Language and Communication Quiz

According to Sapir (1921), how did he define language?

• A. A method of communicating ideas, emotions, and desires through symbols

• B. A method of communicating only emotions through symbols

• D. A method of communicating ideas through sounds

• C. A method of communicating desires through gestures

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the main reason why we can say that we can communicate from the very first moment we are born?

• A. We can speak fluently

• B. We can write messages

• C. We transmit particular information

• D. We can understand complex ideas

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RI.1.6

CCSS.RI.1.7

According to Chomsky, what is Linguistic Competence?

• A. The ability to communicate effectively in multiple languages

• B. The ability to acquire the necessary grammar for a language

• C. The ability to understand non-verbal communication

• D. The ability to write complex texts

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

CCSS.RF.2.3C

What are the characteristics of written language according to Crystal, D. (1987)?

• A. Interactive, informal, and temporary

• D. Space bound, dynamic, and temporary

• B. Space bound, static, and permanent

• C. Dynamic, informal, and impermanent

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RI.1.6

CCSS.RL.3.7

What are the three stages of a communication process according to Nunan (1989)?

• D. Production stage, speech stage, and comprehension stage

• B. Production, speech, and comprehension

• C. Mechanical reading, understanding reading, and interpretative reading

• A. Encoding, decoding, and understanding

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.3B

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.4B

What is the main goal of using phonics in teaching children to read in English?

• A. To focus on extensive reading

• B. To enable beginning readers to decode new written words by sounding them out

• C. To use written words as images that children learn to recognize

• D. To teach children to recognize words without sounding them out

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the first stage in planning a reading lesson according to the text?

• D. Reading comprehension

• C. Pre-reading

• B. While-reading

• A. Post-reading

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.4C

What is the main role of teachers within the writing process?

• D. To act as supporters and assessors

• C. To act as coaches and assessors

• B. To act as supporters and consultants

• A. To act as assessors and consultants

What is the term used to describe the correct or acceptable way of using the internet?

• D. Cyberetiquette

• C. Interetiquette

• B. Webiquette

• A. Netiquette

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.1.7

What is the activity 'Reader, runner, writer' used for?

• A. To practice speaking skills

• B. To practice listening skills

• C. To practice reading skills

• D. To practice writing skills

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1