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ENHANCEMENT REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR MAJORSHIP Arnel R. Rosano, LPT BSED-English Major Instructor...

ENHANCEMENT REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR MAJORSHIP Arnel R. Rosano, LPT BSED-English Major Instructor Professional Education Reviewer Read and analyze each statement carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer 1. The transcription /tɑɪp/ represents the word ___________. d. The protruding tree branch was just above him so a. tap tell him that. b. tape 10. Which best describes the sentence, “Jose Garcia Villa had c. tip written beautiful poems.” d. type a. The verb phrase is in simple past tense. 2. The transcription /ðɪz/ represents the word ____________. b. “Poems” is the direct object. a. thighs c. The verb in the sentence is in passive voice. b. these d. The verb phrase is in progressive tense. c. this 11. Which set of words is a minimal pair? d. tease a. fair-fare 3. Which one has the correct stress? b. grace-graze a. ceremony c. pear-pair b. ceremony d. wise-nice c. ceremony 12. Which conversational maxim is violated in this utterance? d. ceremony In the classroom, the students are noisy; the teacher spoke 4. Discern the semantic similarities of in the following by loudly, “Class, I really appreciate you behaving quietly identifying the sentence with a different meaning. today. You see we can smoothly and clearly discuss our a. He paid almost thirty thousand pesos for his new lesson.” personal computer a. Quantity – be enough b. His new personal computer cost less than thirty b. Quality – be truthful thousand. c. Relation – be relevant c. At thirty thousand pesos, his personal computer d. Manner – be clear and concise was expensive. 13. Which best describes the gerund in the sentence, “Many d. The new personal computer he bought cost him students do not like reading.” about thirty thousand pesos. a. Appositive 5. Which word is supposed to be stressed when speaker b. Direct Object means that the robber may have taken some jewelry? c. Subject Complement a. I didn’t say he stole the money. d. Object of the Preposition b. I didn’t say he stole the money. 14. Which of the following exemplifies a sentence with c. I didn’t say he stole the money. adjective phrase? d. I didn’t say he stole the money. a. Having finished the homework, Matt turned on 6. How many morphemes are there in the word crocodile? the television. a. 1 b. Walking in the hallway is one of my morning b. 2 routines. c. 3 c. The students in the classroom were silent. d. 4 d. The man awoke at noon. 7. Which of the following sentences is done in acceptable 15. Which of the following exemplifies the correct present- English? unreal conditional statements? a. Maria cleaned the table up. a. If I expected to be able to stay awake at nine at b. Maria is eager to talk to. night, I must stop keeping these hours. c. That Maria dances well surprise me. b. They will never get education if they were left to d. Maria desires that you go. their families. 8. Vowels are characterized by ____________. c. We should be giving the servants medicine if they a. freely flowing air through the nasal cavity are sick. b. the little obstruction in the vocal tract d. If my shoes get worn out, I will buy a new pair c. friction that is present in the vocal tract of shoes. d. vibrations of the vocal cords 16. The study of illocutionary acts is an area of __________. 9. Which of the following sentences is a simple sentence? a. pragmatics – speech act a. I accomplished submitting my project. b. semantics b. I decided to stay while I wait for your return. c. morphology c. It breaks my heart losing you but I know I am not d. syntax enough. 17. Mary thinks that she is the only girl who can sing the song. b. phatic - contact Obviously, she refers to Mary. What concept in referential c. emotive - sender semantics explain the italicized word? d. poetic - message a. Deixis 26. Behaviorism, cognitivism, nativism and interactionism are b. Anaphora - four major theories of language acquisition. Which list of c. Coreference linguists would you consult to know more about them? d. Prototype a. Dell Hymes, Michael Halliday, Joseph 18. What does the word “take” when pronounced is different Greenberg, Noam Chomsky from the words “fake”, “vase”, and “thank”? b. Jean Piaget, Dell Hymes, Noam Chomsky, a. All the three expressions have initial fricative Jerome Bruner segment. - /f/, /v/, and /ɵ/ are all fricatives c. Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Jean Piaget, Noam b. All the three expressions have initial affricative Chomsky, Jerome Bruner segment. d. Dell Hymes, Jean Piaget, Michael Halliday, c. All three expressions have final voiced Noam Chomsky consonant. 27. Which statement best describes the zone of proximal d. All three expressions have final voiceless stops. development? 