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FINAL EXAMINATION
SEMESTER 3 SESSION 2015/2016

CODE : KAH1043 COURSE : ENGLISH FOR YOUNG

LEARNERS
DATE 1 8 MAY 7(116 TIME : 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES

INSTRUCTION

1. This question paper consists of ONE (1) section.

Section A: Objective Questions.

2. Answer ALL question in the OMR answer sheet.

This question paper consists of 9 printed pages including the cover page

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PART A: (40 Marks)

Instruction: Answer a" questions.

1. Patients with Broca's aphasia exhibit impaired speech problems, whereas Wernicke's
aphasia patients _

A. cannot utter words correctly.

B. have word-finding difficulties:
C. may substitute phoneme for another.
one

D. are fluent speakers who produce semantically empty utterances and have

difficulty in comprehension.

2. Thestudy of the speech sounds that occur in all human languages to represent
meanings is called _

A. phonetics.
B. morphemes.
C. free morphemes.
D. bound morphemes.

3. Which of these statements is false?

A. pre-, dis- and bi- examples of prefixes.

are

B. -er, -ist, and -ly are examples of suffixes.

C. dislike and bilingual are examples of free morphemes.
D. prefix and suffix morphemes are called bound morphemes.

4. Both the vowels and the consonants are produced at various places in the mouth,
called the -----------

A. glottis.
B. pulmonic.
C. eggresive.
D. place of articulation.

5. [m], [n] and the [11] are produced air escapes not only through the mouth but also

through the nose and this is known as the sound.

A. nasal
B. voiced
C. voiceless
D. vocal cord

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6. Which of these statements is false?

A. [r] is a retroflex.
B. [I] is a lateral liquid.
C. [w] and OJ are called glides.
D. [tf] and [dz] are called plosives.

7. We teach a child phonic skills because _

A. it is part of the school curriculum.

B. it is a specific teaching of reading and writing.
reference in the
C. there is a clear link between higher standard and systematic phonics teaching.
D. mastery of the skills has an important part to play in the way he/she learns to
read and write.

8. In teaching reading and writing, children should be taught all of the followings except

A. the phonic skills.

alphabet and
B. how to memorisemeaning of words and spell them.
C. how the letter symbols correspond to the sounds of spoken language.
D. develop phonological awareness when listening to sounds in oral language.

9. X is aprocess through which a teacher or more competent peer helps the student in
his or her Zone of Proximal Development as necessary.
X refers to -----------

A. Rewards.
B. Modeling.
C. Memorizing.
D. Scaffolding.

10. Which of these statements about is false?

A. Unoccupied play children are within the play area but are not directly/actively
involved in play.
B. Cooperative play children's involvements are minimum but more interested to
observe peers playing.
C. Solitary play child plays alone ignoring others around him or her.
D. Associative play children play in groups using similar tools and materials but
there areno designated aims or roles.

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11. The following words are first stage key words or words used most often in speech
and writing for beginners in English language learning except

A. I.
B. On.
C. Mother.
D. Without.

12. Which of these statements is false?

A. The letters 'a, e, i, 0, u' examples of vowels.

are

B. The letters 'b, c, d, f' are examples of consonants.

C. 'aa, ie, oa, ea, 00, ee' are examples of vowel clusters.
D. 'te, se, no, lu, ch, so', are examples of consonant clusters.

13. Consonant digraphs are two different consonants that appear together and represent
a single sound, for example _

A. the.
B. blue.
C. crab.
D. frog.

14. Phonic approach is an approach that teaches the relation of the letters (graphemes)
to the -------

A. words.
B. sounds.
C. alphabets.
D. punctuations.

15. According to the Behaviorist Theory learners learn by undergoing training and
practice through a series of stimulus and _

A. food.
B. saliva.
C. action.
D. response chains.

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16. Listening and speaking will include verbal and non verbal communication including
the use of body language, facial expression and _

A. magazine.
B. newspaper.
C. eye contact.
D. written materials.

17. Preparing activities using the nursery rhymes allows children to be creative and

imaginative and makes learning the language interesting and _

A. passive.
B. enjoyable.
C. unmotivated.
D. teacher centered.

18. In guided reading, the book chosen should be at a level where _

A. pupils can read 95% on their own.

B. pupils need not help from a teacher.

C. pupils can solvespelling and grammar problem.
D. pupils are independent learners and they do not disturb the teacher.

19. Teacher's monitoring of pupils' progress in reading can be done informally through

A. reading test.
B. observation.
C. speaking skills.
D. paper and pencit test.

20. Inkindergarten and the primary grades of many schools, phonemic awareness is
both taught and assessed part of the process of learning to _

