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Previous Year Brief Question of Approaches and Method of Language
Teaching (ELT)
What is ZPD? (2016, 2015, 2013)
Ans. ZPD means Zone of Proximal Development which stands for the gap between
what a learner can learn by themselves and what he/she can learn with the help of
teachers.
What is pedagogy? (2017, 2015)
Ans. Pedagogy means the method and practice of teaching.
What is meant by "ELT Methodology'? (2018)
Ans. ELT Methodology means a system of practices and procedures which a
teacher uses to teach the English Language.
What is the ' approach' in language teaching? (2017)
Ans. An Approach is a foreign language teaching process.
What is ESL? (2018)
Ans. ESL stands for English as a second language.
What is 'Applied Linguistics'? (2018, 2015)
Ans. Applied linguistics is a branch of language study concerned with the
scientific study of second and foreign language teaching and learning.
Define language from the structural point of view. (2017, 2015)
Ans. From the structural point of view, language means the use of linguistic or
grammatical aspects of a language, such as voice sounds, words, and sentences.
What is LAD? (2017, 2015, 2012)
Ans. LAD stands for Language Acquisition Device (concerning a part, or parts, of
the brain which specialize in the acquisition of language). It is specifically related
to the ability of children to learn languages.
What is 'schema'? (2017, 2015)
Ans. Schema is our background knowledge that helps us understand and interpret
information, feelings, and emotions.
What does critical period mean in learning language by children? (2017, 2015)
Ans. In first Language Acquisition theory, the "Critical period" is the period in
which children can learn a language in the first few years of their life very easily.
What is SLA? (2017, 2016, 2012)
Ans. SLA stands for Second Language Acquisition.
What is 'interlanguage'? (2015, 2014)
Ans. Interlanguage means a linguistic system where a second language learner
makes a combination of his/her first language.
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