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What is the characteristic that makes English difficult to understand for Filipinos?

A strange language

What are the five phases of teaching vocabulary?

  • Disposition, Integration, Repetition, Interaction, and Imitation
  • Disposition, Integration, Repetition, Imitation, and Self-Instruction
  • Disposition, Integration, Repetition, Interaction, and Self-Instruction (correct)
  • Disposition, Integration, Repetition, Interaction, and Meaningful Use (correct)

    • What is the most prominent figure in deconstruction?

  • Charles Dickens
  • William Shakespeare
  • Leo Tolstoy
  • Jacques Derrida (correct)

    • “The time is out of joint, O cursed spite / That ever I was born to set it right.

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    What is the main theme of Bonsai by Edith Tiempo?

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    What does the term “Metacognition” refer to?

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    What is the primary purpose of teaching the works of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf to 3rd-year high school students?

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    “The Poor Christ of Bombay” by Mongo Berti is an example of satire.

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    Which of the following is NOT a principle of Krashen's monitor model?

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    What is one of the main purposes of Filipino folk narratives?

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    What is the purpose of the K-W-L chart in education?

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    What does the term "co-text" refer to in linguistics?

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    What is the primary goal of remedial instruction in English for students?

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    Testing creates different learning groups is a true statement about testing.

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    The best way to assess students' understanding of literature is to give them a multiple-choice test.

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    Which of the following is NOT a purpose of instructional materials?

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    What is the main difference between "emigrate" and "immigrate"?

    <p>Emigrate refers to leaving one's country to settle in another, while immigrate refers to entering and settling in a new country.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The concept of "overgeneralization" applies to all languages, regardless of their complexity.

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    Which of the following areas is NOT a component of communicative competence?

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    What is the main difference between "phonics" and "phonetical awareness"?

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    "She never told her love..." is a line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

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    Which of the following is considered a "fourth state" in relation to the government?

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    Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a ballad?

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    Which of the following is NOT a type of metacognitive learning strategy identified by Oxford?

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    The primary aim of "Direct Method" in language teaching is vocabulary development.

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    According to Oxford Dictionary, what does the slang term "YAYA" mean?

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    Which of the following literary movements is NOT associated with American Literature?

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    Which literary device is best described as an implausible event or character introduced into a story to resolve the conflict and achieve a pleasing solution?

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    Which famous author is known for using local color in their stories?

    <p>Manuel Arguilla</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The novel "Vanity Fair" is considered a satire of early 19th-century British society.

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    “War is war” exemplifies the literary device known as "Tautology."

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    The "Japanese Regime" is considered the Golden Age of the Filipino Language.

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    What is the primary goal of remedial instruction in English?

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    It took 20 years for the Philippines to gain its official name.

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    What is the central concept emphasized in the Hindu Mythology quote: "All things are simply part of a greater whole One."

    <p>The idea of interconnectedness and unity in all things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The "Mahabharata" contains 100,000 couplets and is divided into 36 parvans.

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    The "Mandela Effect" refers to a phenomenon where people share the same false memory about something.

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    Which of the following is most closely connected to the concept of "overgeneralization"?

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    Flashcards

    English Difficulty

    English is often seen as strange and hard to understand among Filipinos.

    ESP

    English for Specific Purposes focuses on language used in specific contexts related to grammar, lexis, discourse, etc.

    Clipping

    A word-formation process that shortens words, e.g., kindergarten to kinder.

    Indefinite Pronoun

    A pronoun that does not refer to a specific person or thing; for example, everyone.

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    Superlative Adjectives

    Adjectives that express the highest degree, e.g., 'the most interesting'.

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    Imagery

    Use of descriptive language that creates mental images for the reader.

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    Flashback

    A narrative technique that interrupts the chronological sequence to present past events.

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    Catharsis

    The emotional release that a character experiences, often leading to their transformation.

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    Metacognition

    Thinking about one's own learning processes, involves self-regulation and self-reflection.

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    Direct Method

    A language teaching method that emphasizes speaking and listening without translation.

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    Grammar-Translation Method

    An approach that focuses on grammar rules and vocabulary, often translating between languages.

