Pragmatics is concerned with

the way the voice rises and falls in speech

how words are constructed into phrases or sentences

In an ESOL class, the teacher makes an effort to use authentic audio materials that feature English speakers from England, India, Australia, and the U.S. as well as nonnative English speakers from Europe and Africa. Which concept would explain why this is a good strategy?

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model

Language Experience Approach (LEA)

Why are Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) usually easier for ESOL students to acquire than Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) skills?

BICS are most often context driven, whereas CALP requires more advanced knowledge and skills

Students can study BICS in textbooks at home.

Jim Cummins developed BICS to be easier than CALP.

ESOL teachers stress BICS over CALP

Which of the following sentences is/are correct?

A. You and he should go to the store.

B. You and him should go to the store.

C. Stan and him should go to the store.

Both B and C are written correctly.

Which sentence uses the present perfect verb tense?

He's been there a few times already.

Katrina thinks the present is perfect for her mother.

Juan is going to drive home tomorrow.

Identify the prepositional phrase om the following sentence: Wrapping packages for the soldiers, the kind woman tightly rolled the T-shirts to see how much space remained for the homemade cookies.

wrapping packages for the soldiers

Which sentence is correctly labelled according to its structure?

The grandchildren and their cousins enjoyed their day at the beach. (compound)

Most of the grass has lost its deep color, despite the fall lasting into December. (simple)

The members who had served selfesly were cheering as the sequestration ended. (complex)

Which sentence, written by a student, contains a mistake in apostrophe usage?

David's bag is still in the car.

Stereos used to be a lot bigger.

I can't see the sign from here.

In semantics, denotation means

a word's actual dictionary definition

the emotional association of a word

a speech act of one or more words with silence before and after

In _____, the context of the situation and the communication between speaker and listener are important beyond the meaning of the words and phrases

Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)

In an ESOL class, many Spanish-speaking students routinely make mistakes saying sentences such as "Is cold today," or "Alex is growing. Is tall now. " The teacher could guess that this interference is due to what?

Spanish not having noncount nouns

In the ESOL class, why would the concept of World Englsihes be important?

Both native English speakers and those learning English as a 2ndL must be accustomed to speaking to and understanding others with various dialects.

World Englishes means English should be the only language spoken in the world, so students should study very hard to be fluent.

World Englishes are pidgins that students should learn so they can communicate in a global marketplace

English is the easiest language to learn in the world.

What are "false friend" cognates?

words in two languages that look similar but are actually differenc

ways of thinking that are not helpful to language learning

words that are similar in spelling and meaning in two languages

4 students write sentences using apostrophes on the board. Which one is correct?

Its medicines are still at the vet's office.

It's medicines are still at the vet's office

It's medicine's are still at the vets office.

Its medicine's are still at the vets office.

During a lesson on commas, 4 students write sentences using commas on the board. Which sentence has a mistake in comma usage?

Ms. Platt approved the play a little-known work by Ibsen.

Mario, Mona, and Ming are in the play.

Ahmed is in the play, but Salem did not even try out for it.

Inge, a talented singer, is also in the play.

What do the following consonant pairs have in common: p ,b ; f ,v ; s, z

The first is the unvoiced sound, and the second is the voiced

The first is the voiced sound, the second is the unvoiced

The first is the stressed consonant, and the second is the unstressed

The first is the unstressed consonant, and the second is the stressed

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5 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following would most likely explain why a student is having problems being understood when she says the words think, wreath, the, and ruthless

She is not distinguishing between the voiced and unvoiced /th/ sounds

she has problems making /r/ sounds

she is not putting stress on the correct syllables

she needs more instruction in semantics

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CCSS.L.3.2F

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

In which of the following would a speaker most likely have rising intonation?

Please bring some bread.

I am afraid.

Frankie and Johnny are waiting outside.

Do you want to watch a movie?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The capitalized part of the word reBUILDing is

a bound morpheme

an affix

a dipthong

a stem or root

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following statements is/are true?

A. A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language

B. All words are morphemes, but not all morphemes are words.

C. An affix is a free morpheme

D. Both A and B are true statements

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Syntax is concerned with which of the following?

how words are combined to convey meaning

how words are formed into phrases or sentences

stages of 2ndL acquisition

ensuring transfer of language skills from L1 and L2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Semantics could be applied to which aspect of everyday English?

the use of quotation markes in quoted speech

the pronunciation of vowels

the use of idioms

the use of commas with conjunctions

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following statements, said while eating Cajun food for the first time at a friend's house, would suggest that an ESOL student has a good grasp of connotative understanding?

This feed is delicious.

This slop is delicious.

This cuisine is delicious.

This stuff that people and animals eat is delicious.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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Linguistics

Which of the following would most likely explain why a student is having problems being understood when she says the words think, wreath, the, and ruthless

In which of the following would a speaker most likely have rising intonation?

The capitalized part of the word reBUILDing is

Which of the following statements is/are true?

Syntax is concerned with which of the following?

Semantics could be applied to which aspect of everyday English?

Which of the following statements, said while eating Cajun food for the first time at a friend's house, would suggest that an ESOL student has a good grasp of connotative understanding?

A Spanish speaker who says, "I have fifteen years," when asked how old he is, is likely making a mistake because of

Pragmatics is concerned with

While her class is working on a science project, the teacher overhears a native English speaker and a Spanish-speaking ESOL student communicate using an impromptu simple language that seems to have both English and Spanish words. What would their "language" be called?

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