Please keep at least one language enabled. / కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
What is the primary purpose of contrastive analysis in language teaching?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Contrastive analysis systematically compares the structures of the first language and the target language.
• Differences between the two languages are used to predict areas in which learners may experience difficulty.
• The approach was strongly associated with structural linguistics and behaviourist views of language learning.
• Later research showed that not all predicted difficulties become actual learner errors.
• Differences between the two languages are used to predict areas in which learners may experience difficulty.
• The approach was strongly associated with structural linguistics and behaviourist views of language learning.
• Later research showed that not all predicted difficulties become actual learner errors.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
The strong version of the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis claims that:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The strong version claims that systematic comparison can predict the errors learners are likely to make.
• It assumes that major structural differences create learning difficulty and negative transfer.
• The weak version uses contrastive information mainly to explain errors after they have been observed.
• Evidence from error analysis challenged the claim that all errors are predictable from first-language interference.
• It assumes that major structural differences create learning difficulty and negative transfer.
• The weak version uses contrastive information mainly to explain errors after they have been observed.
• Evidence from error analysis challenged the claim that all errors are predictable from first-language interference.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Error analysis differs from contrastive analysis because error analysis begins primarily with:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Error analysis examines the language learners actually produce.
• Researchers identify, describe, classify and explain observed deviations from target-language norms.
• The method recognizes that errors may result from transfer, development, communication strategies or instruction.
• Contrastive analysis begins more directly with structural comparison between languages.
• Researchers identify, describe, classify and explain observed deviations from target-language norms.
• The method recognizes that errors may result from transfer, development, communication strategies or instruction.
• Contrastive analysis begins more directly with structural comparison between languages.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which distinction between an error and a mistake is most accurate?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• An error is systematic and reflects the learner's current linguistic knowledge or interlanguage.
• A mistake is an occasional lapse caused by fatigue, distraction, memory failure or inattention.
• Learners may be able to recognize and correct mistakes but not errors based on unacquired rules.
• The distinction is useful in diagnosis, feedback and instructional planning.
• A mistake is an occasional lapse caused by fatigue, distraction, memory failure or inattention.
• Learners may be able to recognize and correct mistakes but not errors based on unacquired rules.
• The distinction is useful in diagnosis, feedback and instructional planning.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which description best defines interlanguage?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Interlanguage is the evolving linguistic system developed by a second-language learner.
• It has temporary and systematic rules that may differ from both the first and target languages.
• Interlanguage is shaped by transfer, developmental processes, input and learning strategies.
• Learner errors therefore provide evidence about an organized system rather than random failure.
• It has temporary and systematic rules that may differ from both the first and target languages.
• Interlanguage is shaped by transfer, developmental processes, input and learning strategies.
• Learner errors therefore provide evidence about an organized system rather than random failure.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
In second language acquisition, fossilization refers to:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Fossilization is the stabilization of particular non-target forms despite continued exposure or instruction.
• It may affect pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary or discourse features.
• Fossilization does not necessarily involve the learner's entire language system.
• The concept is associated especially with Larry Selinker's theory of interlanguage.
• It may affect pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary or discourse features.
• Fossilization does not necessarily involve the learner's entire language system.
• The concept is associated especially with Larry Selinker's theory of interlanguage.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which sequence represents a commonly accepted procedure in error analysis?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Error analysis normally begins with collecting a sample of learner language.
• Errors are then identified and described according to linguistic categories or surface forms.
• Researchers seek possible causes and evaluate the seriousness or communicative effect of each error.
• The procedure supports diagnosis and informed pedagogical intervention.
• Errors are then identified and described according to linguistic categories or surface forms.
• Researchers seek possible causes and evaluate the seriousness or communicative effect of each error.
• The procedure supports diagnosis and informed pedagogical intervention.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
A learner whose first language lacks articles repeatedly says I bought book instead of I bought a book. This error may most directly illustrate:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Negative transfer occurs when a first-language pattern contributes to a non-target form in the second language.
• The absence of an article system in the first language may influence article omission in English.
• Transfer is only one possible explanation and should be confirmed through evidence.
• Positive transfer occurs when similarities between languages facilitate accurate learning.
• The absence of an article system in the first language may influence article omission in English.
• Transfer is only one possible explanation and should be confirmed through evidence.
• Positive transfer occurs when similarities between languages facilitate accurate learning.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
What is the central purpose of needs analysis in language programme design?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Needs analysis gathers information about learners' goals, contexts, present abilities and learning conditions.
• Target needs concern what learners must do in future language-use situations.
• Learning needs concern how learners can most effectively reach those goals.
• The findings guide syllabus design, materials, teaching methods and assessment.
• Target needs concern what learners must do in future language-use situations.
• Learning needs concern how learners can most effectively reach those goals.
• The findings guide syllabus design, materials, teaching methods and assessment.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Syllabus design is primarily concerned with:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A syllabus specifies and organizes the content to be taught within a course.
• Content may be structured around grammar, functions, notions, skills, tasks, topics or combinations of these.
• Sequencing may reflect difficulty, frequency, usefulness or learner needs.
