CTEL: Test 2- Domain 009/010

Question 1

7 affective factors that impact the development of language

Answer 1

1. motivaiotn
2. inhibition
3. attitudes
4. levels of anxiety
5. self esteem
6. teacher expectation
7. classroom environment

Question 2

In terms of self esteem, to facilitate language learning, teachers should

Answer 2

empower students with positive images of self, family, and culture - honor first language

Question 3

2 types of motivation needed for language learning

Answer 3

instrumental: the need to acquire language for a specific purpose
integrative: the desire to become a member of the culture of a second language group

Question 4

Best practice for motivating students

Answer 4

1. give pep talks - anything worth doing is hard
2. give encouraging phrases to repeat to themselves
3. make sure the peer group is made of academic achievers

Question 5

One’s attitude about the self involve

Answer 5

cognition about one’s ability in general, something slow to change

Question 6

Affective filter

Answer 6

complex of negative emotional and motivational factors that may interfere with the reception and processing of comprehensible input (Krashen)

Question 7

Lowering affective filter - 5 ways

Answer 7

• do not test students on the material they are working with
• do not require students to perform when they are not ready and willing to do so
• use authentic materials – feature movies, newspapers and magazines, popular fiction, etc. – rather than ESL textbooks and the like.
• do not use exercises, drills, or any kind of artificial task that has no ostensible or sensible purpose other than language practice.
• Frequent placement testing (see below) enables us to keep students in groups that reflect their current needs and abilities.

Question 8

Why do some students fail to achieve CALP?

Answer 8

sociocultural factors such as

• language and culture valued by the school
• patterns of schooling not matching the cognition

and other factors

Question 9

12 factors that affect the development of additional languages

Answer 9

1. family expectations

2.

Question 10

4 theories for looking at feedback

Answer 10

1. audio-lingualism
2. interlanguage
3. communicative approach
4. monitor theoru

Question 11

Audiolingualism in respect to feedback

Answer 11

learners make few mistakes because they learn in small, controlled steps

Question 12

interlanguage in respect to feedback

Answer 12

mistakes are an important factor in language learning, by correcting them the learner’s interlanguage approach the target language

Question 13

communicative approach in respect to feedback

Answer 13

not all mistakes need to be corrected, only those that interfere with meaning

Question 14

monitor theory in respect to feedback

Answer 14

correction does not lead t language acquisition. learners need comprehensible input in oder to acquire language