ENG505 Collection of Assessments by Maha Malik

1. In

Krashen’s Monitor Theory, acquisition and learning develop

______________ in language learning. (competence)

2. Cognitive process concentrates on _________________ . (mental process)
3. What type of symbols are present in a language system? (Arbitrary)
4. B.F. Skinner is a ________________. (behaviourist)
5. Universal Grammar refers to the mentalist approach that supports

______________ and ___________ . (nativism and cognitivism)

6. …………… proposed a ‘three-level framework’ (1965) based on ‘Approach,

Methods, and Techniques.’ (Edward Anthony)

7. ………………….of language deals with the understanding of the structurally

related elements in a language. (Structural principal)

8. Silent Way emphasizes problem solving by involving the

……………..material. (target language)

9. Total Physical Response emphasizes instant understanding of the target

language by responding to the ……………given in the target language.

(command)

10.

The term "technique" is a broader term for specific ________________

. (tasks)

11.

What does LAD stand for? (Language Acquisition Device)

12.

Learning belongs to behaviourist approach and deals with a mechanical

process of ………..formation. (habit)

13.

Chomsky refers to competence as a system of rules mastered, and the

ability to produce ___________________ number of sentences. (infinite)

14.

Performance is ‘the actual use of language in …………situations.’

(concrete)

15.

Inductive Learning begins with …………….first and requires learners

to determine rules relevant to the examples. (examples)

16.

The behaviourist movement began with John Watson in

______________ . (1913)

17.

Russian ______________, Ivan Pavlov, is the founder of ‘Pavlovian

Conditioning’. (physiologist)

18.

Temporal Congruity occurs when two …………are experienced close

together in time and, as a result, an association may be formed. (stimuli)

19.

Classical Conditioning supports the habit formation and opposes the

idea of _______________ as responsible factors for learning. (consciousness)

20.

Reinforcement or punishment determines the ______________ .

(behavior)

21.

He introduced the theory of Verbal Behaviour in _________________

. (1957)

22.

Skinner identified following three types of responses that can follow

behaviour: ___________,_________________, ___________ . (neutral,

reinforcer, punisher)

23.

The ‘Mediation Theory’ was introduced by ______________________

. (Charles Osgood)

24.

‘Law of Effect’ was introduced by _______________. (Edward

Thorndike)

25.

Law of Exercise: (a) the law of use and (b) the law of _____________.

(disuse)

26.

Immanuel Kant was a _________________ philosopher. (German)

27.

Rene Descartes, a French philosopher, mathematician and scientist, and

father of ……………..philosophy. (modern)

28.

Chomsky’s (1965) idea of __________________ has been a hallmark

of language learning mechanism. (innateness)

29.

The Lenneberg theory is known as __________________ . (Critical

Period Hypothesis)

30.

Competence is a native speaker’s _________________ of his/her

language, system of rules mastered, and the ability to understand and produce

infinite number of sentences. (knowledge)

31.

Robert Gagne (1916 – 2002), an educational psychologist, introduced

_____________ levels of learning events. (events)

32.

Three-Stage Information Processing Model ___________________,

short-term memory, long-term memory. (sensory register)

33.

Vygotsky believed that language is one of the most important

psychological tools that effects children’s________________ development.

(cognitive)

34.

Green (2003) states that information processing approach involves

three basic steps: encoding, storage, and ___________________ . (retrieval)

35.

Vygotsky’s Socio Cultural Theory (1896-1934): is based on the

__________________ analysis, the role of language, and the social relation.

(developmental)

36.

Newell and Simon (1972) proposed _________________ for problem

solving. (Information Processing System)

37.

Connectionist models, cover a wide range of domains, are related to

language processing and cognitive ______________. (control)

38.

Connectionism suggests that cognitive phenomena can be explained

with respect to a set of general information-processing principles, known as

Parallel Distributed Processing. (True)

39.

The Associative-Cognitive CREED Theory in SLA was introduced by

___________________ . (Nick Ellis)

40.

PDP models are neutrally inspired information processing models to

explain the ways of information processing which actually takes place in the

____________. (brain)

41.

Sir Frederick Bartlett proposed the theory of

_________________________. (Reconstructive Memory and Schema)

42.

Assimilation and ___________________ also contribute in the

thinking processes. (accommodation)

43.

John Dewey, father of experiential education (1930) has not been

generally recognized as the most renowned and influential American

philosopher of education. (False)