LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

PRACTICE TEST
Name Date Score

Directions: Read the questions and consider the options carefully. Use the answer sheet provided. Shade the
appropriate bracket neatly. If you want to change your answer, cross out the first one. Erasures are strongly
discouraged.
1. “Down Under” a recruitment agency that sends butchers to Australia wants to enhance the English oral
communication proficiency of their prospective employees. Which syllabus would be the most appropriate to
develop?
a. Skills-based syllabus c. Content-based syllabus
b. Method-based syllabus d. Knowledge-based syllabus

2. Everything in ESP starts with

a. Evaluation c. Materials Development
b. Needs Assessment d. Organization of Lessons

3. When designing an ESP program, all of the following needs should be considered, except
a. communicative skills required in the workplace c. learning theories
b. weaknesses or ‘lacks’ d. learning style

4. All of the following stages are necessary in ESP course designing, except
a. Evaluation c. Determining goals and objectives
b. Needs assessment d. Identifying philosophical underpinnings

5. Which among the following objectives is not appropriate/aligned with the material?

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Sausage
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Tomato Sauce
55% Crust
24%
Cheese

a. Present a report using graphs as supplementary materials.

b. Summarize the information presented through graphs
c. Identify the essential components of graphs
d. Appropriately use verb tense in graphs

6. Which of the following is an example of ESP needs analysis

a. Psychoanalysis b. Structural Analysis
c. Material-based analysis d. Target-situation analysis

7. All of the following class activities are recommended for Business English course, except
a. Writing reaction papers c. Presenting a business plan
b. Writing business reports d. Conducting feasibility study

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8. A group of Korean nationals came to the Philippines to enhance their Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
in English. What type of syllabus would be the most appropriate in this situation?
a. Skills-based syllabus c. Content-based syllabus
b. Method-based syllabus d. Knowledge-based syllabus

9. Mr. Reyes handles a proficiency-enhancement program for Criminology students. At the onset of the program,
he conducted a needs assessment to identify their current level of proficiency. Mr. Reyes focused on what type of
needs analysis?
a. Target situation analysis c. Pedagogic needs analysis
b. Present situation analysis d. Competency-based analysis

10. Before designing the English for Flight Attendants Syllabus, Mr. Cruz made a study on the most frequent and
necessary terms that Flight Attendants use. What type of analysis did Mr. Cruz conduct?
a. Pedagogic needs analysis c. Discourse analysis
b. Target situation analysis d. Register analysis

11. Inn the English for Tourist Guides class, Mr. Ramirezz distributed a hand-out containing a ‘script’ that students
will use during their ‘practicum’. What principle of ESP methodology does Mr. Ramirez violate?
a. Discipline-specific c. Error tolerance
b. Student-centered d. Authenticity

12. The following constitute ESP courses except:

a. A course that teaches undergraduate engineering students from various branches to write reports on design
projects
b. A course designed to prepare students for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
c. A course designed to teach social English to a group of business people
d. A course team-taught with a subject-lecturer, that helps post-graduates of a particular discipline understand
departmental lectures

13. Which category does English for Teachers belong?

a. English for Occupational Purposes (EAP)
b. English for Academic Purposes
c. English for Vocational Purposes
D. English for Business Ppurposes

Stages in the Life Cycle of a Plant

Look at these examples:
Preceding action: Before the plant germinates, it is watered

• Before germination, the seed is watered

• Prior to

Following actions: After the plant germinates, the roots and leaves develop.
After germination, the roots and leaves develop.

Simultaneous actions: As the plant germinates, the seed swells.

During germination, the seed swells.
After the seed is watered, germination occurs.
After the seed is watered, germination happens.

Now, answer the following questions:

a.) What happens prior to germination?
b.) What occurs during growth?
c.) What happens before flowering?

