Majorship 2

21. What aptly describes “universal grammar”?

• A. language used for communication by people who speak different first languages

• B. rules applicable to all human languages

• C. language with the same vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation

• D. rules of grammar that distinguish one language from the others

22. At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen work. The fishermen do not speak the same language, so they communicate using one that has been invented but only for the purpose of trade. This scenario most accurately describes which of the following types of language?

• A. a dialect

• B. a creole

• C. a pidgin

• D. a regionalism

23. If the second language learner “assimilates”, then he _____.

• A. maintains its own life style and values and rejects those of the target language group

• B. adapts to the life style and values of the target language group but maintains its own life style and values for the intragroup use.

• C. gives up his own life style and values and adopts those of the target language group

• D. maximizes the use of his first language and the target language

24. The following are the areas of knowledge and skills of communicative competence EXCEPT _____

• A. grammatical competence

• B. sociolinguistic competence

• C. discourse competence

• D. structural competence

25. Speaker A’s final remark functions as _____.

Speaker A: That’s the telephone.

Speaker B: I’m in the bath.

Speaker A: OK.

• A. a request to answer the phone

• B. an excuse for not complying

• C. acceptance of an excuse

• D. sarcasm

What is strategy is used by the second language learner in the following situation”

“The student forgot the English term “train station”. He used the phrase “the place for trains” instead.

• A. inference

• B. paraphrase

• C. generalization

• D. adaptation

27. What is the message of the short story, “The Centipede” by Rony V. Diaz?

• A. Childhood memories are treasures.

• B. Teasing or Taunting should only be done by adults.

• C. Children should be responsible with what trick they do with their siblings.

• D. Childhood relationships between siblings were sometimes painful.

38. It is a generally accepted first principle of oral interpretation that the reader must be true to

• (A) the performance space

• (B) the author

• (C) the method

• (D) the audience

• (E) his or her training

39. Within the communication process, the area that causes the most breakdowns is _____.

• (A) interference

• (B) feedback

• (C) the situation

• (D) the channel

• (E) the message

David is preparing a speech about why Hollywood became the center of the motion picture industry and the impact that its development as the center had on filmmaking. David’s speech should be organized using which of the following methods?

• (A) Spatial

• (B) Chronological

• (C) Cause-effect

• (D) Problem-solution

• (E) Topical