Chapter 7 Quiz

What is mutual intelligibility?

• One person can understand the other, but the other cannot understand them

• The ability of speakers of different languages to understand written text, but not spoken language

• The ability to comprehend in both directions and languages

• The phenomenon where speakers of the same language cannot understand each other due to regional accents

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is language variation?

• Differences in the way language is used by different groups of people or in different situations

• The process of learning multiple languages simultaneously

• The study of ancient languages and their evolution

• The consistent use of a single language across all regions and social groups

Which option is formal?

• I ain't got no clue.

• I haven't a clue.

Which option is informal?

• To whom did you give the money?

• Who'd you give the money to?

What does SAE stand for?

• Standard Average European

• Society of Automotive Engineers

• Sandwich Association Enterprise

• Standard American English

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Shaming students for their way of speaking is the best way to teach SAE.

• True

• False

The best way to teach SAE is __________.

• Shame shame

• Treat it like you are teaching another language

• Games and songs

• Let them figure it out

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Match the definition to the word:

Level of linguistic variation that deal with the different ways people form sentences.

• Phonemic

• Syntactic

• Lexical

Match the definition to the word:

Level of linguistic variation that deals with the different ways we pronounce words, like accents

• Phonemic

• Syntactic

• Lexical

Match the definition to the word:

Level of linguistic variation that deals with different word choices, like soda vs. pop.

• Phonemic

• Syntactic

• Lexical