• Syllabus design forms one component of the broader curriculum-development process.
• Content may be structured around grammar, functions, notions, skills, tasks, topics or combinations of these.
• Sequencing may reflect difficulty, frequency, usefulness or learner needs.
• Syllabus design forms one component of the broader curriculum-development process.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
A syllabus organized around items such as tense, articles, relative clauses and passive constructions is a:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A structural syllabus organizes content around grammatical forms and sentence patterns.
• Items are usually graded from simpler or more frequent structures to more complex ones.
• The approach is associated with structural views of language.
• Task-based and process syllabuses organize learning around different principles.
• Items are usually graded from simpler or more frequent structures to more complex ones.
• The approach is associated with structural views of language.
• Task-based and process syllabuses organize learning around different principles.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
A syllabus containing categories such as requesting, apologizing, possibility, time and frequency is best described as:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A notional-functional syllabus organizes content around communicative functions and conceptual notions.
• Requesting and apologizing are functions, while time, frequency and possibility are notions.
• The approach shifts attention from grammatical forms alone to communicative meaning.
• Particular forms may still be taught as resources for expressing the selected functions.
• Requesting and apologizing are functions, while time, frequency and possibility are notions.
• The approach shifts attention from grammatical forms alone to communicative meaning.
• Particular forms may still be taught as resources for expressing the selected functions.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which feature most clearly characterizes a task-based syllabus?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A task-based syllabus uses communicative tasks as its principal organizing units.
• Learners use language to solve problems, obtain information, make plans or produce outcomes.
• Linguistic forms may be addressed when they support successful task performance.
• The syllabus therefore integrates meaning, interaction and language development.
• Learners use language to solve problems, obtain information, make plans or produce outcomes.
• Linguistic forms may be addressed when they support successful task performance.
• The syllabus therefore integrates meaning, interaction and language development.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which principle is most important when developing language-learning materials?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Effective materials should reflect learner needs, instructional objectives and target language-use situations.
• Their language and task demands should be suitable for the learners' proficiency and context.
• Materials may combine authentic input with appropriate scaffolding and adaptation.
• Variety, inclusiveness, clarity and opportunities for meaningful practice also contribute to quality.
• Their language and task demands should be suitable for the learners' proficiency and context.
• Materials may combine authentic input with appropriate scaffolding and adaptation.
• Variety, inclusiveness, clarity and opportunities for meaningful practice also contribute to quality.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which item is the clearest example of an authentic language-learning material?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• An authentic material is originally produced for real communication rather than specifically for language teaching.
• A public train timetable has a genuine informational purpose.
• Teachers may design suitable tasks and support around such material.
• Authenticity does not automatically guarantee that a text is appropriate for every learner.
• A public train timetable has a genuine informational purpose.
• Teachers may design suitable tasks and support around such material.
• Authenticity does not automatically guarantee that a text is appropriate for every learner.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
A teacher shortens a difficult article, adds a glossary and creates comprehension tasks for intermediate learners. This process is called:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Materials adaptation involves modifying existing resources to suit learners, objectives or teaching conditions.
• Adaptation may include simplifying, expanding, reordering, replacing or supplementing content.
• Adding a glossary provides scaffolding, while new tasks align the material with instructional goals.
• Adaptation should preserve meaningful language use wherever possible.
• Adaptation may include simplifying, expanding, reordering, replacing or supplementing content.
• Adding a glossary provides scaffolding, while new tasks align the material with instructional goals.
• Adaptation should preserve meaningful language use wherever possible.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements. Statement I: Error analysis examines learner production after errors occur. Statement II: Contrastive analysis compares the first and target languages to identify possible areas of difficulty. Which option is correct?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because error analysis begins with observed learner language.
• Statement II is correct because contrastive analysis examines structural similarities and differences between languages.
• Error analysis can reveal developmental errors that contrastive analysis may not predict.
• Therefore, both statements are correct.
• Statement II is correct because contrastive analysis examines structural similarities and differences between languages.
• Error analysis can reveal developmental errors that contrastive analysis may not predict.
• Therefore, both statements are correct.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which of the following statements are correct? 1. Learner errors may be developmental. 2. Transfer can be positive or negative. 3. Interlanguage is systematic. 4. Every persistent error necessarily proves permanent fossilization.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because some errors arise from developmental rule formation.
• Statement 2 is correct because first-language influence can facilitate or hinder target-language use.
• Statement 3 is correct because interlanguage contains organized, evolving patterns.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because persistence alone is insufficient to establish permanent fossilization.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because first-language influence can facilitate or hinder target-language use.
• Statement 3 is correct because interlanguage contains organized, evolving patterns.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because persistence alone is insufficient to establish permanent fossilization.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Assertion: Needs analysis should precede detailed syllabus and materials development. Reason: Information about learners' goals, abilities and target situations helps determine suitable content and tasks.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because programme decisions should be based on relevant learner and contextual evidence.
• The Reason is correct because goals, current proficiency and target situations influence content selection.
• These findings directly guide syllabus priorities, materials and assessment.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because goals, current proficiency and target situations influence content selection.
