Control I (Unidades 1-4)

One of the Gricean Maxims of oral communication is the ____, being orderly and effective in speech. Maxim of Relation. Maxim of Manner. Maxim of Quality.

_____ always precedes ____ in the process of language acquisition. Reading / writing. Speaking / writing. Writing / reading.

Asking for clarification from the interlocutor is an example of a ____. metacognitive strategy. socio-affective strategy. cognitive strategy.

_________ is using two different languages in the same sentence or conversation. It is often used in natural bilingual contexts. Circumlocution. Approximation. Codeswitching.

The words "skate" and "state" share the same... meaning. onset. rime.

The _____ stage of writing is to check for problems or mistakes. planning. thinking. revision.

The ____ sub-skills of speaking include management of interaction and production. perception. interactive. grammatical.

The ____ sub-skill of speaking involves practicing routines for different types of message presentation (description, narration, prediction, etc.). planning. production. negotiation of meaning.

According to the article by Herazo Rivera, an example of an authentic oral interaction is... a teacher-student interaction of initiation-response-feedback. students practicing a prepared dialogue. a student-student survey based on pictures of daily tasks.

One possible listener response is _____, in which the listener outlines or summarizes something he hears. condensing. duplicating. transferring.

_____, one of the two sub-skills of oral comprehension, involves recognizing phonemes and compounding them into words and then sentences. Cognition. Perception. Listening.

The _____ function of speaking includes the conversational aspects of communication. transactional. interactional. compensatory.

A post-listening exercise in which students are asked to drill pronunciation of a word or phrase is an example of ______. a responsive activity. a reacting activity. a selective activity.

______ is generally spontaneous, connected to a shared context, and expresses pragmatic features through intonation. Written language. Spoken language. Informal language.

Adding an "e" or schwa sound before a word beginning with "s" is an example of a transfer of ______. phonological rules. syntactical rules. lexical rules.

When learning to write, typical mistakes may include _____, when we add an extra letter or letters ("untill" instead of "until"). substitution. transposition. insertion.

Employing vocabulary which is too formal for the context is an example of _____. overelaboration. overgeneralization. transfer of lexical rules.

When evaluating listening comprehension, it is important to set a ____ and select the evaluation tool. level. purpose. context.

The employment of false friends is an example of a transfer of.... lexical rules. syntactical rules. phonological rules.

One possible listener response is ____, in which the listener provides text beyond what he hears, such as giving an end to a story. extending. choosing. doing.

Reflecting while watching a recording of an oral presentation is an example of ____ of speaking skills. informal assessment. self-assessment. formal assessment.

When working with the European Portfolio, students assess their own speaking competences through ____. certifications and diplomas. "can do" statements. audio and video recordings.

When learning to write, typical mistakes may include _____, when we leave out a letter or letters ("wen" instead of "when"). insertion. omission. transposition.

Processing a written text through ____ involves recognizing words through the symbols that make it up and saying the words aloud. the interactive approach. the bottom-up approach. the dual-route.

The _____ sub-skill of speaking involves learning how to take turns when conversing. negotiation of meaning. management of interaction. planning.

Reflecting on one's own thinking process is an example of ____. a cognitive strategy. a metacognitive strategy. a socio-affective strategy.

____ listening to a text, a teacher may ask students to do further research or a writing activity based on the topic. Before. After. While.

The ____ to reading suggest that readers process a text from the most basic levels to the more complex ones. interactive approach. top-down approach. bottom-up approach.

The basic unit of oral communication is the ____. word. speech act. sound.

According to our course manual, ____ is any collection of pieces of written or oral speech that cohere. language. discourse. text.

__________ is using a word from the same semantic family or the one the speaker would like to say but does not know or cannot remember. Circumlocution. Approximation. Word coinage.

In English, stress usually falls on the ____ words in a sentence. grammatical. last. content.

In the European Language Portfolio, speaking skills are divided between spoken production and ____. spoken interaction. communicative strategies. aural reception.

Repeating what you have heard is an example of a _____. socio-affective strategy. metacognitive strategy. cognitive strategy.

While listening, one possible listener function is ____, when the listener focuses on one detail rather than the content of the message. orientation. replication. identification.

Adding "-ed" for the past form instead of using the appropriate irregular form is an example of ______. overgeneralization. transfer of grammatical rules. overelaboration.

In the classroom, predicting activities serve to help students improve their _____. bottom-up processing skills. top-down processing skills. speaking skills.

________ is a person being spoken to, as in a conference, that has limited rights to respond. An overhearer. An addressee. A participant.

Which of the following is NOT a type of reformulation when speaking?. false starts. self-correction. time fillers.

Which of the following is NOT a difficulty associated with monologues?. The speaker must think quickly to respond to the interlocutor. The stress of the situation often causes inhibition. There are high linguistic demands to be clear, concise and coherent.

The main goal of ____ language is to convey information and ideas. listener-related. transactional. interactional.

Students can do activities in which they mark the stress in a sentence in order to _____. improve their listening to fast speech. improve listening comprehension skills. improve spelling.

One of the Gricean Maxims of oral communication is the _____, saying no more than is necessary. Maxim of Quality. Maxim of Quantity. Maxim of Relation.

_______ is having a quick look at a text to grasp the main ideas. Skimming. Unaware reading. Scanning.

The _____ to reading suggests that readers are sampling from the text in order to confirm predictions about the message. top-down approach. interactive approach. bottom-up approach.

Which of the following is more common in writing than in oral speech?. idioms. subordinate clauses. time fillers.