Mock test – 6 out of 10 tasks must be answered without mistakes to pass. 1. What do children do when they actively recombine or construct the language, when they try to find some way of expressing themselves: A They use their capacity for indirect learning B They creatively use limited language resources C They grasp meaning D They use their instinct for play and fun 2. Which statement/s is/are wrong? A Without correcting mistakes we could not learn anything. B Without checking mistakes we could not learn anything. C Without risks and mistakes we could not learn anything. 3. What should the teacher do if he can use just limited language with young learners: A Use more explanations in English B Translate his instructions into Czech. C Use miming and gestures D Write everything on the board. 4. Which out of the following activities bring mental engagement of pupils? A repetition B copying C talking about themselves D games E puzzles F imagining 5. Which out of the following are right? The coursebook helps the teacher by providing: 1. Economy of preparation time 2. A source of practical teaching ideas 3. Matching the goals to their explanations 4. A basis for homework if that is required 5. A basis for discussion and comparison with other teachers 6. Children’s willingness to learn new words 6. What does the following passage talk about? “Physical response is also one of the ways in which we handle partial understanding.” 1. Understanding through seeing 2. Responding by doing 3. Repeated pattern 4. Diagrammatic representation of information 7. What is the teacher doing when this is happening in the lesson? “The children are learning the transport phrases ‘by bus, by car, by train, by bike’. As a final activity on this topic, the children conduct class interviews. They record the results in a chart. Later, in the math lesson, the children arrange the information they have collected bz turning it into a pie or block chart.’ 1. Using techniques from other subjects to stimulate language work; 2. Using language classes to provide material for work in other lessons; 3. Introducing topics from other subjects into language lessons with no follow-up activity in these subjects; 4. Teaching whole lesson of other subjects in English. 8. Teachers and learners need a programme, which clearly has purpose and coherence. What out of the following do the learners need? 1. To know where to direct their energies; 2. To provide a central path through the limitless complexities of a language; 3. To have a mental framework into which they can fit new knowledge. 9. Which out of the following are disadvantages of having four half English hours a week? 1. The children do not lose sight of the language between sessions. 2. Short lessons can be very demanding for both teacher and class. 3. The children have more chance of remembering from one session to the next. 4. Frequent lessons probably take more total preparation time than the time needed to prepare two large blocks. 1. Which out of the following activities bring physical engagement (actual occupation) of pupils? A repetition B imagining C talking about themselves Mock test - solution 1. What do children do when they actively recombine or construct the language, when they try to find some way of expressing themselves: A They use their capacity for indirect learning B They creatively use limited language resources C They grasp meaning D They use their instinct for play and fun B 2. Which statement/s is/are wrong? A Without correcting mistakes we could not learn anything. B Without checking mistakes we could not learn anything. C Without risks and mistakes we could not learn anything. A B 3. What should the teacher do if he can use just limited language with young learners: A Use more explanations in English B Translate his instructions into Czech. C Use miming and gestures D Write everything on the board. C 4. Which out of the following activities bring mental engagement of pupils? A repetition B copying C talking about themselves D games E puzzles F imagining C D E F 5. Which out of the following are right? The coursebook helps the teacher by providing: 7. Economy of preparation time 8. A source of practical teaching ideas 9. Matching the goals to their explanations 10. A basis for homework if that is required 11. A basis for discussion and comparison with other teachers 12. Children’s willingness to learn new words 1 2 4 5 6. What does the following passage talk about? “Physical response is also one of the ways in which we handle partial understanding.” 5. Understanding through seeing 6. Responding by doing 7. Repeated pattern 8. Diagrammatic representation of information 2 7. What is the teacher doing when this is happening in the lesson? “The children are learning the transport phrases ‘by bus, by car, by train, by bike’. As a final activity on this topic, the children conduct class interviews. They record the results in a chart. Later, in the math lesson, the children arrange the information they have collected bz turning it into a pie or block chart.’ 5. Using techniques from other subjects to stimulate language work; 6. Using language classes to provide material for work in other lessons; 7. Introducing topics from other subjects into language lessons with no follow-up activity in these subjects; 8. Teaching whole lesson of other subjects in English. 2 8. Teachers and learners need a programme, which clearly has purpose and coherence. What out of the following do the learners need? 4. To know where to direct their energies; 5. To provide a central path through the limitless complexities of a language; 6. To have a mental framework into which they can fit new knowledge. 1 3 9. Which out of the following are disadvantages of having four half English hours a week? 5. The children do not lose sight of the language between sessions. 6. Short lessons can be very demanding for both teacher and class. 7. The children have more chance of remembering from one session to the next. 8. Frequent lessons probably take more total preparation time than the time needed to prepare two large blocks. 2 4 2. Which out of the following activities bring physical engagement (actual occupation) of pupils? A repetition B imagining C talking about themselves A