Topic 1

What is the definition of language according to Crystal in 2003?

• The study of the meaning of words and sentences.

• A system of conventional spoken or written symbols, as well as bodily expressions, by which humans, as members of a social group and participants in their culture, communicate.

• The ability to use language for effective communication in a variety of contexts.

• The ability to generate an infinite number of sentences from a finite set of rules.

What is one of the formal properties of language according to Noam Chomsky?

• Pragmatics

• Semantics

• Syntax

• Lexicon

How is communication defined according to McLuhan in 2015?

• The ability to use language for effective communication in a variety of contexts.

• The transmission of information through a system of symbols.

• The study of language use in context.

• The process by which one human absorbs the world of another human and also absorbs the other being into their own world.

What is one of the functions of language according to Jakobson?

• Phatic

• Referential, denotative or cognitive

• Emotive or expressive

• Conative

What is a characteristic of oral language?

• Use of visualization

• Planning and reflection

• Permanence and precision

• Multimodality

What is communicative competence?

• The ability to use language for effective communication in a variety of contexts.

• Knowledge of language rules.

• The ability to use communication strategies to overcome difficulties in comprehension or expression.

• Understanding the social and cultural aspects of language use.

What is an element of communication according to Jakobson?

• Lexicon

• Phonology

• Syntax

• Channel

What is context in communication?

• The ability to refer to elements that are not present in the immediate context.

• The study of language use in context.

• The nonverbal environment, including the immediate situation and the sociocultural context.

• The text accompanying the information we are paying attention to.

What is a function of language according to Jakobson?

• Poetic

• Metalanguage or metalingual

• Phatic

• Conative

What type of activities are suggested to promote communicative competence in the English classroom?

• Riddle games like 'Who is who?' or 'Headbandz'

• Information gathering activities and creative games like 'story cubes'

• 'Pequetweets' project and adventure in storytelling with mTiny

• Description activities and riddle games