A. read.
B. sing.
C. write.
D. speak.

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21. Pattern books are picture books that contain repetitive words, phrases, questions and
some other structures that make them -------

A. easy.
B. simple.
C. predictable.
D. understand.

22. Reading children should take place daily and be pleasurable both for the
to young
readers and the child. During this process young child usually is held on the reader's

A. lap.
B. arm.

C. feet.
D. hand.

23. Children learn languages best in situations where their attention is focused on

___
rather than language

A. words
B. phrases
C. meaning
D. sentences

24. Teacher must demonstrate to the children that English Language is a means of
communication in the same way of their own _

A. big books.
B. pattern books.
C. body gestures.
D. mother tongue.

25. Circle time provides a time for listening, developing attention span, learning new

concepts and promoting

A. play.
B. books.
C. magazines.
D. oral communication.

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26. In monitoring children's progress in reading, a teacher must _

A. give different story book every day.

a

B. be sensitive to what a pupil can and cannot do.

C. make rapid progress and move to another book quickly.
D. remember that pupils in one class may have the same reading ability.

27. Vygotsky believed that learners bring two levels of development to the learning
process. It involves actual developmental level and _

A. new development level.

B. lower development level.
C. higher development level.
D. potential development level.

28. Krashen proposed hypotheses for second language acquisition.

A. five
B. three
C. eight
D. seven

29. These activities will result in high motivation and active engagement of pupils except

A. teacher
guides pupils every step of the way.
B. teacher listens but does not respond to pupils.
C. teacher models, that is, become a good example.
D. teacher shows pupils how to do something (demonstrates).

30. Vowels sounds can be short or long. Short vowel sounds occur in a word that ends
in a consonant or consonant cluster For example, the word _

A. cub.
B. sea.

C. bag.
D. see.

31. The following statements describe the activities carried out in shared reading except

A. everyone can see the text and the illustrations (pictures).

B. the book is at a level where students can read on their own.
C. the book is at a level pupils are not able to read on their own.
D. the teacher uses one big book or poster of a story and sits together with the
class.

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32. In 'modelling' the teacher herself reads to the class or group, and in so doing the
teacher -------

A. gives the best example.

B. gives activities for the students to do.
c. does not model what good reading is.
D. does not act as someone the child wants to become.

33. At the early reading milestone, the pupils begins to know how to read, but does so
very slowly and with much difficulty. Some words are familiar to them, but there are
many words she or he does not know how to read. At this stage, the
______ help greatly.

A. spelling out the words.

B. pronouncing the words.
C. use of pictures and illustrations.

D. asking other students to help pronounce the words.

34. Read the transcription and translate it into word: loceti

A. Test.
B. That.
C. Threat.
D. Thought.

35. Creating assessment criteria focuses attention on particular students behaviour that
are ------

A. rational and logic.

B. measurable and observable.
C. comfortable and interesting.
D. understandable and predictable.

36. Before learning to write, children should gain basic writing skill through

A. audio video activities.

B. listening and speaking skills.
C. tracing and drawing activities.
D. speaking and reading activities.

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37. Reading and llsteninq skills are considered as receptive skills while spoken or

written are known as -------

A. fine skills.
B. active skills.
C. silent skills.
D. productive skills.

38. A guided conversation is the basic form of interaction and it involves selecting
vocabulary and applying grammar rules. A guided conversation is useful especially
for ------------

A. active learners.
B. lower learners level
C. higher learners level.
D. average learners level.

39. Rearrange in order of the basic steps that children embark on an initial course of

learning to read and write should take __

I. Know how the letter symbols correspond to the sounds of the spoken
language.
II. Be taught the alphabet phonic skills.
III. Begin to recognise the individual letters of the alphabet.
IV. Be able to relate sound patterns and rhyme to patterns of the letter.

A. I, II, III and IV only.

B. II, III, I and IV only.
C. III, II, I and IV only.
D. IV, III, II and I only.

40. When choosing a song to teach the young learners, teachers must make sure

I. the song has a clear lyrics

II. pupilslike the songs
III. the song has useful language
IV. the song is challenging

A. I and II
only.
B. II and III
only.
C. III and IV only.
D. I, II and III only.

END OF QUESTIONS