Test 3 - LAMP reading

Question 1

Learning priorities

Answer 1

Pronunciation
Grammatical structure
Vocabulary and culture

Question 2

Learning vocabulary

Answer 2

Associate a word with its meaning, not the corresponding English word

Question 3

How much time should you spend actually communicating?

Answer 3

1/3 or more

Question 4

Learning a language with a partner

Answer 4

Mutually encourage each other, don’t compete

Question 5

Using a grammar book

Answer 5

Don’t rely on it: try to discover things for yourself

Question 6

Informal practice

Answer 6

Make games of language learning, especially when talking to children

Question 7

Language schools

Answer 7

Provides external discipline
Likely not enough practice time provided

Question 8

Living in the home of a local family

Answer 8

Good - maximizes involvement in speaking the language

Question 9

Techniques for cultural exploration

Answer 9

Make observations
Make assumptions about your observations
Attempt to validate your assumptions
Classify and apply your new information

Question 10

Structure substitution drill

Answer 10

Use words that are compatible with each other

Question 11

Structure differential drill

Answer 11

Practice patterns that you tend to confuse

Question 12

While drilling…

Answer 12

Always be thinking of meaning
Refuse to think in English

Question 13

Drills: boredom

Answer 13

You may not be challenging yourself enough
Use more new vocabulary or speed up the pace

Question 14

Drills: frustration

Answer 14

You may be tackling more than you’re ready for
Listen or mimic more before going to production, or switch to focusing on one thing at a time

Question 15

Practicing difficult structures

Answer 15

Don’t just practice it once - build two or three drills on it using different vocabulary

Question 16

Ways to multiply simple sentence patterns

Answer 16

Negation
Question
Emphasis
Instructions

Question 17

Gaining flexibility with simple sentence patterns

Answer 17

Replace (words with different grammatical form)
Expand (add modifiers or other words)
Delete (appropriate parts)
Rearrange (to form another sentence with the same meaning)

Question 18

Combining clauses

Answer 18

Linking (different actors and different events)
Dependent combinations (time relationship, cause and effect, etc.)
Including quotes (“direct” and/or indirect)

Question 19

Learning the meaning of function words

Answer 19

Watch how they are used and practice sentence patterns in which they occur

Question 20

Inclusive pronouns

Answer 20

Includes the person spoken to (we and you)

Question 21

Exclusive pronouns

Answer 21

Excludes the person spoken to (we but not you)