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DELTA MODULE ONE Understanding language, methodology and resources for teaching PAPER 1
Additional materials: Answer booklet
D031/1
Sample Test
TIME
1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Write these details in the spaces provided on your answer booklet and on any separate answer paper used. Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. This paper consists of five tasks. Complete all tasks. Write your answers in the separate answer booklet. Use a pen. You may write on the question paper, but you must write your answers in pen in the answer booklet. You will have no extra time for this, so you must finish in one hour and thirty minutes. At the end of the test, hand in both the question paper and the answer booklet and fasten any separate paper used securely to the answer booklet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES Suggested timings are indicated for each task.
Provide the term for each definition. Write your answers in your answer booklet. Please provide only one answer per question. a b
the replacing of a noun phrase or a clause by a single word in order to avoid repetition or to make a text more cohesive
the theory which claims that every speaker of a language knows a set of principles which apply to all languages and also a set of parameters that can vary from one language to another, but only within set limits
the attitudinal meaning of a word, which may be culturally determined, such as whether it carries a positive or negative meaning
the place in an utterance where the major pitch movement begins, marking the focal point of the message
a process through which an error has become a permanent feature of a learners language use and is believed to be resistant to correction
Task Two
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Provide a definition and an appropriate brief example or illustration for four of the terms below. Write your answers in your answer booklet. a b c d e f
adjacency pair anaphoric reference collocation order of acquisition structural syllabus word family
The extract for this task is a speaking activity for elementary level learners. Identify a total of five key speaking subskills/features of discourse learners at this level would need in order to complete the activity successfully. Provide an example specific to this activity to support each choice. Write your answer in your answer booklet.
The extract is taken from Language to Go Elementary Students Book, Simon Le Maistre and Carina Lewis, Pearson Longman, 2005, page 67. Turn Over
The text is a human interest story from a newspaper. Identify five features of the text which are typical of this genre. Provide an example for each.
Look at the following three extracts taken from the text, all of which contain the word (or contraction) had. Comment on the form, meaning/use and pronunciation of had in each case. Shed guzzled too much espresso coffee. (line 4) . and (I) had tears streaming down my face. (line 8) In the end, Jasmine had to be sent home. (line 12)
Look at this sentence from the text and comment on the form, meaning/use and pronunciation of the underlined part. What problems might learners have with the meaning and phonology? I have always stressed to my children the importance of moderation but Jasmine got caught out on this occasion. (line 38)
Look at the following three extracts taken from the text. Comment on the form and meaning/use of the underlined parts. uncontrolled sobbing (line 3) and rocketing temperature (line 3) But after being despatched by her father, (line 12)
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The text for this task is reproduced on the opposite page. It was written by a learner in an upper intermediate class in response to the following task:
Identify three key strengths and three key weaknesses of the text. Provide an example of each strength and each weakness. Your answer should focus on some or all of the areas listed below. Task achievement Appropriacy of genre and style Organisation Cohesion Punctuation
Which one of the weaknesses identified above would you choose to prioritise? Give three reasons for your choice.
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