ELT Brief Question Solution 2021 | Approaches and Methods of Language Teaching

ELT Brief Question Solution 2021 | Approaches and Methods of Language Teaching

Previous Board Brief Questions Solution | Approaches and Methods of Language Teaching (ELT) | made by Tanvir Ahmed

Brief Questions : 2013 - 2019, Fourth Year


2013   made by Tanvir, Admin of Bangla Summary


1- a) What is method? (2012)

 Ans :   A method is the reflection of a chosen approach to teaching and learning.

2- b) What areas of language are emphasized in Grammar Translation Method? (2012)

Ans :  Reading and writing skills are emphasized in Grammar Translation Method.

3- c) What is meant by a target language?
  
Ans :  The language a learner wants to learn as an additional language is called a target language. 

4- d) What is SLA?  (2017, 2016, 2019-g)

 Ans :  SLA stands for Second Language Acquisition.

5- e) What is Affective Filter Hypothesis?  (2016- l, 2019)

Ans :  The affective filter hypothesis states that learners must be relaxed and open to learning in order for language to be acquired. 

6- f) What do you mean by LAD?

Ans :  LAD stands for Language Acquisition Device.

7- g) What does Communicative Language Teaching mean?

Ans :  Communicative language teaching is a language teaching approach that focuses on the communicative competence in a language.

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8- h) What is PPP?  (2017- l)

Ans :  PPP means presentation, production and practice. It is an elegant methodology for teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to students of all ages and ability levels.

9- i) What is deductive teaching of grammar?  (2012)

 Ans :   An inductive approach involves the learners detecting, noticing, patterns and working out a 'rule' for themselves before they practise the language.

10- j) How many phases are there in TBLT?  (2015)

Ans :  There are three phases in TBLT.

11- k) What is scanning? (2017, 2015)

Ans :  Scanning refers to reading a text quickly to find out a specific piece of information.  

12-l) Who wrote the book entitled The Natural Approach'?

Ans :   The natural approach is a method of language teaching  developed by Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terrell in the late 1970s and early 1980s.


2014      made by Tanvir, Admin of Bangla Summary

13- a) What is schema?  (2015- f, 2017- d, 2019-a)

Ans :  Schema is our background knowledge that helps us understand and interpret information, feelings, and emotion.

14- b) Define ZPD. (2016- b)

Ans :   ZPD or Zone of Proximal Development is the gap between what a learner can learn by themselves and what he/she can learn with the help of teachers

15- c) What is an interactive view of language?  2016 -a

Ans :  An interactive view of language emphasizes learning a language through interaction.

16- d) What does "The Army Method" refer to?  (2016, 2019)

Ans :  The Army Method refers to the drilling and intensive practice of structures of the target language.

17- e) What is acquisition learning hypothesis?

Ans :  According to Krashen, language acquisition means developing language skills subconsciously, whereas "Learning" means consciously learning a language by learning the rules of the target language. 

18- f) What is the basic rule of the direct method?

Ans :   The basic rule of the direct method is that language should be taught in the target language.

19- g) What is Pantomime?

  Ans :  Pantomimes are small acts / role play done thought gestures.

20- h) What is role play?  (2018- k)

Ans :  Role-play is an activity when students play the roles of some other characters of real life. 

21- i) What is meant by "linguistic imperialism"?  (2015- c)

Ans :  When a language is imposed (চাপিয়ে দেওয়া) on the speakers of other languages, it is called linguistic imperialism. 

22- j) What is "critical period"?  (2015- d, 2017)

Ans :  "Critical period" is a first Language Acquisition theory which states that children can learn a language first few years of their life very easily, but after puberty (বয়ঃসন্ধি), language acquisition rates start dropping and people have hard times to learn a language after 19.

23- k) What do you understand by "Content Language Integrated Learning"?

Ans :   CLIL refers to learning a language through cross-curricular contents such as science, history etc.

24- l) In which method pronunciation gets little or no attention?

Ans :  The Grammar-Translation method pronunciation gets little or no attention.



2015      made by Tanvir, Admin of Bangla Summary

25- a) What is interlanguage?

Ans :  Interlanguage is a linguistic system that a second language learner makes with a combination of his/her first language and the target language rules or by overgeneralizing some rules of the target language. 

26- b) Define language from the structural point of view.

 Ans :  From the structural point of view, language refers to the use of linguistic or grammatical aspects of a language, such as voice Sounds, words, and sentences. 

27- c) What is linguistic imperialism?  2014- i

Ans :  When a language is imposed (চাপিয়ে দেওয়া) on the speakers of other languages, it is called linguistic imperialism. 

28- d) What is 'critical period' in learning language by children?  (2014- j, 2017)

29- e) How many phrases are there in TBLT?  (2013- j)

30- f) What is Schema?  (2014- a, 2017- d)

31- g) Explain Language Acquisition Device' (LAD).  (2013, 2017)

32- h) What do you mean by 'lingua franca'? (2017- a, 2019-c)

Ans :   Lingua Franca a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.

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33- i) What is skimming and scanning?  (2013- k, 2017- b)

Ans :   Skimming is reading a text quickly to get a general idea about the text. Scanning is a reading technique used to find specific information quickly. 

34- j) Explain language shift.

Ans :   A speech community may have two languages, and when it stops using one of these and shifts to the other, it is called language shift. 

35- k) Define applied linguistics.  (2018- l)

Ans :   Applied linguistics is a branch of language study concerned with (জড়িত) the scientific study of second and foreign language teaching and learning.

