BIM1 Introduction to applied linguistics

language behaviour analyzed and described by psycholinguistics, involves activities that deal with: speaking, listening, writing, language production, and gestures. language functions and their manifestations in communication. variety manner of speaking of language.

Applied linguistics is know as a language-related problem solving discipline because it: focuses on description of world language and their relationships. addresses methodological applications and approaches. deals with acquisitions of language and their use in different contexts.

the discipline which concerned with the practical use, acquisition, teaching language, and education, is called. applied linguistics. psycholinguistics. descriptive linguistics.

intercommunication prestige, and necessity are some of the factors that influenced the changes in the lexicon during the period known as old English. true. false.

morphology, semantics, syntax, phonology are the branches of. linguistics. applied linguistics. sociolinguistics.

which of the following methods does not allow the use of students` mother tongue?. natural approach. task- based language teaching. Direct method.

sociolinguistics is a discipline that focuses on study of how language and social factors are related. it basically explains. the cognitive process that enable human being to acquire language(native, second, foreign). construct a grammatically correct and meaningful sentences, and understand utterances, words, text, etc. how learning environment influences the process of language acquisition in general. how people of different social status, gender, age, race, ethnicity, speak and how their speak changes in different situations.

when grammar rules rules are practiced through translation exercises; little or no attention is paid to speaking; reading and writing are used as main class activity, we apply. grammar-translation method. task-based language teaching. direct method.

the study of how language change over the time, the reasons for the changes and the relationship among different languages are the focus of: descriptive linguistics. geographical linguistics. historical linguistics.

when English language is used in regional administration, in mass media, in educational system as a means of instruction, and is taught to immigrants, it is known as second language. true. false.

when an adult speaker simplifies, modifies and adapts his/her speech according to age, status, education or cultural background of speech partner, this deliberate change of speech is called: non- standard language. appropriateness. code switching.

branches of applied linguistics are: morphology, syntax, and phonology. true. false.

language behaviour involves activities that deal with variety or manner of speaking of a language. true. false.

accent refers to variation of language in grammar use. true. false.

choose the option that belongs to the category of language- related problems: description of world languages. comparison and classification of world languages. machine translation and analysis of language codes.

"I am ain`t ready for dis situation". this example corresponds to: standard language. non- standard language. jargon.

nonstandard English differs from standard English most importantly at the level of: grammar. morphology. vocabulary.

a language family is a group of languages derived from the same (parental) language. true. false.

"English language has formal and informal greeting forms", "there are dialect variation in english","reduced forms are present in informal spoken language". these statements describe: prescriptive approach to language study. register. descriptive approach to language study.

dialects differ from standard language at levels of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. true. false.

accent refers to variation of language in. grammar use. lexical variation. pronunciation patterns.

splitting infinitives is wrong "such modal verbs as can,must,should do not need the use of participle"to. these statements represent: descriptive approach to language learning. prescriptive approach to language learning. restricted code.

prestige dialect can be defined as: standard language. geographical variation of language. received pronunciation.

geographical variation of a language is called. dialect. standard language. lingua franca.

sociolinguistics is the study of how language and social factors are related. false. true.

choose the most suitable application of sociolinguistics for education. it provides description of language and explain the changes of languages through time. it explain the process of languages acquisition and issues related with be- and multilingualism. it focuses on the role of language environment and interaction for language acquisition.

this language variation refers to the use of informal words, expressions, phrases that are not considered standard the speaker`s language. it refers to : slang. jargon. dialect.

when English language in not spoken in the native country of the learners, is taught as one of the school subjects and is mostly used within classroom, it is called English as a: lingua franca ELF. second language ESL. foreign language EFL.

when grammar rules are practiced through translation exercises; little or not attention is paid to speaking; reading and writing are used as main class activities, we apply. grammar- translation method. task-based language teaching. direct method.

choose the most suitable application sociolinguistics for education: it explains the process of language acquisition and issues related with be- and multilingualism. it provides description of language variations and explains the changes of language through time. it focuses on the role of language behavior for education and language acquisition.