They worked on setting language teaching principles and approaches based on linguistic and psychological theories, but they _ many of the specific practical details for others to devise
(*ответ*) left
leave
are leaving
have left
This allows us to create sentences that we have never heard before but that can still be immediately understood by anyone who understands the specific language _ spoken
(*ответ*) being
be
is
been
This follows from the rationalist position that man is born to think and that language use is a uniquely human trait _ in other species
(*ответ*) impossible
possible
found
exist
Those looking at the history of foreign-language education in the 20th century and the methods of teaching _ be tempted to think that it is a history of failure
(*ответ*) might
need
had
ought
Very _ students in U.S. universities who have a foreign language as a major manage to reach something called "minimum professional proficiency"
(*ответ*) few
little
less
far
While sometimes confused, the _ "approach", "method" and "technique" are hierarchical concepts
(*ответ*) terms
sums
parts
numbers
With _ methods, students generate original and meaningful sentences to gain a functional knowledge of the rules of grammar
(*ответ*) these
this
that
it
_ upper secondary level, English is even more widely taught
(*ответ*) At
In
On
By
_ the high rate of foreign language teaching in schools, the number of adults claiming to speak a foreign language is generally lower than might be expected
(*ответ*) Despite
Inspite
However
Never
Descriptive linguists _ to claim unhesitatingly that there were no scientifically-based language teaching methods before their work (which led to the audio-lingual method developed for the U.S. Army in World War II)
(*ответ*) seem
see
tell
speak
An _ is a set of correlative assumptions about the nature of language and language learning
(*ответ*) approach
way
side
path
Innovation in foreign language teaching _ in the 19th century and became very rapid in the 20th century
(*ответ*) began
begun
begin
is beginning