Nishtha 3.0 FLN Module 7: Multilingual Education in Primary Grades Quiz Answer Key - (40 Questions)

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Nishtha 3.0 FLN Module 7 Answers

Question: Choose the incorrect sentence: 

Answer: Children struggle to learn other languages if they learn through mother tongue.

Question: Which language is effective for the creation of knowledge?

Answer: Familiar Language 

Question: Kamala lives in the Kota district of Rajasthan and speaks Hadoti at home. She has joined grade 1 after a delay of 4 months; today is her first day at school. What will you do so that she feels comfortable in the classroom?

Answer: I will informally chit-chat with her in Hadoti.

Question: What is the objective of introducing the story of the ‘Warli painter’ in this course?

Answer: To point out one’s ability to speak in more than one language, as per need.

Question: What does National Education Policy 2020 say about the use of mother tongues?

Answer: Young children learn the best through their mother tongue. 

Question: Making use of L1 in teaching -

Answer: helps in better learning of all the subjects.

Question: Which of the following statements regarding multilingual education is true?

Answer: Children’s languages are used as scaffolds for learning new/unfamiliar languages.

Question: Kamala ji wants to teach Hindi to grade 2 students. Which of the following strategies should she use?

Answer: Use of Hindi language as per the level of comprehension by students

Question: Which of the following strategies on L2 teaching are not effective in foundational years?

Answer: Rote learning of the varnamala and lessons from the textbook

Question: Who amongst the following children will struggle the most while learning?

Answer: Ramesh, who speaks Bhojpuri in his family and community and studies in an English medium school

Question: According to the Census of India (2011), how many different mother tongues are spoken in India?

Answer: 1369

Question: Choose a myth related to language teaching:

Answer: The earlier children are given textbooks to read in an unfamiliar language, the sooner they will learn that language.

Question: For the success of the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) mission, it is necessary to- 

Answer: Making use of languages that are familiar to children

Question: National Education Policy, 2020 mentions in terms of multilingualism:

Answer: As far as possible, the medium of instruction until grade 5 should be a language that is familiar to children. 

Question: In which situations, is a link language used?

Answer: When various linguistic communities live together.

Question: According to UDISE, how many languages are used as a medium of instruction in Indian schools? 

Answer: 36

Question: The researcher scientist Wolff argues:

Answer: Language is not everything in education, but without language, everything is nothing in education.

Question: “Learning process must gradually move from the familiar to the unfamiliar”. This idea can be found in:

Answer: NCF-2005 

Question: Creative knowledge can be constructed by traversing the bridge of - 

Answer: Familiar Language

Question: By the term ‘First Language’(L1), one means:

Answer: Language that the child understands

Question: Which of the following statements does not feature in National Education Policy 2020?

Answer: If children are taught through their mother tongues, they do not have adequate time in school to learn other languages.

Question: Which of the following is not a benefit of Multilingual Education?

Answer: Learning how to read and write in English from grade 1

Question: 36. “It shall be the endeavour of every State and of every local authority within the State to provide adequate facilities for instruction in the mother-tongue at the primary stage of education to children belonging to linguistic minority groups” --which document is this statement recorded in?

Answer: The Indian Constitution

Question: Which of the following is not a key feature of Multilingual Education?

Answer: Dominance of one language over others in the classroom

Question: What kind of language do we use in our day-to-day life?

Answer: Mixed language

Question: Multilingualism means-

Answer: Use of two or more languages by a person

Question: Which of the following is true –

Answer: Proficiency in various languages is developed in an interdependent fashion

Question: Which of the following is NOT an example of mixed language use?

Answer: The teacher speaks in L2 and the children answer in L2.

Question: Why do about 25% of children in elementary school face a severe learning disadvantage in foundational years? 

Answer: Language used in school and at home are different.

Question: Who does not face any learning disadvantages due to language used in schools?

Answer: Children who study in English medium schools have ample exposure to English at home 

Question: Studies on the Ethiopian model of language in education show that – 

Answer: Children studying through their mother tongues performed better in all academic subjects. 

Question: Choose the incorrect statement –

Answer: By learning through the mother tongue, children find it difficult to understand all the subjects.

Question: Language of communication used by adivasi communities working in the tea plantations of Assam can be called as –

Answer: Link language

Question: Which of the following is not a key principle of teaching a second language? 

Answer: Using  L2 vocabulary for writing from the beginning years.

Question: In the foundational years of learning, medium of instruction should be children’s home language because– 

Answer: Language is the basis of learning and comprehension of all subjects. 

Question: The language that is used formally in textbooks, teaching learning materials, and teaching practice is called ---.

Answer: Medium of instruction

Question: Census of India (2011) established that - 

Answer: Most people speak more than one language. 

Question: Which of the following statements regarding multilingual education is not true?

Answer: Inclusion of variety of languages in the classroom negatively impacts students’ learning. 

Question: Which one of the following is the best statement to summarize the learning of this course

Answer: In areas where children’s language cannot be used as medium of instruction right away, it should be used strategically and extensively in the oral domain.

Question: Who has proposed the “Common Underlying Proficiency” hypothesis of language learning?

Answer: Jim Cummins

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