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14. In the ESP lesson presented, what is the real content of the material?
a. Life cycle of a plant c. Comprehension Questiong
b. Expressions of time sequence d. Germination

15. When an ESP teacher chooses suitable published materials, adapts new material or even writes material
where nothing exists, the teacher plays as
a. Course designer c. Collaborator
b. Researcher d. Evaluator

16. For practitioners of English for Business Purposes, acquiring knowledge and understanding in the following
areas is necessary except
a. an understanding of the business people’s expectations and learning strategies
b. some knowledge of management theories and practice
c. a knowledge of management theories and practice
d. first class training for business people

17. Mr. Cruz, an ESP practitioner, decides to use a table of statistics to teach language comparison. Which
constitute the carrier content of the lesson?
a. Language comparison c. Method used by the teacher
b. Statistics d. Choice of materials to fit the learner’s needs

18. Mr. Santos conducts tests to asses whether students have the requisite language and skills to undertake a
particular academic course or career, and level of their achievement. Mr. Santos performs as:
a. Collaborator c. Researcher
b. Course designer d. Evaluator

19. The reading component of an ESP requires balance between skills and language development. The following
are key skills to be learned except
a. selecting what is relevant to the current purpose
b. identifying organizational patterns
c. deducing the meaning of vocabulary from the context
d. skimming for content and meaning

20. The approach to teaching writing which is closely associated with the development of genre analysis as a
key approach to text in ESP refers to __________
a. Social constructivist approach
b. Product approach
c. Process approach
d. Controlled approach

21. All of the activities listed below may be drawn from the text, except

Greenhouse gases arise from a wide range of sources and their increasing concentration is largely related to the
compound effects of increased population, improved living standards and changes in lifestyle. From a current base
of 5 billion, the United Nations predicts that the global population may stabilize in the twenty-first century between
8 and 14 billion, with more than 90 percent of the projected increase taking place in the world’s developing nations.
The associated activities to support that growth, particularly to produce the required energy and food, will cause
further increases in greenhouse gas emissions. The challenge, therefore, is to attain a sustainable balance between
population, economic growth and the environment.

a. Writing a position paper on greenhouse gases

b. Visiting a factory which emits greenhouse gases
c. Conducting a panel discussion on greenhouse gases
d. Facilitate debate on policies regarding greenhouse gases

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22. All of the following objectives are aligned with the sample text above, except
a. Get the main idea of the text
b. Summarize the information presented in the text
c. Present a panel discussion on greenhouse gases
d. Identify the effects of greenhouse gases to the environment

23. Which of the following should be the least priority of an ESP teacher?
a. teacher talk c. learner’s cognitive development
b. knowledge of the content d. learner’s emotional involvement

24. When preparing a material for an ESP class, the next step to do after assessing ad analyzing the needs is
a. Test the validity c. Identify supplementary texts
b. Establish specific objectives d. Organize the lessons, activities and exercises

25. All of the following are characteristics of ESP, except

a. goal-oriented c. discipline-specific
b. teacher-centered d. based on students’ needs

Read and study the following extract from an ESP text. Answer the questions that follow:

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Title 1
WORKING CONDITIONS AND REST PERIODS
Chapter 1
HOURS OF WORK

ART. 82. Coverage. The provisions of this Title shall apply to employees in all establishments and undertakings whether
for profit or not, but not to government employees, managerial employees, field personnel, members of the family of
the employer who are dependent on him for support, domestic helpers, persons in the personal service of another, and
workers who are paid by results as determined by the Secretary of Labor in appropriate regulations.
ART. 85. Meal periods. Subject to such regulations as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe, it shall be the duty of
every employer to give his employees not less than sixty (60) minutes time-off for their regular meals.
ART. 86. Night shift differential. Every employee shall be paid a night shift differential of not less than ten percent
(10%) of his regular wage for each hour of work performed between ten o’clock in the evening and six o’clock in the
morning.
ART.87. Overtime work. Work may be performed beyond eight (8) hours a day provided that the employee is paid
for the overtime work, an additional compensation equivalent to his regular wage plus at least twenty-five percent
(25%) thereof. Work performed beyond eight hours on a holiday or rest day shall be paid an additional compensation
equivalent to the rate of the first eight hours on a holiday or rest day plus at least thirty percent (30%) thereof.