19. Let’s surveil the place. The morpheme surveil is an a. It is the network of connections that form example of __________. between concepts. a. root creation b. It represents the cognitive abilities that are in the b. derivation process of forming c. back formation – removing the supposed affix c. It is the interactions that take place between a to create new word (e.g., resurrect from child and more skilled helper. resurrection) d. It includes the strategies that a skilled helper d. clipping uses to teach a child new skills. 20. Which of the following is correct? 28. Which branch of linguistics studies the issue expressed in a. A noun phrase must always have an adjective the given statement? and a prepositional phrase. “Edgar Allan Poe, a virtuoso of suspense and horror, is b. A determiner and a noun are obligatory known for his writing style through his use of punctuation, components of noun phrase. sentence structure, word choice, tone, and figurative c. A noun phrase must constitute a determiner, a language.” quantifier, or a verb phrase before a head noun. a. Clinical linguistics d. A noun in the noun phrase may have an b. Etymology adjective before it, or a determiner, or may be c. Stylistics – language + style followed by a prepositional phrase. – NOUN d. Structural linguistics PHRASE STRUCTURE = (Det) (Adj) N (PP) 29. Which branch of linguistics studies the issue expressed in 21. In the phrase structure rules, a prepositional phrase the given sentence? consists of a preposition, followed by a __________. “Boondocks is an American expression from the Tagalog a. noun word bundok which means ‘mountain’.” b. objective pronoun a. Stylistics c. noun phrase – Prepositional Phrase = Prep + b. Developmental linguistics Noun Phrase (e.g., on the table (on is the prep c. Etymology – origin of word and the table is the noun phrase)) d. Historical linguistics d. clause 30. Which syntactic pattern is evident in the following 22. Teacher Lester paraphrased the instruction of his activity sentence? “The dog gave me the ball.” after he noticed that most of his students were confused. a. Subject → verb → indirect object → direct Which component of communicative competence is evident object – the dog (subject) + gave (verb) + me in the context? (indirect object) + the ball (direct object) a. Sociolinguistic Competence b. Subject → verb → adverbial complement b. Linguistic Competence c. Subject → verb → direct object → object c. Discourse Competence complement d. Strategic Competence d. Subject → verb → direct object → adverbial 23. The prefix ‘ultra’ and ‘hyper’ shows ____________. complement a. size 31. Which of the following sentences uses extensive verbs? b. degree – both prefix means beyond (e.g., a. Brent and his brothers seemed too tired. ultrasound and hyperacidity) b. At 10:00pm, Jenny vanished into thin air. c. number c. I am so angry because of what you did. d. negation d. Jenny looks very young. 24. It is a set of familiar words within a person’s language. 32. Which of the following is a complex sentence? a. Syntax a. Susan likes project but she likes Blake’s b. Vocabulary project more. c. Grammar b. Having been rejected many times, I decided to d. Phraseology stop trying. 25. Which element of Jakobson’s model of communication c. A cop’s hidden secrets were revealed by another focuses on the receiver? cop. a. conative - receiver d. Corned beef goes well with potatoes. 33. This type of sentence does not need to include their subject c. your knowledge of linguistically sound language because it is assumed to be the person the sentence is teaching materials directed at. d. the reshaping of your view, attitude and a. declarative sentence - statement concept of language and language learning b. interrogative sentence - question 41. Genre analysis, macro-discourse patterns, text analysis, c. imperative sentence - request micro-discourse analysis are concept developments in d. exclamative sentence – interjection linguistics. Which list of authors would you consult to know 34. Which of the following is an antonym of the word ‘dead’? more about them? a. expired a. Michael Hoey, Winifred Crombie, John Swales b. perished and Trimble c. lamented b. Svardik, Geoffrey Leech, Celce-Murcia and d. vitalized – synonymous to life Terence Odlin 35. What is the place of articulation for the first sound of the c. John Austin, John Searle, and Dell Hymes following words: terrible, tantamount, and team? d. John Austin, Winifred Crombie, John Swales and a. Alveolar Trimble b. Bilabial 42. Pedagogical grammar, collocational grammar, ergative c. Interdental verbs, semantic grammar are concept developments in d. Labiodental linguistics. Which list of authors would you consult to know 36. Given below are some of the contributions of theoretical more about them? linguistics to language teaching EXCEPT ___________. a. John Austin, John Searle, and Dell Hymes a. Changing views and theories of language b. Michael Hoey, Winifred Crombie, John Swales teaching. and Trimble b. Different technical terms like phoneme, c. Svardik, Geoffrey Leech, Celce-Murcia, and morpheme, hyponymy, etc. Terence Odlin c. Pronouncing words and transcribing sounds d. John Austin, John Searle, Dell Hymes and using IPA. Terence Odlin d. Different approaches to language teaching. 