1.

Read the following account from a language learner: "When reading a text in English and coming
across any unknown vocabulary, I never stop reading to check the meaning of the word. Instead, I
try to guess the meaning from context." This use of language learning strategies is an example of
----.

affective strategies
memory-related strategies
social strategies
metacognitive strategies
compensatory strategies

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2.

In line with the recent shift of emphasis from the notion of training to that of
development, the idea of teacher exploration or an exploratory approach
functions as a sort of

explicit ways to design a lesson.

liberating tool for teachers from the pressure of identifying a best or
better way of teaching.
permanent guidance for teachers.
portfolio of new teaching activities.
rules to be followed.

3.

Which of the following can be considered language learning strategies?

(1) repeating new vocabulary on a daily basis;
(2) interacting with native speakers of the language;
(3) reading newspapers in the foreign language;
(4) listening to songs in the foreign language.

Only 3 and 4.
Only 1 and 2.
Only 1 and 4.
All of them.
None of them.

4.

In the process of teachinglearning foreign languages, who should be more intereted in observing
classroom practices

teachers themselves
coordinators
supervisors
students
researchers

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5.

------ language strategies are those which enable learners to manipulate the language material in
direct ways.

metacognitive
memory-related
independent
cognitive
compensatory

6.

Joana is a Brazilian student of English. While watching films, she makes a list of interesting
expressions she hears and tries to put them into use. By doing so, she is making use of ---.

Interference from first language.

The influence of her mother tongue.
Pragmatics.
Krashen's natural order hypothesis.
Language learning strategies.