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    Socio-linguistic Component

    It involves using language based on social context and relationships.

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    Maxim of Quality

    Grice's principle stating that one should not say what they believe to be false.

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    Contextualized Learning

    Learning that connects new knowledge to real-world situations and contexts.

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    Listening Skills

    The ability to interpret and understand spoken language.

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    Interactive Speaking

    A speaking task where students engage in dialogue and cooperative exchange.

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    Literary Device: Allusion

    A brief reference to a person, place, event, or work of literature.

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    Euphemism

    A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered too harsh.

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    Commissive Act

    An utterance that commits the speaker to a certain course of action.

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    Folk Literature

    Stories, legends, and songs that are passed down through oral tradition.

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    Phonemic Awareness

    The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words.

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    Chiasmus

    A rhetorical figure where two phrases are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structure.

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    Tautology

    A phrase where different words express the same thing redundantly.

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    Structural Analysis

    Decoding unfamiliar words by examining their parts, such as prefixes and suffixes.

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    Dramatic Irony

    When the audience knows something that the characters do not.

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    Meta-language

    Language used to describe language; often used in discussing grammar and linguistics.

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    Norse Mythology

    A body of myths centered around gods and heroes from ancient Scandinavian culture.

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    Holistic Learning

    An educational approach that considers the whole learner and how they relate to learning.

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    Critical Thinking

    The ability to think clearly and rationally, understanding the logical connection between ideas.