• These findings directly guide syllabus priorities, materials and assessment.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Contrastive analysis 2. Error analysis 3. Needs analysis 4. Materials adaptation. List II: a. Modification of resources for a particular context b. Study of actual learner deviations c. Investigation of learner goals and target situations d. Comparison of the first and target languages.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Contrastive analysis matches d because it compares the first language with the target language.
• Error analysis matches b because it studies actual learner deviations.
• Needs analysis matches c because it investigates goals, present abilities and target situations.
• Materials adaptation matches a because it modifies resources for particular learners and contexts.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a.
• Error analysis matches b because it studies actual learner deviations.
• Needs analysis matches c because it investigates goals, present abilities and target situations.
• Materials adaptation matches a because it modifies resources for particular learners and contexts.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
A learner writes She suggested me to apply for the post. Which revision is most appropriate in formal standard English?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Suggest does not normally take the pattern suggest someone to do something in standard English.
• The clause pattern She suggested that I apply for the post is appropriate.
• Another possible form is She suggested applying for the post, depending on the intended subject.
• The example illustrates the importance of applying grammatical knowledge to learner-language analysis.
• The clause pattern She suggested that I apply for the post is appropriate.
• Another possible form is She suggested applying for the post, depending on the intended subject.
• The example illustrates the importance of applying grammatical knowledge to learner-language analysis.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
A teacher notices that learners understand a grammatical rule in exercises but avoid using it during conversation. Which pedagogical response is most appropriate?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Learners may possess explicit knowledge without being able to use a form automatically in communication.
• Meaningful tasks can create a genuine need for the target structure.
• Focused feedback and repeated contextualized use can support procedural control.
• Effective pedagogy connects grammatical form with meaning, function and communicative practice.
• Meaningful tasks can create a genuine need for the target structure.
• Focused feedback and repeated contextualized use can support procedural control.
• Effective pedagogy connects grammatical form with meaning, function and communicative practice.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which comparison between behaviourist and generative theories is most accurate?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Behaviourism explains learning through stimulus, response, imitation, practice and reinforcement.
• Generative theory emphasizes the speaker's internalized grammatical system and capacity for novel sentence formation.
• The theories therefore differ in their treatment of mind, creativity and language acquisition.
• Contemporary pedagogy may draw selectively on practice and cognitive rule formation without accepting either account in a rigid form.
• Generative theory emphasizes the speaker's internalized grammatical system and capacity for novel sentence formation.
• The theories therefore differ in their treatment of mind, creativity and language acquisition.
• Contemporary pedagogy may draw selectively on practice and cognitive rule formation without accepting either account in a rigid form.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
An English course for nurses includes patient interviews, medical instructions, report writing and relevant vocabulary. Which design principle is most clearly illustrated?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The course content reflects the communicative situations nurses are likely to encounter.
• Patient interviews, instructions and reports are target tasks identified through needs analysis.
• Relevant vocabulary and grammar can be selected to support those tasks.
• The example illustrates an English for Specific Purposes orientation.
• Patient interviews, instructions and reports are target tasks identified through needs analysis.
• Relevant vocabulary and grammar can be selected to support those tasks.
• The example illustrates an English for Specific Purposes orientation.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which option provides the most accurate integrated account of applied linguistics?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Applied linguistics addresses practical language-related problems through theories, research and contextual evidence.
• Its concerns include language teaching, acquisition, assessment, policy, materials, translation and professional communication.
• Effective solutions draw on linguistic knowledge while considering learners, institutions and social contexts.
• It is therefore an interdisciplinary field rather than a single error-correction technique.
• Its concerns include language teaching, acquisition, assessment, policy, materials, translation and professional communication.
• Effective solutions draw on linguistic knowledge while considering learners, institutions and social contexts.
• It is therefore an interdisciplinary field rather than a single error-correction technique.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. To compare the learner's first language with the target language and predict possible learning difficulties సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Differences between the first and target languages can be used to predict learner errors సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. The learner's actual language production సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. An error reflects incomplete competence, while a mistake is a temporary performance lapse సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. A systematic and developing language system constructed by a learner సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. The long-term persistence of non-target features in a learner's interlanguage సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Collection, identification, description, explanation and evaluation of errors సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Negative transfer సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. To identify what learners need to do with the language and what they currently lack సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Selecting, sequencing and organizing the content of a course సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Structural syllabus సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. A notional-functional syllabus సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. The main units are meaning-focused activities with identifiable outcomes సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. Materials should align with learner needs, course objectives and intended language use సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. A current train timetable originally created for public use సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Materials adaptation సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. 1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a సమాధానం: A.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: B. She suggested that I apply for the post సమాధానం: B.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: C. Provide meaningful communicative tasks that require the form, followed by focused feedback సమాధానం: C.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: D. Behaviourism emphasizes habit formation, whereas generative theory emphasizes internal grammatical knowledge సమాధానం: D.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: A. Alignment of needs analysis, target tasks and course content సమాధానం: A.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. It applies knowledge about language, learning and context to practical problems such as teaching, assessment and materials design సమాధానం: A.