43. Which of the following sentences is free from grammatical 37. Good instructional materials produce satisfactory results error? only if the teacher ____________. a. She insisted to pay for the tuition. a. is creative and has pleasant presentation b. He met with misfortune. techniques. c. We like to read in bed in the night. b. uses them in teaching lesson that s/he has not d. Luke laid on the beach and soaked up the fully mastered. sunrays. c. allows students to manipulate during her 44. “If you go to church, you will hear the word of God.” This presentation. sentence is an example of which of conditional sentence? d. is knowledgeable of developments and a. Zero conditional/Present simple + present simple principles underlying those instructional b. First conditional/Present simple + will/won’t materials. verb 38. What attitude needs to be maintained by language c. Second conditional/Past simple + would + verb teachers about the findings of linguistics? d. Third conditional/Past perfect + would have + a. Knowledge is constantly changing; take them past participle with a grain of salt. 45. Language learning refers to how individual learns a b. Findings are permanent foundations; memorize language. Which statement about language learning is them for future application. correct? c. Many research findings spring from careless a. Language learning occurs in natural manner. research procedures; be choosy and selective. b. Language learning happens when a person d. Knowledge is in a continuous state of flux; be knows how to speak a language after living in the open to new developments and give them a country that has it as its native language. try. c. Language learning occurs in a formal and 39. In the machine of language teaching and language nonconstructive manner. learning, who appears to be the most important cog? d. Language learning is a constructive process a. The linguist through which we know and use a language. b. The learner 46. Which theory of language learning advanced by Stephen c. The researcher Krashen state that a student can learn a second language d. The teacher – the teacher is the most if the language components are not too complex nor too important cog or gear in language teaching easy? 40. You are the classroom English teacher of Garcia, a new a. Comprehensible input – concept of i+1 (input language learner who has no knowledge of English or should be 1 level higher than the previous whatsoever. Which of the following contributions to one) linguistics will be most helpful to you to teach her b. Critical period hypothesis successfully? c. Linguistic input a. the perfection of your articulation and oral d. Language acquisition proficiency in the English language 47. Which of the following sentences follows Parataxis? b. your knowledge and skill in grammatical analysis a. I came, I saw, I conquered. b. I came, then I saw, I conquered.  c. I came, I saw, and I conquered. 56. Which of the following cannot function as an intensive d. I came and I saw, then I conquered. verb? 48. Which of the following group of words is a sentence a. Make – cannot function as linking verb fragment? b. Seem a. Justice is served c. Turn b. Escalate the issue d. Remain c. She shone 57. According to Strevens’ model, which two varieties of d. Her nieces and nephews English are considered the primary influencers of all World 49. In a basketball event, only the officiating referee can call Englishes? out infractions of rules and decide penalties. Anyone else a. British English and Canadian English can shout a ‘foul’ but only the referee has the official word. b. American English and Australian English Which felicity condition is evident in the given speech act? c. British English and American English – a. Essential condition standard varieties of English b. Preparatory condition d. South Asian English and African English c. Propositional content condition 58. Which of the following best exemplifies lexical ambiguity? d. Sincerity condition a. I saw bats. 50. Which method emphasizes isolated word lists and a b. Insurance salesmen are frightening people. thorough examination of its grammar is used in second c. I woke up and saw ghosts. language teaching? d. We should be discussing violence on TV. a. Direct approach 59. In which of the following sentences does the verb “be” (is) b. Total physical response function as the copula? c. Grammar translation method a. Sherrie is annoying. d. Suggestopedia b. Lisa is going to swim. 51. Which of the following is not an activity under the total c. Rayn is giving me a headache. physical response method? d. Max is writing letters. a. The teacher gives an activity that involves 60. Which of the following is not a noun phrase? students interviewing people at the market. a. those houses b. The teacher uses body actions such as jumping b. are houses to teach the meaning of the word ‘jump’. c. two houses c. The teacher opens the door as she gives the d. old houses command ‘open the door’. 