36- 1) What is pedagogy?  (2017- c, 2019-d)

Ans :   Pedagogy is the art of teaching  OR  Ans :  Pedagogy is the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept. 



2016       made by Tanvir, Admin of Bangla Summary

37- a) What is an interactive view of Language?  2014- c

Ans :  An interactive view of language emphasizes learning a language through interaction.

38- b) What is ZPD? (2014- b, 2019-e)

39- c) What is TESOL? (2019-f)

Ans : 

40- d) What is the goal of Total Physical Response Method (TPR)?

Ans :  To provide an enjoyable learning experience, having a minimum of the stress that typically accompanies learning a foreign language. 

41- e) What is Nativism?

Ans :  The nativist / Innatist theory of language acquisition states that language is innate and 'native' to humans from birth. This is advocated by Noman Chomsky. 

42- f) Which Method is known as classical method?

Ans :   Grammar-Translation Method is known as the classical method.

43- g) What is Direct Method?  (2018- d)

Ans :   Direct Method is a language teaching approach in which students are taught the target language without translation into the native language.

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44- h) What does "Army method" refer to?  (2014- d)

45- i) What is SLA?  (2013- d, 2017)

46- j) What is linguistic competence?

 Ans :  Linguistic competence is the system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language.

47- k) What is Desuggestopedia?

Ans :  Desuggestopedia means "to eliminate", here it refers to the elimination of negative feelings.

48- j) What is affective filter hypothesis?  (2013- e, 2019-h)


2017      made by Tanvir, Admin of Bangla Summary

49- a) What do you mean by 'lingua franca'?  (2015- h)

50- b) What do you mean by skimming and scanning?  (2013- k, 2015- i)

51- c) What is pedagogy?   (2015- l)

52- d) What is Schema?    (2014- a, 2015- f)

53- e) When was 'CLT' introduced in Bangladesh?

Ans :  CLT was introduced in Bangladesh in 1990s.

54- f) What is ESP?

Ans :   ESP stands for English for Specific Purpose.

55- g) What is approach in language teaching?

Ans :   According to Anthony,  An Approach is a set of correlative (পরম্পর সম্পর্কযুক্ত) assumptions (অনুমান) dealing with the nature of language teaching and learning.

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56- h) What is SLA?  (2013- d, 2016- i)

57- i)  What is 'Scaffolding'?

Ans :   Scaffolding refers to the assistance (সহায়তা) from an expert to help learners reach next level. 

58- j) What is the aim of GTM?  (2019-k)

Ans :   There are two main goals of GTM. One is to develop students' reading ability to a level where they can read literature in the target language. The other is to develop students' general mental discipline

59- k) What is meant by LAD?   (2013, 2015)

60- l) What is PPP Approach?  (2013- h, 2019)


2018      made by Tanvir, Admin of Bangla Summary

a) What is meant by ELT Methodology"?

Ans :   ELT Methodology is a system of practices and procedures that a teacher uses to teach the English Language. It will be based on beliefs about the nature of language, and how it is learnt (known as 'Approach").

62- b) What is CLT?

Ans :   Communicative language teaching is a language teaching approach that focuses on the communicative competence in a language. 

63- c) What is ESL?

Ans :   ESL stands for English as a second language.

64- d) Define 'Direct Method'.  (2016- g)

65- e) What is the oldest 'Language Teaching Method'?

 Ans :   The oldest "Language teaching method" is called Grammar Translation Method.

66- f) What is a Large class'?

  Ans :  A Large Class is a classroom where more than 25 students register for language lessons.

67- g) What is the medium of instruction in the GTM?

  Ans :  The first language of the learners is the medium of instruction in the GTM.

68- h) What are audio-lingual drills?

  Ans :  Audio-lingual drills mean practising some target language structures over and over to be trained or conditioned to use them in real life situations.

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69- i) What is an Oral Approach?

  Ans :  The Oral Approach or Situational Language Teaching is based on a structural view of language.

70- j) What is 'Intensive reading?

  Ans :  Intensive reading refers to reading with close attention to specific features of a text. 

71- k) What is Role play?  (2014- h)

Ans :  Role-play is an activity when students play the roles of some other characters of real life

72- 1) What is Applied Linguistics'?  (2015- k)

Ans :   Applied linguistics is a branch of language study concerned with (জড়িত) the scientific study of second and foreign language teaching and learning.



2019 made by Tanvir, Admin of Bangla Summary

a) What is Schema?

  Ans :  (2015- f, 2017- d)

b) What is Coherence?

  Ans : Coherence means the internal connection between ideas in a writing.

87- What do you mean by "Lingua Franca"?

  Ans :  (2017- a)


88- What is pedagogy?

  Ans :  (2017- c)

89- What is ZPD?

  Ans :  (2014- b, 2016-b)

90- What is TESOL?

  Ans :  (2016-c)

91-g) What does 'army method' refer to?

  Ans :  (2016- h, 2015-d)

92- What is SLA?

  Ans :  (2017, 2016, 2013-d)

93- What is affective filter hypothesis?

  Ans :  (2016- l, 2013-e)

94- When was CLT introduced in Bangladesh?  (2017 -e)

   Ans :  CLT was introduced in Bangladesh in 1990s.

95- What is the aim of GTM?

  Ans :  (2017-j)

96- What is PPP Approach?

  Ans :  (2013- h, 2017)



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