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KEY CONCEPTS IN ELT (2014) 1. Structural view of language sees language as a linguistic system made up of various subsystems. Which one of the following description is NOT correct? A. There are three kinds of subsystems, namely phonology, morphology and syntax. B.  Phonology is the system of sound. C. Syntax is the discrete units of meaning produced by sound combinations. D. To learn a language means to learn the structural items so as to be able to understand and produce language. 2. The interactional view considers language to be a(n)_ tool, whose main use is to build up and maintain social relations between people. A.  interpretation B. communicative C. expressive D. presenting 3. Skinner initiated behaviourist theory of language learning, which applied Watson and Raynor’s theory of conditioning to the way of acquiring language. Watson and Raynor’s formulated based on their experiments. A.  reinforcement condition in language learning B.  intricate rule-based system of language acquisition C. stimulus-response theory of psychology D. audio-lingual method of English teaching 4. Various theories made contributions to language learning. Which statement of the following is NOT correct. A.  Chomsky’s theory is one major cognitive theory on language acquisition. His theory accepts that language combines different kinds of behaviour, and language acquisition is the learning of those behaviour. B.  Behaviourist theory believes that language is a form of behaviour which can be learned in the ways as animals are trained to respond to stimuli. C.  Constructivist theory holds that learning is a process in which the learner constructs meaning based on his/her own experiences and what he/ she already knows. 5. Socio-constructivist theor