61. Which approach in language teaching is also termed mim- d. The students repeat the phrase, “I can clap” as mem method for dependence on mimicry and they clap their hands. memorization for language acquisition? 52. Which hypothesis on second language acquisition states a. Audiolingual approach that grammatical structure proceeds in a predictable order, b. Direct approach that is, some grammatical structures are to be acquired c. Grammar-translation approach early and the others later? d. Structural approach a. Monitor hypothesis 62. In what way does the Filipino term "bahala na" encapsulate b. Input hypothesis cultural attitudes toward uncertainty or challenges? c. Affective filter hypothesis a. It encourages meticulous planning. d. Natural order hypothesis b. It reflects a resigned or hopeful acceptance of 53. Which of the following below is a feature of suggestopedia? outcomes. a. Learners share their feelings in a small group. c. It promotes community reliance and unity. b. Only listening activities are provided. d. It signifies a reliance on external intervention. c. Learners are in relaxed and reclining position. 63. Which of the following sentences contains the Philippine d. Reading and writing are emphasized. English sense for the word “cardiac”? 54. Which of the following are “optional constituents” of the a. She died due to cardiac arrest. sentence? “The kind history teacher surprised us with an b. Many cardiacs were prohibited to join the sports. extraordinary reward.” c. Ateneo ballers won a cardiac victory. – in a. Kind, history, teacher Philippine English, “cardiac” is a sports lingo b. Kind, surprised, extraordinary which means “exciting” or “heart-stopping”. c. Kind, teacher, reward d. Anna just had a successful cardiac operation. d. Kind, history, extraordinary – these three are 64. It refers to the secreted chemical signal used to trigger a adjectives/modifiers response in another individual of the same species. 55. Which of the following is the correct definition of a a. genome “phrase”? b. hormone a. A sequence of words that can function as a c. thermone sentence constituent. d. pheromone – produced by ants, bees and b. A sequence of words that contains only a subject other insects and no predicate. 65. This feature of language means that human language signal c. A sequence of words that contains only a does not persist over time since speech waveforms fade predicate and no subject. rapidly. d. A sequence of words that contains a subject and a. Total feedback – can hear and monitor one’s a predicate. speech b. Arbitrariness – language is random  c. Rapid fading – waveforms fade 75. In the Philippines, English language teaching is aimed at d. Displacement – can speak about past and future ___________. 66. Which word pair exemplifies hyponymy? a. Producing learners who can use English in a. Pasta – spaghetti proper context b. Beauty – pulchritude b. Producing learners who have mastery of English c. Fly (insect) – fly (zipper) pronunciation and grammar d. Benevolent – malevolent c. Producing learners who can confidently speak in 67. What is the name of the first chimpanzee, and first non- English human, to learn to communicate using American Sign d. Producing learners who can communicate Language? accurately, fluently, and appropriately a. Koko – smartest; IQ = 70-95 76. Which theory emphasizes that children have the ability to b. Washoe organize and integrate information in schemata? c. Kanzi – uses lexigram a. Interactive d. Lana – certain keyboard used as training b. Constructivist technique c. Reader response 68. This theory of language origin holds that speech began with d. Sociolinguistic interjections—spontaneous cries of pain ("Ouch!"), surprise 77. ________ reading takes place when two students read text ("Oh!"), and other emotions ("Yabba dabba do!"). together. a. Yo-he-ho theory – heavy grunt a. Shared b. Pooh pooh theory b. Independent c. La-la theory - love c. Guided d. Ding-dong theory – sound symbolism d. Buddy 69. Which of the following statements suggests the origin of 78. __________ is also called the response in the language according to Dean Falk's "Putting the Baby communicative process. Down" Theory? a. Reaction a. the need for mothers to comfort their babies b. Feedback from a distance c. Gesture b. imitations of animal sounds during child-rearing d. Signal c. collective vocalizations during communal 79. A typical newborn baby ___________. activities a. understands more than 10 words d. instinctive cries of pain and surprise b. understands