ENG503 Midterm Past Papers Spring 2025

ENG503

Mid-Term

ABSTRACT This comprehensive collection of notes is accurately crafted to empower students to excel academically, ensuring they achieve a minimum of 80% marks in their examinations. The content is organized with clarity and precision, focusing on key concepts, critical analyses, and practical applications tailored to the syllabus. These notes serve as a reliable resource for both thorough preparation and last-minute revision. Designed to inspire confidence and mastery, this guide is an essential tool for students striving for academic excellence.

Maha Malik

Spring 2025

1. The teaching method in which teacher remain silent is called_____. The Silent Way
2. The study of the sound system of a language is called Phonology
3. language developed between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago. Spoken
4. Question in intensive listening is predetermined question
5. Activity in oral class is ? Discussion
6. students are encouraged to produce lengthy list, in stage is listening. (listing)
7. listening to mimic a text is an example of intensive
8. Speaking skill mostly used in our daily life.
9. Role of teacher when she persuades students to read by focusing on benefits Motivator
10. Combination of two different forms to form a single term is called Blending
11. when we write without attention. It is called (Rough draft)
12. Role of teacher in communicative approach is facilitator

1. Whorf Hypothesis

Answer: Answer: Also known as the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, it includes:

Linguistic Determinism: Language determines thought. Linguistic Relativity: Language influences how people perceive and think about the world.

2. Three Open Class of Words

Answer: Answer:

Nouns Verbs Adjectives (These are called "content words" and carry lexical meaning).

3. Expanding Circle (Kachru’s Model)

Answer: Answer: Refers to countries where English is learned as a foreign language (EFL), e.g., China, Russia, Japan.

4. Five Types of Measuring Students’ Ability (Tests)

Answer: Answer:

Placement Tests Diagnostic Tests Progress Tests Achievement Tests Proficiency Tests.

5. Define Psycholinguistics

Answer: Answer: The study of the relationship between language and the mind, focusing on language processing, storage, comprehension, and acquisition.

6. Formatted Assessments

Answer: Answer: These are structured assessments with clear guidelines, standardized formats, and scoring rubrics used to evaluate language skills reliably.

7. Define Mental Lexicon

Answer: Answer: It refers to the mental storage of words and related information (form, meaning, syntax) that a person knows.

8. Define Morphology

Answer: Answer: The study of the structure and formation of words from morphemes (smallest meaning units).

9. Three Teaching Methods

Answer: Answer:

Grammar-Translation Method Audio-Lingual Method Communicative Language Teaching (CLT).

10. Three Techniques of Audio-Lingual Method

Answer: Answer:

Dialogue Memorization Repetition Drills Chain Drills.

11. Three Inner Circle Countries

Answer: Answer:

United States United Kingdom Australia.