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WorksheetsLanguage Forms & Functions - Practice 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Communication is a
one-way process
two-way process
process that does not involve listening
very difficult process
4 types of communication skills are:
1. ____________
2. ____________
3. ____________
4. ____________
What is the purpose of communication?
Communication aims to pave way for conflict
It fosters bad relationship among people
It does not gear towards the solution to a problem
We need to communicate to live in the social groups, to plan and to coordinate activity
When we communicate with others, we are usually trying to _________ other people’s _________, _________ or _________
inform,
knowledge,
emotion,
health
understand,
health,
knowledge,
emotion
influence,
understanding,
behavior,
attitudes
understand, attitude,
health,
knowledge
Communicating is the process of thinking about what we wish to say before uttering words, of organizing the thoughts we wish others to hear and discuss so they will result in an appropriate action – it focuses on what you wish to accomplish.
True
False
Speaking requires that learners not only know how to produce specific points or language such as grammar, pronunciation or vocabulary _________________, but also that they understand when, why, and in what ways to produce language _________________.
(grammar skill),
(phonetic skill)
(linguistic competence), (sociolinguistic competence)
(sociolinguistic competence), (linguistic competence)
(phonetic skill), (sociolinguistic competence)
Functions of speaking are:
1. as interaction
2. as asset
3. as manipulation
1. as a method
2. as transaction
3. as delivery
1. as interaction
2. as a tool
3. as role-play
1. as interaction
2. as transaction
3. as performance
A language function is the __________ why we communicate.
method
reason
tool
profit
Examples of language function words:
goal, aims, recommend, propose, intention
seek, answer, test, comprehend, dominate
compare, explain, describe, interpret, justify, evaluate, analyze
identify, purpose, intention, dominate, goal
there are three main functions of language, which are: function.
manipulative, destructive and descriptive
instructive, selective and
directive
argumentative,
descriptive and
informative
informational,
expressive and directive