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    Study Notes

    BLEPT English Study Notes

    • This document contains multiple-choice questions and answers for the BLEPT English exam.
    • Key themes include language, assessment, and literature concepts.
    • The characteristics that make English difficult for Filipinos is linked to English perceived as a strange language.
    • ESP (English for Specific Purposes) focuses on language appropriate to different activities, grammar, lexis, register, and genre.
    • A rubric is used in performance-based assessments of spoken English.
    • Singapore is known as a shopper's paradise among ASEAN countries.
    • Clipping is the word-formation process that leads to terms like “kindergarten” and “aircon”.
    • Speakers adjust their language to the listener’s needs.
    • Vowels are speech sounds shaped by the oral cavity.
    • “PROFLIGATE” means overabundant.
    • “-ion” is a bound morpheme that changes verbs to nouns (e.g., action).
    • Everyone is an example of an indefinite pronoun.
    • “I'm studying English a lot at the moment” translates to “he was studying English a lot at that moment” in indirect speech.
    • Interlocutors are not a functional grammar variable.
    • Tenor, Field, and Mode are variables in Systemic Functional Linguistics.
    • "Off" in the phrase "We put it off too long" is an adverbial particle.
    • "Alex is giving his boss a headache" describes a ditransitive verb group.
    • The summary of the main points of a text/lecture/course of study is a course outline.
    • Audio-lingual method is linked to behaviorism and assumptions of correct language habits.
    • English is the most interesting subject for Rizza, according to the superlative adjective.
    • “Pedestrians are not permitted beyond this point” is an official sign written in the passive voice.
    • Ordinal adjectives are exemplified by "THIRD".
    • Contrasting analogy is an example of the relationship between dwindling and increasing, as with stiffening and relaxing.
    • Farce is comical with far-fetched situations and stereotyped characters.
    • “Life is like a roller coaster” is a simile.
    • “Bam, bang, booing” are examples of onomatopoeia.
    • A narrative of the experience of winning an oratorical title is a narrative.
    • Imagery is using words to generate mental images in readers.
    • An omniscient narrator knows everything in a story.
    • “Flashback” refers to an interruption to show past events.
    • “Denouement” describes the resolution of a conflict.
    • “Catharsis” is the transformation or purification of a character.
    • Anagrams are exemplified by "bad credit" and “debit card", and "earthquake" and "the queer shake."
    • “My head is bloody but unbowed” uses a literary device called alliteration.
    • Juxtaposition is placing a funeral home near a children’s nursery.
    • "O! Wild west wind!" is an example of apostrophe.
    • Cliché is a colloquial expression that is overused.
    • Silent Way is a method that uses rods and colorful charts.
    • Skill-based syllabi collect specific skills for language use.
    • Simplified grammar and vocabulary refer to simplified versions of books.
    • Localization uses examples, activities, songs, and stories relating local culture, history, and reality.
    • The Philippine Qualifications Framework is critical in developing content and performance standards.
    • The Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 is the act enhancing the Philippine Basic Education System.
    • Substituting different sounds for a familiar song (e.g., the first sound) helps develop phonological awareness.
    • The past tense form is "hung" for the word "hang", whereas "hanged" refers to death.
    • Inter-language pragmatics studies the ways non-native speakers acquire, comprehend and use speech acts.
    • Linguistic interference occurs when a learner's first language affects language acquisition.
    • A summary of a text, lecture, or course of study is termed a Course Outline.
    • Intrinsic motivation is related to empowerment and better self-image.
    • A bed spacer is a term for someone who stays in a dormitory or shared room of a boarding house without meals.
    • Oral proficiency is the primary aim of Audio-Lingual Method in second language teaching.
    • Strategic competence is linked to the appropriate use of communication and coping strategies.
    • Interpretability means the ability of a listener to comprehend a speaker’s intentions.
    • A Communicative Approach prioritizes oral communication.
    • Sentence fragments are parts of sentences that do not form complete sentences.
    • Complex sentences are exemplified by "Don't make any comment unless you are fully aware of the issue".
    • Optional modifiers are constituents in a sentence.
    • Descriptive grammar discusses language as used in actual speech and writing.
    • Prescriptive grammar describes language usage as how certain communities believe a language should be used.
    • Syntactically ambiguous language is ambiguous in its grammatical structure (e.g., "The man with a tall hat sits rather uncomfortably at the dinner table").
    • Allusions are exemplified by “Shakespeare is a literary titan”.
    • Motifs are repeated images or ideas in a literary work.
    • Religious, divine, and spiritual thematic elements are common in medieval literature.
    • "New Criticism" excludes personal biases and focuses solely on the work itself.
    • Neoclassicism examines and emulates ancient Greek and Roman literature.
    • A Reader-Reception Critic accepts all interpretations of a text as correct.
    • “Anticlimax” is a literary device (e.g., in “Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey…”).
    • Aesthetic Distance enables audiences to remove themselves and contemplate a performance.
    • Translatability is the capacity to transfer meaning from one language to another without significant alteration.
    • Symbolism is a literary movement that reacted against realism and naturalism.
    • Naturalism emphasizes the psychological components of characters in relation to their environment.
    • Connotations are a word's implied meaning beyond its literal definition.
    • Juxtaposition is the literary device in which two contrasting elements are placed close together, as seen in the examples given.
    • A couplet is made of two successive rhyming lines in the same meter.
    • Hyperbole uses exaggeration.
    • Ethos is credibility-based persuasion.
    • Pathos is emotion-based persuasion.
    • Logos is logic and reason-based persuasion.
    • Epiphora (or epistrophe) is a stylistic device involving repetition at the end of clauses.
    • The thesis sentence is the most crucial sentence of an essay.
    • Self-fulfilling prophecies are fulfilled by the characters’ actions to avoid the prophecy.
    • Antanaclasis is repeating a word in two different ways.
    • A prompter dictates an actor's lines.
    • A ballad is a poem that tells a story.
    • Formalist criticism focuses on the work itself.
    • Nemesis is the divine retribution of the gods for wrongdoing.
    • The literary technique of "aside" is words spoken by an actor to the audience, unheard on stage.
    • There are official signs, which are examples of the passive voice.
    • Myths reflect the culture's view of the universe.
    • Antigone faced death in performing burial rituals.
    • Maria Makiling and Malakas at Maganda are Filipino legends and creation myths.
    • Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos in Greek mythology control fate.
    • Jason sailed the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece in Greek mythology.
    • Prometheus is a mythological titan punished for stealing fire and giving it to mortals.
    • “Vulture” and “Broken bones and a dead tree" from Chinua Achebe's writing is an example of the descriptions of a scene.
    • “Mind is Without Fear” by Rabindranath Tagore describes a fearless mind.
    • Japanese Regime is the period considered the Golden Age of Filipino language.
    • The term “consumables” is used as jargon to refer to resources (such as toner, ink, and paper).
    • The phrase "The Answer" by Bel Dao reflects slavery.
    • The FENCE in a story represents the walls separating families, according to the example provided.
    • The U.S. expanded its territory in the 1800s, not through invasion.
    • "I Hear America Singing" is by Walt Whitman, highlighting workers' contributions.
    • Indirect illocution means a speaker expresses one meaning, but the audience understands a different meaning.
    • Study of language as a system includes constituent parts.
    • The "iconic learning" method utilizes visual aids to help learning material be more relatable.
    • "Juxtaposition" places two contrasting elements near each other.
    • "Juncture" relates to the pronunciation of multiple words together.
    • The "Monitor Model'' by Krashen describes the process of a student acquiring a language.
    • "Overgeneralization" is a common language acquisition error.
    • “Apologized” and "Apologised" are grammatically correct.
    • Vocabulary development is a key goal of the direct method.
    • Burlesque is a humorous or exaggerated imitation of a serious work of literature (e.g., War and Peace and Anna Karenina are serious works of literature.)
    • Stream of consciousness is a method of writing about the flow of inner thoughts and feelings.
    • "Solecism" is another term for a grammatical error.
    • Pre-Hispanic era is related to the practical philosophy of Filipinos (i.e., embodied in proverbs).
    • “Paradise Lost” narrates the story of the Sinning of Adam and Eve, according to John Milton.
    • “Dead Stars” by Paz Marquez Benitez describes a love story using dead stars as a metaphor.
    • The “Harlem Renaissance” exemplifies African-American literature blossoming.
    • “Negritude movement” is a literary movement of French-speaking African writers.
    • The "Telephone Conversation" by Wole Soyinka is a work related to racism.
    • Hamartia is the tragic flaw that causes a hero's downfall.
    • The "self-assured hubris" during the late 1980s refers to confidence that was later challenged.
    • Didactic literature aims to educate.
    • “Diegesis and Mimesis" differentiates between telling and showing in stories, using examples from Aristotle.
    • “Exegesis” helps in understanding and explaining a piece of writing and its figurative language.
    • “Stock character” and “archetype" are characters or entities found across diverse pieces of literature.
    • “Aposiopesis” refers to pausing during a sentence with excitement or emotion.
    • “Chiasmus” is a rhetorical device where syntax repeats, but phrases are reversed.
    • “Canterbury Tales”, “Frame Story”, “Moby Dick”, and “Aphorism” are examples of literary techniques and terms.
    • “Curriculum Evaluation” discusses designers planning changes.
    • “Structural Analysis” is a method to decode words through their components.
    • “Disposition, Integration, Repetition, Interaction, Meaningful Use, and Self Instruction” are five of the teaching phases describing vocabulary learning.
    • “Graphophonics Knowledge" is about the correspondence between the sounds and the symbols of a letter.
    • Commissive illocutionary acts are exemplified by statements that commit the speaker to doing something (e.g., "I'll meet you at the library at 10:00 am").
    • "Co-referential" refers to two words that refer to the same entity.
    • "Structure of Modification" describes the relationship of words.
