UNIT 2: Language Acquisition Quiz

Which of the following is NOT one of the three R’s in acquiring a new language?

• repeating

• arithmetic

• writing

Which of the following is NOT one of the common reference levels?

• Basic user

• Independent user

• Professional user

How can the word plurilingual be described?

• a person who speaks and understands two or more languages

• an environment in which many different languages are used

• a competition between many languages as an official language

What are the benefits of plurilingualism?

• there aren’t any

• understanding many languages can develop individual’s thinking skills and brain

• learning many languages can lead to confusion and mixing languages

One of the basic premises of bilingual and plurilingual education was and is...

• that all students achieve the same objectives at the end of compulsory education

• to isolate the students from each other

• to celebrate homogeneity

What does level B stand for?

• Independent user

• Proficient user

• Basic user

Which is a main objective of the Common European Framework of Reference?

• To provide a common basis for the elaboration of language syllabuses.

• To define levels of proficiency which allow learners’ progress to be measured.

• both are correct

Which of these doesn’t belong to the three R’s?

• Arithmetic

• Remembering

• Reading

What was an aim of the White Paper on Education and Training?

• Provide an analysis in education

• Promote exclusion

• None is true

What is the coexistence of several languages within the same social group or the same territory?

• Multilingualism

• Plurilingualism

• Bilingualism