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WorksheetsBSED1-midterm - MULTILINGUALISM
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
The act of using or promoting the use of multiple languages.
conversation
speech
bilingualism
multilingualism
A multilingual person is generally referred to as a ________.
polynomial
natural bilingualism
maximal
polyglot
Able to speak, read or write a language, especially a foreign language, easily and well.
interconnected
flawed
fluent
fluid
A multilingual person has enhanced executive function and better at some aspects of language learning compared to monolinguals.
True
False
Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least three languages during childhood.
true
false
Even if someone is highly proficient in two or more languages, his or her so- called communicative competence or ability may not be as balanced.
true
false
Linguists have distinguished various types of multilingual competence, which can be put into three categories, except:
Compound Bilinguals
Sub-coordinate Bilinguals
Coordinate Bilinguals
Complex Bilinguals
What is Diglossia?
Student participation.
Two linguistic varieties in the same population , one of the two have reference front to another .
Situation and context.
Overcome the problems of vocabulary.
A person who is able to communicate in two (or sometimes more) languages with complete and equal fluency.
Diglossia
Ambilingualism
Bipart-lingualism
What is code-switching?
Corpus-based research on language ideologies.
It is the use of two or more languages in the same speech or sentence.
A central problem for sociolinguistic approaches to language is nationhood.
The examination of the identity of second language students is a relatively recent process.
Language experts and teachers alike generally approve of the use of Taglish.
true
false
When a student's first language continues to be developed while they're learning their second language is called _______.
Additive bilingual
Subtractive bilingual
Divided bilingual
Some the causes of multilingualism in the current world include the effect of colonialism, migration of people from one place to another, intermarriages among people from different language groups, and introduction of multilingual learning systems in schools.
true
false
When children are exposed to additional languages at age three or older, they are considered ______
Successive bilingualism
Simultaneous bilingualism
Receptive bilingualism
Multilingualism increases a person’s cognitive flexibility.
true
false
