WorksheetsModule 8 + Module 9
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that defines a speech community?
Shared attitudes about language forms
Common comprehension patterns
Speaking the same first language
Similar values about language use
What is the primary focus of cross-cultural pragmatics?
Examining grammatical structures across languages
Investigating pragmatic differences and similarities across speech communities or cultures
Studying phonetic variations in different dialects
Analyzing literary texts from different cultures
What does pragmatic development in second language learners involve?
Understanding and using language appropriately in social interactions
Learning the history of the language
Studying phonetic changes
Translating literary works
Which of the following best describes a speech community?
A group of people who speak the same language fluently.
A group with shared patterns and attitudes toward language use.
A group formed by people of the same ethnicity.
A group of individuals sharing the same occupation.
What is a key rule in the Japanese marriage proposal speech event?
The proposal must occur in public settings.
Verbal communication should be avoided.
The woman must initiate the proposal.
Emotional peaks require silence.
Cross-cultural pragmatics includes analyzing how native speakers produce language in different contexts.
TRUE
FALSE
Communicative competence includes understanding non-verbal behaviors and appropriate turn-taking.
TRUE
FALSE
Speaking the same language always means belonging to the same speech community.
TRUE
FALSE
Cross-cultural pragmatics does NOT investigate how people learn to perform speech acts in another language or dialect.
TRUE
FALSE
Second language pragmatics focuses on how learners acquire grammatical competence in a second language.
TRUE
FALSE
