I. Multiple Choices: (20%)

Directions: In this section, you are given 20 questions, beneath each of which arefour choices marked A, B,C and D. You are to make the best choice either tocomplete the incomplete statement or to answer the question. One point is givento each correct choice.

1.According to the records available, human beings have been involved in thestudy of language for ___________ years.

A.1,000                                                   B.1,500

C.2,000                                                   D.2,500

2.By the mid-_________ the upheaval in linguistics and psycholinguistics createdby Chomsky’s transformational-generative grammar had begun to affect languagepedagogy.

A.1940s                                                  B.1950s

C.1960s                                                   D.1970s

3.The Natural Approach believes that the teaching of _________ should be delayeduntil comprehension skills are established.

A.listening                                               B.speaking

C.reading                                                D.writing

4.The generative-transformational school of linguistics emerged through theinfluence of __________ .

A.Noam Chomsky                                    B.J. Piaget

C.D. Ausubel                                           D.J.B. Bruner

5.In foreign language teaching, the target language was interpreted as a systemof rules to be observed in texts and sentences, and to be related to the firstlanguage __________ and meaning.

A.words                                                  B.rules

C.sentences                                              D.context

6.In the 19th century, the strategy in language teaching usuallyadopted by foreign language teachers was the _______ of grammar rules withtranslation.

A.introduction                                         B.interpretation

C.comprehension                                      D.combination

7.In the Direct Method, teachers encourage learners to _______ rules of grammarthrough active use of the target language in the classroom.

A.apply                                                   B.analyze

C.induce                                                  D.paraphrase

8._________can be introduced as a means of consolidation and eva luation in theDirect Method.

A.Reading                                               B.Listening

C.Speaking                                              D.Writing

9.The psychological theory underlying the Grammar-Translation Method was_________ Psychology.

A.Developmental                                     B.Child

C.Faculty                                                D.Adult

10.In the opinion of Palmer and some other linguists of his time, _________ playedone of the most important roles in foreign language learning.

A.grammar                                              B.phonetics

C.vocabulary                                           D.rhetoric