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1. 
Who proposed the following quote?: Defining what we understand by language and its culture will mean to say what kind of society we want to live in.
A.
Chomsky
B.
Gardner
C.
Kaplún
D.
Siemens
2. 
The EMIREC-EMIREC communicative model does not consider:
A.
Feed-feed
B.
Communicative Approach
C.
Critical-analytical thinking
D.
Vertical communication
3. 
There is no natural connection between a linguistic form or sign and its meaning, that is to say, the reality that it represents. What characteristic of the language are we referring to?
A.
Displacement
B.
Arbitrariness
C.
Productivity
D.
Discreteness
4. 
When a native speaker knows how often something is said in the language, being able to act accordingly, we are referring to:
A.
Ocurrence
B.
Feasibility
C.
Systematic potential
D.
Appropriacy
5. 
What subcompetence refers to the ability to adequate the utterances to the specific context according to the accepted usage of a particular linguistic community?
A.
Grammatical
B.
Sociocultural
C.
Sociolinguistic
D.
Strategic
6. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
Speech is time -bound, whereas writing is space-bound
B.
Regarding grammatical features, the spontaneity and speed of speech favors simpler sentences and repetition, whereas writing sentences are more complex and elaborated.
C.
With regard to pace, whereas in speech we may have enough time so as to assimilate all the information, in writing we may not be able to read over and over again if something has not been understood.
D.
Unique features of speech are stress, rhythm, intonation, while unique features of writing are pages, lines, capitalization, spatial organization and punctuation.
7. 
Our main objective as teachers, above all, is that our students:
A.
Achieve the Communicative Competence
B.
Learn the contents involved on our Decree
C.
Reach freedom and democracy values, becoming whole human beings
D.
Develop the key competences
8. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
According to Kaplun, the term communication means fellowship, community, something to share, something to live together
B.
The term communication is derived from the Greek root communis, which means putting something in common with others
C.
According to Wolton (2006), any communication process should always be an attempt to relate, to share with others.
D.
According to Aparici (2003), communication involves dialogue, exchange, interaction and cooperative construction.
9. 
This theory corresponds to a two-way model (bidirectional), where there is a sender that transmits a message through a channel to a receiver, which receives this information and responds by sending "a negative feedback".
A.
Semiotic Theory
B.
Mathematical Theory
C.
Educommunication Theory
D.
Functionalist Theory
10. 
Choose the incorrect sentence, according to the Connectivist Theory
A.
It emerges from the Digital Communication Society
B.
Technology should be an end on itself
C.
The Web 2.0 and 3.0 are implicit
D.
It corresponds to a feed-feed communicative model
11. 
What method does James Asher propose?
A.
Communicative method
B.
Natural Method
C.
Task-based Method
D.
Total Physical Response
12. 
What non-verbal means of communication can be used within the English classroom?
A.
Gestures, body language and physical movements
B.
Visual and auditory aids
C.
Suprasegmental phonemes
D.
All of them
13. 
Choose the incorrect sentence, according to Harmer
A.
We can identify four major skills when using a language to communicate: listening, speaking, reading and writing
B.
Speaking and listening are related to the language expressed through the aural medium
C.
Listening and reading are receptive skills, since the language user receives oral or written language
D.
None of them is incorrect
14. 
What principles do we have to consider so that our students learn in a natural way?
A.
Not speaking before listening
B.
Not speaking before reading
C.
Not writing before reading
D.
A and C
15. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
Especially at the beginning of Primary Education, reading and writing should be kept to a minimum
B.
It would be desirable that written skills are reached at the end of Primary Education
C.
The four linguistic skills should be learnt at the same time and to the same extent
D.
The current legislation emphasises oral skills over written skills in Primary Education
16. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
Listening is more than just hearing, being considered as the ability to relate signals received by our ears to the phonological and grammatical system of the language
B.
Opposite to mother tongue acquisition, a learner´s ability to understand a language needs to be more extensive than his ability to produce a language
C.
Listening can be defined as the ability to understand and respond to spoken language, being the first skill to be developed when learning a language
D.
Respecting the silent periods would be a strategy to be considered within the classroom
17. 
Within this stage, the aim is to develop listening strategies and keep the students active, considering extensive listening for encouraging global understanding
A.
Lead-in
B.
Pre-listening
C.
While-listening
D.
Post listening
18. 
According to Matthews, this sub-skill related to writing considers writing with coherence in order to summarize relevant points
A.
Graphic skills
B.