25. Which ESP course would most likely use this sample text?
a. English for Contract Workers c. English for Business
b. English for Managers d. English for Law

26. To whom is this text written for?

a. Employers c. Business people
b. Employees d. All of the above

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27. What is the main idea presented in this sample text?
a. Task of lawyers to uphold the law
b. Task of government to protect its work force
c. Responsibilities of employers to their workers
d. Rights of employees in terms of work conditions

28. Mr. Amparo, a fresh college graduate who works in the Manila City Hall as a clerk, filed a complaint
because he worked overtime. The court dismissed the case because
a. He is a government employee c. He works as a clerk
b. He is a fresh graduate d. All of the above

29. Read and study the table below. What type of learner most likely needs the following:

Documents Purpose Task Skills

Fax/letter of reservation Extract booking Check availability; write Find details; relate to
requirement reply; record booking other information
form

a. Hotel receptionist c. Lawyer

b. Entrepreneur d. Nurse
30. The following may be done in an ESP class to supplement published listening materials and retain authenticity
of speech except
a. Choosing a topic, making notes and delivering short talk from those notes
b. Reading aloud from a written text
c. Asking a colleague from the specific area to record a short talk on a relevant topic
d. Recording radio or television programs and choosing few short sections

31. Which does not belong to the group?

a. English for Nurses
b. English for Butchers
c. English for Engineers
d. English for Science and Technology
Read and study the following extract from an ESP text. Answer the questions that follow.

Softwind’s technical support staff provides free telephone assistance to registered Softwind users. In order to receive
this free assistance, you must first register your products with Softwind. To do this, fill in the enclosed registration card,
including the name of the retail outlet where you purchased this product. Softwind will then send you a personal
identification number (PIN), which must be supplied to support staff whenever you request assistance. Registering your
product will also enable us to send you timely information on updates and future releases. Before calling technical
support, please try to find the answer to your question in the handbook that accompanies this product. In particular, we
recommend that you check the section on frequently asked questions that begins in the back of your handbook.
(www.petersons.com)

32. Who were these instructions written for?

a. Technical support staff c. Retail sales personnel
b. Softwind engineers d. Softwind customers

33. What information is necessary in order to register this product?

a. The name of the store that sold the product c. The dates of future releases
b. The user’s personal identification number d. The user’s forwarding address

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34. How can you receive a PIN?
a. By requesting one from support staff c. By mailing in the registration card
b. By telephoning technical support d. By signing up for one at a retail order

35. What should you do first if you have a problem with the product?
a. Read the manual c. Telephone the technical support
b. Change your PIN d. Request updated instructions

36. What language lesson can be extracted from the reading text?
a. Describing an object c. Persuading a customer
b. Giving directions d. Telling a story

37. All of the following statements characterize ESP in the context of English language teaching except
a. It is designed to meet specified needs of the learner
b. It is related in content to particular disciplines, occupations and activities
c. It is centered on the language appropriate to those activities in syntax, lexis discourse, semantics, etc. and
analysis of this discourse.
d. It is similar in form to General English

38. The following are examples of EOP except

a. English for Medical Studies c. English for Doctors
c. English for Technicians d. English for Tourist Guides

Questioning in ESP situations does not consider the format of the question but on the response the question will lead
to.

39. A type of question which is known to be a weak way of obtaining information but a powerful means of
checking information or gaining commitment.
a. Limited-response c. Closed-response
b. Open-response d. Probing

40. Questions which give a wider scope to the responder, do not bias the content of the response, and vital for
information gathering as they are the least directive are known as___________.
a. Limited-response c. Probing
b. Closed-response d. Open-response

41. Sample questions of this type are the following:

What are your concerns about …?
Why do you think that …?
a. Building c. Probing
b. Limited-response d. Open-response

Questions 42-46 are taken from ESP lessons. Analyze the items and choose the BEST answer.

42. One of the most frequent complaints among airline passengers is that there is not __________ legroom.
a. enough c. very
b. many d. plenty

43. The Director of Educational Programs works collaboratively with the Department of Education to __________
that the programs are meeting the needs of the institution.
a. ensure c. accept
b. define d. imply

44. “Accounts receivable” is owed to a company, __________ “ accounts payable” is money owed by the
company to the creditors.
a. otherwise c. such as
b. whereas d. in order that

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45. Cooks must remember that some raw foods are very _____________ and should be refrigerated or chilled
until ready to be eaten or cooked.
a. peripheral c. periodic
b. perishable d. permanent

46. If you send in an order _______________ mail, we recommend that you phone our sales division directly to
confirm the order.
a. near c. on
b. for d. by

