T10

Question 1

Capital letters rules

Answer 1

Title
Roman numbers
Pronoun I
Proper name
Acronyms
Religion terms
1st word of a sentence

Question 2

When do we write a double final consonant?

Answer 2

One syllable word: with Consonant-Vowel-Consonant plus a suffix. EXCEPT WORDS ENDING IN W, X, Y, Z

Two syllable words: when the stress falls in the second syllable

Question 3

Exceptions for adverbs ending in -ly

Answer 3

Adjectives in -ll = -y

Adjectives in consonant + -le = -ly

Adjectives in -y = -ily

Question 4

Many of the differences between American and British English…

Answer 4

…were the results of the nationalistic efforts to separate the language and the culture

…date back to a time when spelling standards had not yet developed

Question 5

British standard

Answer 5

“A Dictionary of the English Language” Samuel Johnson (1755)

Question 6

American standard

Answer 6

“An American Dictionary of the English Language” Noah Webster (1828)

Question 7

Spelling differences between American and British English

Answer 7

• er/-re: centre, theater…
• nse/-nce: defense, offence…
• ize/-ise: apologise, organize…
• or/-our: color, behaviour…

l/ll: travelled, fueling..

Ñ

Question 8

Old English characteristics

Answer 8

5th Century

Celts and Anglo-Saxon

Used runic and Latin alphabet

Other features of the language: use of inflections, absence of silent letters and the use of short and long vowels

Question 9

Middle English characteristics

Answer 9

11th Century

Normans

Runic graphemes disappeared

Introduction of French features in English language

GREAT VOWEL SHIFT

Question 10

Great vowel shift

Answer 10

Change in English oral language which consist of long vowels moved towards a closer position

Question 11

Early Modern English

Answer 11

Renaissance

Writers looked back to the classical world of Latin and Greek

Many words changed their spelling to be adapted ti the classical writing conventions

Question 12

Modern English characteristics

Answer 12

Beginning of 17th century

King James Bible

Standard spelling pattern

Many words kept their spelling including letters which were not pronounced.

Question 13

Oxford English dictionary publishment

Answer 13

Middle of 19th century

Question 14

In which article is stated that teaching methods must be adaptable and flexible?

Answer 14

Article 11, Chapter III of the Order of January 15th, 2021.

Instructions of March 8th, 2017

Question 15

Exercises of the controlled practice stage

Answer 15

Match pictures with words using the interactive whiteboard

Bingo with words and pictures

Hangman game

Spelling dictation

Question 16

Exercises of the Directed Production Stage

Answer 16

Complete a text with a bank of words

Punctuate a text

Find and correct mistakes in a text

Question 17

Techniques for the Free-Practice Phase

Answer 17

Use dictionaries to check words

Write composition about a chosen topic

Elaborate a final task to be exposed

Question 18

Writing Acquisition process

Answer 18

Controlled Practice stage

Directed production stage

Free-Practice Phase

Question 19

Techniques to work on spelling mistakes

Answer 19

Associate it with an image

Look for the definition in a dictionary

Add it to a personal dictionary

Create a list with the most common mistakes

Question 20

Introduction t10

Answer 20

• Quote
• Evolution from methods based on translation to communicative methods
• Communication includes linguistic, pragmatic and also sociolinguistic knowledfe
• Órthography is essential in communication AO9
• Prospective