fewer than 10 words 70. According to Ferdinand de Saussure, what are the two c. can only detect low-frequency sounds components of a sign? d. can make vegetative sounds – pre-talking a. icon and index 80. In the domain of child language acquisition, a nativist b. symbol and gesture believes that __________. c. signifier and signified a. the child’s native language is the first one they d. denotative and connotative hear where still in the womb 71. This process of language learning is characterized by b. the child’s knowledge of grammar is, for the most repeated practices of sentence patterns until they become part, genetically determined automatic? c. the child can recognize their native language a. Language performance from birth b. Habit formation d. the child’s knowledge of language is, for most c. Hypothesis testing part, genetically determined d. Overgeneralization 81. By the age of six years, the average child has the 72. If a teacher follows the communicative approach, which vocabulary of ________ words. practices could be seen inside the classroom? a. 100-400 a. Teaching listening-speaking-reading-writing b. 1000-4000 sequentially c. 100-140 b. Focus on grammar rules d. 10,000-14,000 c. Assesses the needs of the target listeners 82. The term linguistic creativity refers to the ability to produce d. Emphasize oral proficiency and understand an infinite number of ___________. 73. If a teacher wants to make an intensive drill about the basic a. new thoughts and ideas sentence pattern, he/she should __________. b. new poems and novels a. Assign pair work c. sentences and the ability to create new words b. Explain grammar rules d. sentences, but not the ability to create new words c. Demonstrate the lesson 83. The most useful term for describing the linguistic input to d. Do pattern practice the language learning child is _________. 74. A teacher who adheres to the communicative approach a. motherese uses authentic materials because _________. b. infant-directed speech a. They are readily available c. child-directed speech b. They are cheap d. caregiver speech c. Learners are familiar with them 84. Teacher Abby wants to teach her students the four basic d. Communicative activities in real life can be sentence functions through games where they are to move built around them and do challenges. Which approach in language teaching will Teacher Abby most likely apply?  a. Community Language Learning 93. Which of the following syntactic structures contains b. Silent Way equivalent grammatical units which are often joined by a c. Suggestopedia coordinating conjunction such as lost and found? d. Total Physical Response a. Structure of Complementation 85. Which hypothesis deals with the consideration of the b. Structure of Coordination language learners’ motivation, self-confidence, and anxiety c. Structure of Modification in second language learning? d. Structure of Predication a. Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis 94. If the syllabus believes that language is a system of b. Affective Filter Hypothesis structure composed of sounds, words, sentences, then his c. Input Hypothesis syllabus might focus on _________. d. Monitor Hypothesis a. Communication blocks 86. Given below are metacognitive strategies that a language b. Building blocks of language learner may use when he/she is beginning to learn a new c. Functions of language language. Which is EXCEPTION? d. Form and function of language a. A learner engages in fewer conversations 95. Audiolingual method: take recorder and audiovisual with speakers of his or her mother tongue. equipment; _______________: gesture, mime, visual aids, b. A learner monitors and assess his/her own wall charts, Cuisiniere rods progress in learning the target language. a. Community language learning c. A learner reflects on which approaches to b. Silent way working out grammatical rules are more effective. c. Task-based approach d. A learner plans how to remember new words d. Total physical response encountered in conversations with native 96. BICS: skill needed in everyday, social face-to-face speakers of the target language. interactions; CALP: _______________ 87. Identify the type of phrase that is enclosed in brackets in a. Skills needed in interpersonal communication the given sentence: The faculty likes to drop by the small b. Skills used in informal settings to build chapel [adjacent to the clinic] before leaving. relationship a. Adjective phrase c. Skills used in the classroom in various b. Adverb phrase content areas c. Noun phrase d. Skills needed to perform tasks beyond the school d. Prepositional phrase setting 88. The concept of Universal Grammar embodies the idea that 97. According to Stephen Krashen’s Affective Filter _____________. Hypothesis, second language learners with increased a. the child is born with an adult-like knowledge of ______________ have low levels of ____________ and grammar