47. The following words seem to belong to the same register, except
a. desist c. null
b. debit d. mitigate

48. Which of the following statements is NOT true about slang expressions?
a. Are expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker’s language or dialect
b. Are considered acceptable in certain social settings
c. Are widely used in informal and formal speech and writing
d. May be new words or old ones used with a new meaning

49. The term “register” in ESP was introduced by __________ in 1956.

a. Thomas Bertram Reid c. Henry Widdowson
b. M.A.K. Halliday d. Benjamin Sapir

50. What term is used to refer to a variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social
setting?
a. register c. idiolect
b. basilect d. dialect

51. All of the following except one are characteristics of a remedial program.
a. it helps struggling students acquire self-confidence
b. it is focused on teaching students learn language forms
c. consistent monitoring is imperative in a remedial program
d. it necessitates the conduct of assessment before the start of the program

52. “My turn to say the first sound in man /mmm/.

Mmman begins with /mmm/
Everyone say the first sound in man /mmm/

Struggling readers are usually assessed in terms of their phonemic awareness. Which specific phonemic
awareness skill would most likely use the strategy presented above?
a. Segmenting c. Sound Isolation
b. Blending d. Sound Identification

53. This approach, influenced by Stephen Krashen’s theory of language acquisition, focuses on communication as
the major function of language.
a. Natural Approach c. Communicative Language Teaching
b. Task-based Learning d. Oral Approach/Situational Language Teaching
54. What phonemic awareness skill would proceed in the following manner?

“Listen, my lion puppet likes to say the sounds in words. The sounds in
mom are /mmm/ - /ooo/ - /mmm/.
Say the sounds of mom with us.”
a. Segmenting c. Sound Isolation
b. Blending d. Sound Identification

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55. All of the following except one constitute the organizational component of remedial education.
a. Instruction c. Assessment
b. Curriculum d. Administration

56. A school-based remedial program typically involves __________ learners in a group.

a. 1-5 c. 10-15
b. 5-10 d. 10-20

57. What is the usual duration of a reading remedial program?

a. 20-30 mins c. 30-50 mins
b. 25-45 mins d. 60 mins

58. Listening comprehension is affected by both internal and external factors. Which of the following factors is
different from the rest?
a. physiological factors c. motivational factors
b. background knowledge and aptitude d. type of language input

59. Listen and imitate is one of the techniques used in teaching pronunciation to struggling learners. Which of the
following approaches/methods holds the same principle as listen and imitate?
a. Audio-Visual Approach c. Aural-Oral Approach
b. Direct Method d. Total Physical Response

60. Articulatory descriptions, articulatory diagrams and phonetic alphabets are components of ___________.
a. Minimal Pair Drills c. Developmental Approximation
b. Vowel and Stress Shifts d. Phonetic Drills

61. Gesture pantomime as a reinforcement technique to vocabulary learning is a distinct component of _______.
a. Motor imaging c. Subjective Approach
b. Concept-based approach d. Repetition

62. Vocabulary is initially acquired in four ways. Which of the following is not one of the identified four ways of
acquiring vocabulary?
a. through reading and conversation c. through direct instruction
c. through mental manipulation d. through contextualization

63. In organizing a remedial program, it is imperative that instruction includes all but one of the following. Which
is not a distinct component of remedial instruction?
a. self-monitoring c. school context
b. rubrics and scoring guides d. practice time

64. Inferencing, abstract verbal reasoning, analogical reasoning and constructive-critical/creative reading are
all examples of _______________.
a. Direct Instruction c. Cognitive Development Component
b. Personal/Emotional Growth Development d. Schema-Enhancement Component

65. Although Specific Language Disability/ Specific Language Impairment like dyslexia, dysgraphia and
dyscalculia have no known causes, recent discoveries suggest they are linked to specific factors that include all of
the following except one.
a. genetics c. alcohol/drug use
d. premature birth d. poverty

66. Which of the following violates the syllabication principles in sound-symbol correspondence?
a. dagg-er c. mo-tor
b. circ-us d. riv-er

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67. In order for teachers to support all students’ writing ability development, certain qualities of the writing
classroom must be present. Identify which of the following qualities does not form part of a fundamental
remedial writing instruction program.
a. use of authentic writing tasks
b. consultation with occupational therapist to address fine motor difficulties
c. establishment of routines
d. use of traits to determine a common language for shared expectations

