Q1. The following area of linguistics which focuses on the sounds, words and grammars of languages is
(a) sociolinguistics
(b) ethnolinguistics
(c) historical linguistics
(d) descriptive linguistics
Q2. Human language differs from communication systems of other animals in that
(a) humans have open systems in which new symbols can be produced and symbols can indicate displacement
(b) humans can vocalize
(c) humans have closed systems of communication
(d) human languages are not equally complex
Q3. The Heuristic function is :
(a) language used to create an imaginary world
(b) language that is used to influence the behaviour of others
(c) any language used to obtain information
(d) language used to exchange information
Q4. The Informative function is :
(a) language used to exchange information
(b) language used to initiate or maintain actions
(c) any language used to obtain information
(d) language used to fulfill the needs of he speaker
Q5. Elision occurs
(a) when sounds and syllables are omitted during speech
(b) when spoken sounds link together to form one sound
(c) when entire words disappear in spoken English
(d) when sounds and words are linked together
Q6. Linguistic profiling means
(a) the analysis of a person’s speech and auditory skills
(b) the analysis of a person’s speech and reading
(c) the analysis of a person’s speech and writing
(d) the analysis of a person’s speech, reading and writing
Q7. The role that grammar plays in linguistics is that
(a) it provides reference work on common difficulties in a language
(b) it tells people how to speak and write correctly
(c) it accounts for all the correct sentences in a language
(d) it tries to provide a scientific verdict on matters such as whether or not one may split infinitives
Q8. The teacher gives lots of meaningful examples to demonstrate grammar and students practice the grammar in context. The teacher here is using
(a) the inductive method
(b) the deductive method
(c) the reductive method
(d) the grammatical method
Q9. The term ‘dumbing down’ in relation to English Language Learner reading materials refers to
(a) reading allowed in a slower way, so that you don’t sound like a native speaker
(b) being able to summarise the main idea, without understanding the key points
(c) over-simplifying the content, rather than just making it easier to read
(d) working out the gist
Q10. The following is not associated with ‘Teacher Talk’
(a) evaluative comments
(b) lots of chances for others to talk
(c) more formal vocabulary
(d) teacher, but not student, allowed to interrupt
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