WorksheetsSOCIAL IMPACT
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What do we call a variety of a language that signals where a person comes from? "discourse, language, to talk."
society
dialect
idiolect
pidgin
creole
A _____________ is a type of natural language that developed historically from a pidgin and came into existence at a fairly precise point in time.
society
dialect
idiolect
pidgin
creole
The dialect of an individual person at one time. This term implies an awareness that no two people speak in exactly the same way.
society
dialect
idiolect
pidgin
creole
A language is merely one special variety of code. It is an abstract ____________ which happens to be accepted arbitrarily in the community which uses it.
system
code
register
style
The origins of English are related to the Germanic tribes invasion to Britain.
true
false
In history, English has been classified, according to different changes and advancements, into old English, middle English, early modern English, and late modern English.
true
false
With time English has developed many different varieties. American English is one of the most common ones. Mention another variety based on the image.
(a)
According to the history of English and its evolution The Great Vowel Shift began in (a) .
The Kachru's model includes an inner, an outer, and an expanding circle. Foreign languages are included in ______________.
the inner circle
the expanding circle
the outer circle
The main differences in English varieties are most common in terms of accents, spelling, and grammar. In grammar specifically these varieties are more obvious in ____________.
meaning
usage
mixture
Indian English is commonly known as (a) .
More specific differences related to English varieties can be verbal, non-verbal, and para-verbal. Articulation, volume are part of the ____________ differences.
para-verbal
non-verbal
verbal
Social factors have a great effect in how English varieties develop and become more common. These social factors could even promote _______________ in language between two English speaker from different backgrounds.
gratitude
request
ambiguity
Related to immigration, language ____________ determines the immigrant’s success in the destination labor market. Based mostly on how fast they will be to pick up the language.
behavior
proximity
association
_____________________ serves as a bridge between the two languages since English is the main language used in different areas of education, employment and entertainment and Spanish is the main language among Hispanic activities.
linguistics
attitude
Spanglish
In general the impact of _______________ and economic development has made English the language of opportunity and a vital means of improving an individual’s prospects for well-paid employment.
globalisation
stability
demand
With innovation language has also evolved; words expand their meanings to cover new situations; the language incorporates or creates new words to express new concepts especially for the web: (a) , the unofficial language of the internet.
Guatemala isn't the exception in this expanding world of the English language, not only in education, but mostly in (a) ; with many available positions advertised every single day.
All signs in English; the media, television, radio, and music; interpersonal communications, the workplace, and the academic setting, they all belong to the Spanish-speaking countries' _____________.
input
outcome
process
For Spanish-speaking countries, English in primary and secondary levels, language schools, and higher education belong to:
English in media.
Student mobility.
English in the educational system.
