GRAMMAR EXAM

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1. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
a. What is the concept of grammar?
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b. What is the concept of fluency?
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c. What is the concept of accuracy?
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2. COMPLETE THE CHART
Purposes
Activities
Accuracy activities
Fluency
activities
Material

to help students achieve accurate

perception and production of a target
item which can be a sound, a word, or
a sentence structure.
the texts are usually composed of
separate items: the target items are
usually practiced out of context or
situation;
students' attention is focused on a
particular target item; their output is
usually predictable; their performance
is assessed on how few language
mistakes are made; students' errors
are corrected; tasks do not usually
simulate real-life situations.

to help students practice language in

listening, speaking, reading, and/or writing
activities to so develop fluency in using the
language in spontaneous communication.
the texts are usually whole pieces of
discourses: conversation, stories, etc.; texts
are usually authentic and used as they would
be in real life.
students'
attention
is
focused
on
communicating information and expressing
ideas; their output may not always be
predictable; their performance is assessed on
how well ideas are expressed or understood;
students' errors are not corrected unless it
interferes with communication; tasks often
simulate real-life situations.

3. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

a. What is the concept of prescriptive grammar?
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b. What is the concept of descriptive grammar?
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4. WRITE 2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRESCRIPTIVE AND
DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR

PRESCRIPTIVE

DESCRIPTIVE

5. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

a. What is the concept of deductive grammar?
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b. What is the concept of inductive grammar?
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6. WRITE THE 3 ADVANTAGESAND DISADVANTAGESOF INDUCTIVE
AND DEDUCTIVE GRAMMAR
ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES

7. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

c. What is the concept of Grammar in isolation?
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d. What is the concept of Grammar in context?
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8. WRITE THE 3 ADVANTAGESAND DISADVANTAGESOF GRAMMAR
IN ISOLATION AND GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT
ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES