Role Of Listening And Speaking Functions Of Language

08 The spoken skills in a language teaching classroom can be developed through 1. enabling activities with a focus on conversation skills leading to communicative competence 2. group activities where learners can talk in whichever language they would like to 3. engaging in small talk as confident aggressive learners 4. encourage play with no other objectives

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09 Ria is unable to pronounce the words 'smile' and 'school' clearly. As her teacher, what will you do? 1. humiliate Ria by isolating her and asking her to repeat the words 2. asking the entire class to repeat the words and appreciating Ria when she repeats them correctly 3. make Ria repeat the 'words' many times 4. Make Ria understand the meaning and the sound pattern and get the class as a whole to listen to these words through an audio-visual medium

10 Telling interesting stories to young learners is primarily meant for improving their 1. writing skills 2. speaking skills 3. listening skills 4. reading skills

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11 The main purpose of using oral drill is 1. to assess the comprehension skills of learners 2. to improve pronunciation and accuracy 3. to enhance the speaking skills of learners 4. to improve retention capacity of learners

12 'Decorum' in spoken language pertains to 1. correct grammatical usage 2. voice quality or loudness 3. clarity and purity of style 4. appropriate gestures

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13 A fellow traveller at the airport has just finished reading the newspaper and you want him/her to pass it to you. Choose how you will make the request? 1. pass me the paper 2. pass me the paper, please 3. can you pass me the paper 4. could you possibly pass me the newspaper?

14 " You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: victory". Churchill asks a question and then goes on to answer it. Such a question is 1. a prompt 2. explanatory 3. rhetorical 4. stylized

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15 A student recommends the reading of the latest best-seller, saying it is very interesting. You listen, trying to make out whether the student's observation is sincere or not. This type of listening can be described as 1. critical 2. comprehension 3. sympathetic 4. active

16 Students learning a language often lack confidence when speaking due to the language's unique pronunciation rules. One way to overcome this problem is 1. children reading aloud in class 2. using game like activities which require verbal interaction in classroom 3. conducting special speech therapy with a counselor 4. correcting errors whenever they happen

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