68. This approach/method is based on the problem solving view that the learners should be given something to
be solved.
a. Natural Approach c. Situational Learning Approach
b. Task-Based Learning Instruction d. Communicative Language Learning

69. To help struggling students develop their writing skills, it is recommended that__________.
a. they be given activities of the same level of difficulty as their classmates to encourage independent learning
b. their work be assessed individually rather than collectively
c. students be instructed to avoid using word prediction software while writing
d. students be allowed to use temporary/invented spelling

70. In teaching remedial writing, the teacher should help students develop a comfortable and efficient
__________ pencil grip.
a. tripod c. manuscript
b. finger d. none of the above

71. How many minutes should be ideally allocated for remedial writing instruction?
a. 50 mins c. 60 minutes
b. 30 minutes d. 40 minutes

72. Teacher X suspects that one of her young students may be dyslexic. To confirm her suspicion, she plans to
conduct an assessment to determine the student’s reading skill. What is the most common way of assessing a
struggling reader in the classroom?
a. phonemic awareness c. phonological awareness
b. sound isolation d. onset rime manipulation

73. In the teaching of handwriting to struggling writers, which of the following letters should be taught first?
a. c c. b
b. q d. d

74. The following are characteristics of __________.

• Established to encourage learners to think in English
• Students are not allowed to use the mother tongue in the classroom
• Focuses directly on thinking, conversation and discussion in the second language
• Students are encouraged to mimic the accent of a native speaker

a. Audio-Lingual Method c. Grammar Translation Method

b. Silent Way d. Direct Method

75. What term includes specific processes like blending, isolation, onset rimes and substitution.
a. phonemic awareness c. alphabetic knowledge
b. phonological awareness d. all of the above

76. All of the following should be considered in the establishment of a remedial English program except one.
a. Instruction varies with individuals and groups
b. Learning progress is constantly monitored and documented
c. Instruction proceeds according to daily observable progress of the students
d. intensive instruction should be based on need

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 77. When a teacher asks a student to identify which sound is similar in the words bat, bend and bag, he/she
is teaching __________.
a. phoneme isolation c. phoneme identification
b. phoneme segmentation d. phoneme blending

78. According to research, which approach is best to use with remedial students?
a. Direct Approach c. Natural Approach
b. Constructivist Approach d. Grammar Translation Method

79. Which of the following components does not constitute a remedial English program?
a. Schema-enhancement component c. Personal-emotional growth component
b. Psychological development component d. Cognitive development component

80. This term refers to a list of high utility words in the English language.
a. Basic Sight Words c. High Intensity Words
c. Basic English Vocabulary d. Vocabulary of Basic English Lexicon

81. Which of the following refers to a specific disability in writing?

a. dyslexia c. dysgraphia
b. dyscalculia d. ADD

82. Which of the following techniques should not be utilized in teaching early phonemic blending?
a. “My lion puppet wants one of these pictures. Listen to hear which picture he wants, /sss/ - /uuu/ - /nnn/.
Which picture?”
b. “My lion puppet wants one of these pictures. Listen to hear which picture he wants, /p/ - /e/ - /n/ - /c/ -
/i/ - /l/. Which picture?”
c. Use pictures to help them remember the words and focus their attention.
d. “Listen, my lion puppet likes to talk in a broken way. When he says /mmm/ - /ooo/ - /mmm/ he means
mom.”

83. In the development of a students’ listening comprehension, all of the following except one should be
emphasized. Which of the following components is not given priority in developing students’ listening
comprehension?
a. word stress c. pronunciation
b. intonation d. accent

84. Co-text refers to the linguistic context or the textual environment provided by the discourse in which a
particular utterance occurs. What can be inferred from the following conversation, judging from the co-text?

A: It’s been a stressful day and there’s a new coffee shop in town. Let’s
go check it and de-stress.
B: I have visitors coming in 30 minutes.

a. The visitors would feel bad if B does not join them.

b. B is not interested in checking out the new coffee shop.
c. A is a coffee enthusiast.
d. B wants to go home.

85. Which of the following reflect a writing skill difficulty?

a. limited vocabulary c. fine motor difficulty
b. lacks persistence d. have negative self-efficacy beliefs

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