high levels of _______________. b. the child acquires Universal Grammar regardless a. Affective filters, anxiety, self-confidence of their native language b. Affective filters, self-confidence, anxiety c. certain aspects of grammar are universally c. Anxiety, affective filters, self-confidence acquired d. Self-confidence, anxiety, affective filters d. certain aspects of grammar are innate 98. The theories of Piaget and Vygotsky agree on which of the 89. According to Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis, second following ideas? language learner with increased _____ have low levels of I. Learners are primarily blank slates. ______ and experience high level of _________. II. Learners actively construct their own knowledge. a. affective filters, anxiety, self-confidence Social interactions play a key role in knowledge b. affective filters, self-confidence, anxiety construction. c. anxiety, affective filters, self-confidence a. I only d. self-confidence, anxiety, affective filters b. II only 90. What kind of morpheme involved in the affixation process is c. III only common in the word posted, pictures, and fastest? d. I and II a. Derivational morpheme 99. There are unlimited limits in this institution. Which of the b. Inflectional morpheme following poetic devices is present in the given sentence? c. Null morpheme a. Oxymoron d. Zero morpheme b. Parallelism 91. Which of the following sentences is ungrammatical? c. Onomatopoeia a. I am not use to wait three hours straight. d. Metonymy b. The door suddenly closed while I was inside the 100. The boy is here, the boy is here, the boy is everywhere. room. Which of the following poetic devices is applied in the given c. We have showed the products to the CEO. statement? d. There are much pies to eat. – many pies a. Anaphora 92. Which of the following words does not have a bound b. Epiphora morpheme? c. Alliteration a. Incorrect d. Assonance b. Infant 101. Which of the following refers to the less prestigious dialect c. Stressful or variety of a particular language? d. Teacher a. Acrolect b. Basilect  c. Creole 110. Which strategy is used in translating the statement “I didn’t d. Mesolect expect Myrna is an onion-skinned girl” to “Hindi ko 102. What is the word formation process that the words spork, inaasahan na si Myrna ay matampuhin?” Interpol, and brunch underwent? a. Translation by paraphrase a. Backformation b. Translation by omission of play on idiom b. Blending c. Using an idiom of similar meaning form c. Clipping d. Using an idiom of similar meaning but d. Suppletion dissimilar form 103. What kind of affix is present in the word misunderstanding? 111. Gian received his paper with the Mark 2 before the a. Infix sentence “We will bring home the crown!” b. Circumfix a. Insert two spaces c. Prefix b. Indent two spaces d. Suffix c. Use two single spaces 104. Which of the following is an example of a sentence d. Move two spaces to the left fragment? 112. According to this theory, language began as rhythmic a. They fought chants, perhaps ultimately from the grunts of heavy work b. A family just moved in a. Ding-Dong Theory c. The boy and the girl’s uncle b. Sing-Song Theory d. Quit it c. Yo-He-Ho Theory 105. Forever is just a jiffy. Which of the following poetic devices d. Tarara-Boom-De-Ay Theory is applied in the given statement? 113. The concept of parole and langue was conceptualized by a. Irony which of the following linguists? b. Euphemism a. Noam Chomsky c. Dysphemism b. Ferdinand de Saussure d. Hypophora c. Roman Jakobson 106. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 has five pairs of stressed and d. Edward Sapir unstressed syllables per line. What is the measure of the 114. Which of the following is not considered as one of West poetry? Germanic settlers who arrived in Southern Britain during a. Heptasyllabic quatrain the earliest period of the development of English language? b. Octosyllabic quatrain a. Angles c. Iambic pentameter b. Jutes d. Iambic heptameter c. Welsh 107. Short stories usually start in the middle of things. What part d. Saxons of the plot is being referred to? 115. In what year did William the Conqueror invade England, a. Introduction marking the beginning of Norman influence on the English b. In medias res language? c. Rising Action a. 800 d. Denouement b. 1066 108. Which of the following elements shows the line cuts in a c. 1215 poetry? d. 1485 a. Stich 116. Teacher Arnel discussed the contribution of Medieval b. Lines Period linguists in the field of linguistics. Which of the c. Hemistich following statement should he use to describe St. Jerome? d. Enjambment a. He was the one who translated Bible into English. 109. What is the focus of a testimonio? b. He was the one who translated Bible into a. Art Latin. b. Headline c. He was the one who translated Bible into Greek. c. Marginalization d. He was the one who translated Bible into French. d. Personal Experience