Organizational skill
C.
Stylistic skill
D.
Rhetorical skill
19. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
A language is the expression of a whole culture, being a way of understanding the world and organising the relationships among people
B.
Our perception of the world affects the language we speak, as language arises from our needs and the cultural environment that we live in
C.
Languages are, to some extent, different
D.
Learning a foreign language means learning, above all, a linguistic code
20. 
Being able to communicate in English will allow our students to reduce those barriers and frontiers that have existed for such a long time among different countries, developing an existing language understood by everyone, called:
A.
Esperanto
B.
Lingua franca
C.
Received Pronunciation
D.
English
21. 
Reason why learning foreign languages is necessary within our society and should be promoted at school
A.
It is no longer a luxury but rather a need in a plurilingual world like ours
B.
It promotes understanding, tolerance and respect towards cultural identity, rights and values of others
C.
It is the only way to get a better understanding and appreciation of one´s own language and its culture
D.
All of them are true
22. 
All in all, the purpose of modern language teaching is not to teach a FL, but rather:
A.
To teach how to communicate through its use
B.
To be able to translate from the second language to the mother tongue
C.
To compete regarding international business affairs
D.
All of them are true
23. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
Nobody can learn a language without some exposure to its culture
B.
Culture and language are inseparable, being interrelated and complementing each other
C.
Linguistic diversity is considered to be a key element in European culture heritage
D.
Language on its own can help us to avoid stereotypes in the target language, encouraging tolerance, respect and empathy
24. 
Some ways of involving our students both physically and psychologically within the target culture would include:
A.
Establishing eTwinning experiences, Commenius Projects and keeping in touch with Pen friends
B.
Working with simulated authentic materials, as realia would demoralise our students
C.
Preparing culture-based activities, working collaboratively through projects
D.
A and C
25. 
The United Kingdom is a political union made of:
A.
England and Scotland
B.
England, Scotland and Wales
C.
Wales and Northern Ireland
D.
A and C
26. 
The capital of Northern Ireland is:
A.
Belfast
B.
Cardiff
C.
Edinburgh
D.
Dublin
27. 
What event occurred in 1800?
A.
The Commonwealth, being created as an association of former British possessions: South Africa, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand...
B.
The Act of Union, bringing together Scotland and England to form The Kingdom of Great Britain
C.
The Act of Union, bringing together the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland.
D.
The English Civil War
28. 
Country in the Northwest of Europe that fought for independence between 1919 and 1921
A.
England
B.
Ireland
C.
Scotland
D.
Wales
29. 
End the following quote: Defining what we understand by language and its culture
A.
... will mean to say how communication, and therefore the Communicative Competence can be reached”
B.
... will help us to avoid negative stereotypes within the target language”
C.
... will help us increase intercultural awareness and stimulate our students’ intellectual curiosity”
D.
... will mean to say what kind of society we want to live in”
30. 
Date on which America declared its independence and George Washington became the first president of the nation
A.
5th of June, 1787
B.
4th of July, 1776
C.
18th of December, 1741
D.
4th of July, 1860
31. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
Children acquire their mother tongue naturally. However, learning a FL is not so easy, since it is taught in an artificial situation and learners have less time and opportunities for language exposure
B.
Traditional Foreign Language Teaching (TFLT), focused on teaching items of language in isolation with the main aim of writing texts
C.
In Krashen's terms, it could be said that students learnt about the language (learning) but could not use it in a real context (acquisition)
D.
According to current linguists, when learning a foreign language, the focus should be on communication, rather than on a piece of language
32. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
The concept of Communicative Competence was firstly introduced by Chomsky (1957)
B.
According to the Communicative Approach, the ultimate goal is to help students become communicative competent, being able to use the language in any communicative situation in a variety of contexts
C.
Hymes (1971) stated that, in order to learn a language, a native speaker just needs to utter grammatically correct forms, as Chomsky thought
D.
Mastering a language implies being communicatively competent, which does not only involve linguistic knowledge, but also psychological, social and cultural knowledge.
33. 
Broad discipline that studies language as human communication, being concerned with the role of language within human life, dealing with both theory (acquisition) and practice (use) of language
A.
Phonetics
B.
Semiotics
C.
Syntax
D.
Linguistics
34. 
Linguistics differs from Traditional Grammar due to these reasons:
A.
Linguistics is interested in how is said, rather than what is said
B.
Students acquire the second language in an artificial way, following rules
C.
Linguistics focuses special attention on the spoken word
D.
