b) they are not conscious of their learning.
  20. The four Cs in CLIL are:
    c) Context, communication, cognition, and content.
  21. CLIL could be defined as:
    c) Content and Language Integrated Learning.
  22. HOTS and LOTS are:
    b) Different types of thinking skills.
  23. CALP stands for:
    a) Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency.
  24. BICS is:
    a) Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills.
  25. When giving an Arts and Crafts lesson, the teacher has to:
    d) All of the above (a) prepare for the “listen and make” part of the lesson, (b) show the children how to use rhymes and chants in the classroom, (c) praise the children’s work.
  26. When teaching a second language to young learners, you have to:
    d) All of the above (a) play games, sing songs, and use rhymes and chants in the classroom, (b) talk in English, (c) use a lot of gestures, actions, pictures).
  27. Speaking in group activities are positive because:
    d) All of the above (a) they are low-pressure for the children, (b) the children have more opportunity to speak, (c) the children feel confident).
  28. Which is not a language activity that develops speaking skills?
    a) Drawing.
  29. Literacy is:
    d) The ability to understand, communicate, and produce printed and written materials.
  30. When teaching reading and writing, the teacher must:
    b) Diagnose language acquisition and production problems that a child may have.