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Functions of Language and Communicative Competence

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Functions of Language: It is when language is used to expressed one's needs.

a)

instrumental

b)

regulatory

c)

interactional

d)

personal

2.

Functions of Language: It is where language is used to tell others what to do.

a)

instrumental

b)

regulatory

c)

interactional

d)

personal

3.

Functions of Language: It is where language is used to contact with others and form relationships.

a)

instrumental

b)

regulatory

c)

interactional

d)

personal

4.

Functions of Language: It is where language is used to express feelings, opinions, and individual identity.

a)

instrumental

b)

regulatory

c)

interactional

d)

personal

5.

Functions of Language: It is where language is used to tell stories and jokes.

a)

instrumental

b)

heuristic

c)

imaginative

d)

personal

6.

Communicative Competence: The ability to identify and use the rules of language components.

a)

Grammatical/Linguistic Competence

b)

Sociolinguistic Competence

c)

Discourse Competence

d)

Strategic Competence

7.

Communicative Competence: The ability to use language contextually considering the people involved, their relationships among themselves, their intentions, the situations they are in, and the happening within the speaking community.

a)

Grammatical/Linguistic Competence

b)

Sociolinguistic Competence

c)

Discourse Competence

d)

Strategic Competence

8.

Communicative Competence: The ability to organize thoughts /ideas to construct a unified text in spoken or written way.

a)

Grammatical/Linguistic Competence

b)

Sociolinguistic Competence

c)

Discourse Competence

d)

Strategic Competence

9.

Communicative Competence: The ability to use verbal and non-verbal communication to facilitate interaction.

a)

Grammatical/Linguistic Competence

b)

Sociolinguistic Competence

c)

Discourse Competence

d)

Strategic Competence

10.

Competencies of Organizing Information: The skill or proficiency to use the new grammar in utterances.

a)

Linguistic Competence

b)

Communicative Competence

c)

Textual Competence

d)

Pragmatic Competence

11.

Competencies of Organizing Information: The knowledge about the rules that govern how speakers organize information and connect sentences in the new language.

a)

Linguistic Competence

b)

Communicative Competence

c)

Textual Competence

d)

Pragmatic Competence

12.

Competencies of Organizing Information: The ability to utilize new language in various circumstances.

a)

Linguistic Competence

b)

Communicative Competence

c)

Textual Competence

d)

Pragmatic Competence

13.

Competencies of Organizing Information: The knowledge of the use of language in social settings.

a)

Linguistic Competence

b)

Communicative Competence

c)

Textual Competence

d)

Pragmatic Competence

14.

True or False: Language functions in a speech community or culture.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False: Language is only acquired by human speaking communities.

a)

True

b)

False