All of them are true
35. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
Phonetics is concerned with how speech sounds function in relation to each other in a particular language
B.
Segmental phonemes include vowels and consonants
C.
Within morphology can be found free and bound morphemes
D.
Grammar can be taught in two ways: prescriptive and descriptive
36. 
According to Piaget, language acquisition is not a form of behaviour, but language is related to the children's intellectual development, involving active mental processes, with language coming from the internal mental activity of the child, rather than from the outside world. We are referring to:
A.
Imitation
B.
Generativism
C.
Cognitivism
D.
Sociolinguistics
37. 
With regard to the historical attitudes, written language has traditionally considered to be superior to spoken language for many centuries, due to:
A.
The influence of literature
B.
The impact of grammar
C.
Skills integration
D.
The Student's Centred Approach
38. 
This would never be a methodological principle regarding oral language:
A.
Establishing output before input
B.
Connecting the situations in which we practice the oral skills to our students’ lives, customs, experiences and interests
C.
Letting students feel confident to express themselves within a relaxed atmosphere
D.
Including topics with a great variety of semantic fields
39. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
Listening can be defined as the ability to understand and respond to spoken language, being the first skill to be developed when learning a language
B.
Hearing is the ability to relate signals received by our ears to the phonological and grammatical system of the language used
C.
According to Byrne, a learner´s ability to produce language needs to be more extensive than his ability to understand language”
D.
According to Krashen, the ability to speak fluently comes with time, after the acquirer has built up a certain linguistic competence by understanding the input
40. 
At this reading stage, children are able to use the tool of reading to successfully acquire knowledge and get information
A.
Initial reading
B.
Confirmation of fluency
C.
Reading for learning
D.
Ages 14-18
41. 
Approach very useful for teaching the way in which letters sound, rather than the names of the letters, as some of the letters of the English alphabet do not match the sounds of the language.
A.
Look and say
B.
Intensive Approach
C.
Phonic Approach
D.
Jolly Phonics
42. 
Written skill that involves learning how to spell, punctuate and lay out the writing
A.
Graphic skill
B.
Motor skill
C.
Functional skill
D.
Linguistic skill
43. 
Science that studies the sounds and human voice, studying the physical aspects of speech processes. Its unit is the sound
A.
Phonology
B.
Articulatory phonetics
C.
Suprasegmental phonology
D.
Phonetics
44. 
It studies how speech sounds are transmitted, being concerned with the properties of the sounds waves.
A.
Articulatory phonetics
B.
Acoustic phonetics
C.
Auditory phonetics
D.
Segmental phonetics
45. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
Vowels differ from consonants in that, from an articulatory point of view, there is no noticeable obstruction to the air-stream in the oral cavity during its production
B.
From a distribution point of view, a vowel is a sound which occupies the central position within the syllable
C.
Semivowels are speech sounds that function as consonants in the syllable
D.
According to the place of articulation, consonants can be plosive, fricative, affricate, nasal, lateral and approximant
46. 
Regarding the articulatory force, consonants can be:
A.
Voiced and voiceless
B.
Fortis
C.
Lenis
D.
B y C
47. 
Natural and spontaneous method in which grammar is learnt with no explanation, repetition or memorization, there is avoidance of L1 and fluency is over accuracy
A.
Direct Method
B.
Audiovisual Method
C.
Audiolingual Method
D.
Suggestopedia
48. 
Rises and falls in the pitch of a speaker's voice, in order to convey or alter meaning in an utterance
A.
Primary stressed syllables
B.
Secondary stressed syllables
C.
Rhythm
D.
Intonation
49. 
Study of the linguistic contrasts that writing systems convey
A.
Graphetics
B.
Grapheme
C.
Graphology
D.
Orthography
50. 
Choose the incorrect sentence:
A.
English spelling is considered to be difficult and unpredictable. However, recent studies show that English is approximately 75% regular
B.
English, unlike Spanish, is a phonological alphabetic system
C.
Some examples of silent letters would be: B, C, L, S, T
D.
Since traditional language teaching methods emphasize written language over spoken language, a second-language speaker may have a better spelling ability than a native speaker
51. 
There are many principal reasons for the discrepancy between the written representation of many English words and their actual pronunciation. Which one is wrong?
A.
English is a mixture of many languages
B.
There was not a standardised system of spelling throughout the country
C.
Pronunciations change gradually over time and the alphabetic principle that lies behind English gradually becomes corrupted
D.
Like many other languages, English spelling has been systematically updated