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WorksheetsLanguage and Communication Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 18mins
What are the requirements for identifying a means of communication as a language?
A writing system, a sound system, and a system of rules
A sound system, a vocabulary, and a writing system
A system of rules, a vocabulary, and a writing system
A system of rules, a sound system, and a vocabulary
What do we call the languages that are essential for various reasons?
Second languages
Mother tongues
First languages
Primary languages
What is the process of learning other languages formally in school or informally on your own called?
Language change
Language learning
Language contact
Language acquisition
What happens when people visit another speech community that is different from their own?
They spell English words accurately
All of the above
They pronounce words the same as it should be
They have different ways of expressing the same concepts
What is the result of language contact when our languages come into contact with other people's languages?
Language development
Language change
Language learning
Language acquisition
What do we call the process of people acquiring languages from their community as they grow up?
Language learning
Language contact
Language change
Language acquisition
What do we call the languages that are acquired as people grow up?
Initial languages
Primary languages
First languages
Native languages
What happens when people constantly interact and communicate with each other in terms of their languages?
Their languages become more complex
Their languages remain unchanged
Their languages become extinct
Their languages come into contact with each other
What is the term for the languages that are learned in school or on one's own besides the first languages?
Primary languages
First languages
Mother tongues
Second languages
What is the term for the human capacity that consists of a system of rules, a sound system, and a vocabulary?
Language change
Language
Language contact
Language acquisition
True or False and Explain:
Not all languages have a grammar system.
True or False and Explain:
Change happens to all languages.
True or False and Explain:
The first language that a child acquires is called mother tongue.
True or False and Explain:
All living creatures have the capacity for language.
True or False and Explain:
Two people who do not speak the same language will never be able to communicate with each other.
