ELT MCQs

Quiz: ELT

1. The Direct Method in language teaching mainly avoids:

Use of target language
Use of phonetics
Use of mother tongue
Oral practice

2. The Grammar-Translation Method focuses mainly on:

Listening skills
Translation & memorization
Communicative fluency
Pair work

3. “Language is habit formation” is the belief of which method?

Oral Approach
Audiolingual Method
Structuralism
Communicative Approach

4. The Oral Approach and Situational Language Teaching were developed by:

Noam Chomsky
A.S. Hornby
Otto Jespersen & Daniel Jones
Harold Palmer & Hornby

5. In the Audio-Lingual Method, the main classroom technique is:

Extensive reading
Repetition drills
Free writing
Silent observation

6. “Errors are signs of learning” is believed in which approach?

Behaviourist
Structuralist
Communicative
Audiolingual

7. Suggestopedia mainly focuses on:

Rote learning
Grammar rules
Relaxed environment & music
Translation

8. The Silent Way uses which tool for teaching pronunciation?

Blackboards
Cuisenaire rods
Flashcards
Audio tapes

9. Communicative Language Teaching prioritizes:

Accuracy over fluency
Grammar first
Fluency & meaningful communication
Memorizing vocabulary lists

10. Task-Based Language Teaching focuses on:

Tasks that promote real communication
Translation
Memorizing structures
Dictation only

11. The Natural Approach was developed by:

Krashen & Terrell
Chomsky & Hymes
Halliday & Firth
Hornby & Palmer

12. Krashen’s “Affective Filter” refers to:

Grammar rules
Emotional factors that block learning
Dictionary use
Writing difficulties

13. The Structural Approach focuses on:

Stories
Literary texts
Mastery of language patterns
Translation

14. Who coined the term “Communicative Competence”?

Noam Chomsky
M.A.K. Halliday
Dell Hymes
Henry Sweet

15. Error Analysis as a field was developed by:

Krashen
Corder
Richards
Bloomfield

16. The Direct Method teaches vocabulary mainly through:

Translation
Pictures and real objects
Grammar rules
Drills only

17. “Monitor Hypothesis” is part of:

Chomsky’s UG
Krashen’s SLA theory
Vygotsky’s theory
Behaviourism

18. In the Silent Way, the teacher is seen as:

Controller
Prompter
Passive observer
Technician or facilitator

19. CLT activities include:

Pattern drills
Mechanical repetition
Role plays & information gap tasks
Dictation only

20. The Natural Approach prioritizes:

Conscious grammar learning
Meaningful input
Memorization
Immediate error correction