Delc 100 week 9 quiz

Who is Derek Hird?

• A guy who speaks a little Chinese

• President of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)

• Head of the Department of Languages and Cultures

• The captain of the dragon-boat team of the CI at Lancaster University

DeLC100 is a non-credit bearing skills-based module which means what exactly?

• it is not formally assessed

• you do not have to do any work for it

• you should not attend and get a coffee instead

• if you fail this module, you will have as many resits as you want/need

The SGA Essential Student Handbook is available to all SGA students, but where is it?

• on ASK

• on the student portal

• on iLancaster

• On the SGA Moodle

Engagement with, and successful completion of, the DELC100 module will earn point...

• on your Nectar Card

• Cash back on your credit card

• to spend on the bars on campus or at the student union

• towards the Lancaster award

The term ‘Cultural Studies’ refers to ...

• an area of enquiry which assesses artistic accomplishment in other cultures

• an interdisciplinary field of academic study

• the study of culture using karaoke next Thursday

• ways in which missionaries created school systems for colonized populations

According to SGA, engagement with other cultures at eye level requires…

• a good pair of glasses or binoculars

• sensitivity, open-mindedness, experience, ethics, critical self-awareness

• the practice of the languages you study at the lunch clubs

• trips to the country of the language you are studying

Translatability and Untranslatability are linked to cultural analysis because…

• one has to take informed decisions on which bits of a text to translate

• meaning is straightforward and a matter of what it says in the dictionary

• well it does not really matters, chat GPT will do a better job than me anyway

• they give insight into culturally specific ways of understanding

Why should you study vocabulary regularly?

• Because it will help me make friends in the target country

• Because it helps to widen my knowledge and understanding of the language

• Because it’s fun

• Because if you do not, you might end up eating sprouts at every meal when you eat out abroad

What is the best way to learn vocabulary?

• Watching films in the target language

• Varying vocabulary-based activities that target different language skills

• Writing lists and using flashcards

• it will happen by itself if I go to all my classes

What should you keep in mind when using online dictionaries?

• The first translation might not be the most appropriate one

• Some of the meanings/definitions might not be applicable to your context

• Read the examples to understand how a word or expression is used

• Google translate is your best friend, go for it