    • The "Natural Order Hypothesis" believes that grammatical structures develop in a predictable order for learners of all ages.
    • "Learning" is a conscious process of knowing about and discussing a language, which occurs in a formal setting where the properties and rules of language are taught.
    • "Flashforward", also known as "prolepsis", moves the narrative forward in time.
    • “Metacognition”, the act of thinking about thinking, focuses on self-reflection, self-monitoring, self-questioning, and self-regulating.
    • “Glottal stops” are pronounced within certain words in American English.
    • “Ammo” is an example of slang.
    • Polysemes are words with similar spellings and multiple related meanings.
    • “Chiasmus” involves a reversal of phrases.
    • "Histrionics" describes exaggerated acting.
    • Discrete-point testing is a method of testing.
    • Instructional materials are used to explain lessons, not for explaining lessons themselves.
    • Direct method for teaching focuses on vocabulary building.
    • The term "Interactive" is used to describe a speaking task where participants need to interact.
    • Contractions are two words combined into one using an apostrophe and an omitted letter (e.g., "That's a lot").
    • The role of a trickster in stories and novels is characterized by mischief.
    • The Canterbury Tales are an example of a frame story.
    • Léopold Sédar Senghor is an example of a leading figure of the Negritude movement.
    • Zeus Polieus is the name of Zeus as the God of the State.
    • Titanomachy refers to a series of battles between the Olympian gods and the Titans in Greek mythology.
    • "Carpe diem" or "seize the day" are terms associated with Cavalier Poetry.
    • “Norse Mythology” is the body of myths related to courageous combatants and tribal activities like hunting and feast.
    • “Frame Story” is a narrative that contains a frame story within.
    • “Negritude” is a literary and cultural movement started by French-speaking African/Caribbean writers concerned with Black identity.
    • “Gnomic Verse” in Philippine Literature describes verses from pre-colonial times.
    • A Reader's Theatre is where readers act out/perform a script.
    • Literal Comprehension is a low-level comprehension activity.
    • Nadine Gordimer is a South African writer who won the Nobel Prize in 1991.
    • Faust is a story about a scholar who sells his soul.
    • "Appropriate," "fluently," and "accurately" define communication goals in learning English.
    • Phoenicians' consonantal writings are the basis for the Greek language.
    • The “T’ang dynasty”, the Golden Age of Chinese civilization, is known for its development in fine arts and literature.
    • "Maya” is related to the Hindu belief that life is an illusion
    • The “Epistolary” novel is a 18th-century literary type.
    • Rousseau's "Social Contract” is a critical work in political philosophy.
    • “Mèdea” by Euripides explores the idea of criticizing Greek behavior.
    • Filipino folktales communicate social propriety, as well.
    • “Imagism” describes the works of Ezra Pound, based on visual images and meaning
    • The “Declaration of Independence” was written due to “tyrant leaders," as explained.
    • “Kumain siya ng Mangga” (He ate a mango) is an example of Linear Dislocation.
    • “Schema” is a theory about how the mind organizes information.
    • "Snowball Toss" is a learning activity.
    • The “Canterbury Tales” is a collection of stories.
    • “Abraham Lincoln” is a person in an allusion in a poem.
    • "Geographical Allusion" describes location.
    • “A common theme in literature is the exploration of the issues encountered when confronting the problems which face leaders when trying to solve issues or disputes in a society.”
    • “Linear Dislocation” is related to grammatical issues.
    • “Survey reading” is an activity involving exploring details in a book (i.e., title, synopsis, and introduction).
    • “Content-Based Instruction" is related to knowing about language.
    • “Pitch” is related to the tone related to specific sounds.
    • “Evergreen in journalism” applies to publications that can be consistently published.
    • “Remedial” is linked to assessments that address existing gaps and skills.
    • "Critical thinking" helps resolve language issues.
    • “Interactive” describes a style of classroom speaking.
    • Contractions are a type of shortening of a word.
    • "Performance Variables" in speaking relates to issues like fluency and spoken language.
    • “Needs” are a critical element in curriculum or syllabus design.
    • “Action Research” is research performed in instructional settings.
    • “Morphology” is used for analyzing word formations (e.g., affixes, word components, and meanings).
    • “Prototypical Sentence” describes specific sentence types.
    • “Palindrome” words read the same backwards and forwards (e.g., “Civic”)
    • "Imitative" speaking requires repeating words, phrases, or sentences heard.
    • Linguistic Competence involves recognizing vocabulary components and structures of sentences, among other things.
    • "Vocabulary Development" is a critical teaching aspect.
    • "Survey Reading" focuses on the overall understanding of a text (title, synopsis, and introduction).
    • The "Animal Protection" lesson is important because it involves general queries or questions on animal protection as noted.
    • "Content-based Instruction" involves the teaching of information in a language that is related to other subjects.
    • “Pitch” is a component related to voice tone.
    • “Remedial Assessments" evaluate and address skills gaps.
    • Critical thinking is related to evaluating evidence before final judgments..

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