MOST LIKELY QUESTIONS: TEACHING READING AND WRITING

 END OF SECOND SEMESTER EXAMNATION
SAMPLE OBJECTIVES ON READING & WRITING, JANUARY 2023.

 

 

1. Skilled decoding is associated with…...... a. Comprehension b. word recognition c. efficient word recognition d. language

Comprehension

 

2. This type of writing is concerned with only the result of the writing?

a. Guided writing b. shared writing c. product writing d. process writing

 

3. This theory of reading takes the learner’s background knowledge and previous

experience with the world as crucial to decoding or interpreting a text…

a. Social theory b. cognitive theory c. psycholinguistic theory d. schema theory

 

4. Reading widely to get information to enrich your personal knowledge is called…

a. Scanning b. skimming c. extensive ed. Intensive

 

5. Reading is receptive whilst writing is…

a. Relentless b. productive c. reductive d. relative

 

6. Which model of reading views reading as part to a whole approach?

a. interactive b. linear c. psycholinguistics d. transactional

 

7. Phonics method is mainly associated with …. View of reading. a. Cognitive b. schema c. bottom up d. top down

 

8. Learning is based on a habit formation is a claim made by which view of reading?

a. Schema b. bottom up c. top down d. cognitive

 

8. We use ….. when we look up for words in a dictionary. a. Scanning b. skimming c. intensive d. extensive

 

10. The top down approach is associated with which model?

a. Linear b. transactional c. interactive d. psycholinguistics

 

11. Which of the following is an element of transcriptional functions?

a. Reviewing b. revising c. spelling d. grammar

 

12. A scientific report is an example of which type of writing?

a. Descriptive b. expository c. persuasive d. narrative

 

13. This component of reading is closest to comprehension as far as a text is concerned. a. Fluency b. syllable c. vocabulary d. phoneme

 

14. Aesthetic reading can be likened to….. a. Skimming b. scanning c. extensive d. intensive

 

15. Which of the following is an element of the executive functions?

a. Reviewing b. spelling c. vocabulary d. grammar

 

16. This type of reading allows you to us the power of language to inform and influence

others. a. Persuasive b. narrative c. expository d. descriptive

 

17. The distinct unit of sound that separates words is known as…. a. Syllable b. onset c. rimes d. phoneme

 

18. Which of these reading strategies boosts the confidence of readers among a community

of readers?

a. Echo b. choral c. guided d. silent

 

19. A system of graphic symbols used to convey meaning is known as...?

a. Reading b. writing c. vocabulary d. fluency

 

20. The ability to read with proper expression, accuracy and speed is known as..?

a. Vocabulary b. comprehension c. decoding d. fluency

 

 

ESSAY

1. Prepare a 45-minute writing lesson plan to teach a selected topic to the

pupils in your programme of specialism.

 

2. Briefly explain the three aspects of writing according to the writing concepts.

 

3. 3. How is the psycholinguistic model different from the linear model?

 

4. Briefly explain any three essential components of reading. 5. Explain narrative writing as a type of

writing.

 

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