Verbal communication is that involving...
Oral communication or speaking, no communication by writing
Just sounds, no movement.
Words or lexical units syntactically combined in sentences or utterances.
The reading subskill called predicting means:
using clues before we begin reading to guess what a text may be about
getting the meaning out of every word and out of the links or relationships between words and between sentences
finding a specific piece or pieces of information in it
In a normal context, the sentence "The teapot complained because the weather was red" does not match...
the pragmatical level.
the orthographical level.
the semantic level
Guessing drills, substitution drills and transformation drills are:
Controlled activities
Neither answer is correct
Activities based on imitation and repetition
Post-reading activities are used to...
To connect the text and new information with the students' reality.
To prepare the students about the topic to read.
To check the students' comprehension as they read.
Different exponents of the same functions according to the level of formality are called:
Recording
Register
Formal exponents
What is cohesion?
It is not a standard of textuality but a grammatical device to relate the sentences with our ideas.
It is a standard of textuality that gives meaning to the different words in a text.
It is a standard of textuality relating the ways the components in a text are mutually connected.
According to Jakobson's model, the phatic function is:
To be concentrated on the context
To be concentrated on the speaker
To be concentrated on the channel
This type of activity allows students to check their comprehension as they read.
Post-reading activity
Pre-reading activity
While-reading activity
What is the conative function?
It is a function used to explain something within or about the language itself or the science.
It is a function used to control the behaviour of a participant.
It is a function used to explain something that is always very difficult to understand.
If someone needs to control English for relations with several countries, he/she will need to learn...
English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
English as an International Language (EIL)
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Communicative competence is said to be...
The communication produced between individuals.
The ability to use language with a purpose.
The competition established between individuals when communicating.
The subskill inferring consists on...
understanding the writer's opinions which are not implicitly or directly stated.
understanding by deducing the meaning of particular words.
understanding just the inferior or more basic parts of a text.
What are the procedural or prescriptive texts used for?
To promote the acceptance of or convince about certain ideas as true or false.
To demonstrate how to perform things.
To write medical prescriptions.
This reading subskill is commonly known as reading just to find a specific piece or pieces of information in it.
Scanning
Predicting
Intensive reading
It is another skill by which we get an idea about the writer's opinion, feelings or intentions on a topic when information is implied, or not directly stated.
Skimming
Inferring
It gives the sense to the text according to our knowledge of the world.
Coherence
Cohesion
Intertextuality
Artifacts refers to the study of communication by...
our physical aspects.
touch
eye contact
The language we use to express a function is called:
Illocutionary act
Exponent
Speech act
The imaginative function is used to...
create an imaginary system of ideas, or using language for pleasure.
imagine stories and excuses when you are late to class.
exclusively to create poetry and songs.
The personal function is used to...
create personal poetry and songs.
express feelings, emotions, and personal reactions.
This type of text is used to describe an alternative outlook on reality
Descriptive text
Expressive or Literary text
Argumentative text
According to Jakobson's model, the metalinguistic function is:
To be concentrated on the code
It reflects the intentions of producers to create a text, that is, their attitude. A text-producer normally seeks to achieve a purpose or goal.
Informativity
Intentionality
The regulatory function is:
To make statements, convey facts and knowledge
To control events. Not to establish a certain power but to maintain control
To create imaginary system of ideas, using language for the pleasure of it
If someone needs to control Legal English, he/she must learn...
English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
In a normal context, the sentence "a foor is a slape with a blotic" does not match...
the lexical level
Within speaking activities, role plays belong to...
controlled activities.
autonomous interaction activities.
activities based on repetition and imitation.
The group of functions "structuring discourse" belongs to..
CEFR (Van Ek's) list of functions
Jakobson's list of functions
Halliday's list of functions
According to Halliday, three of the seven basic functions of language use are:
Conative, poetic and phatic
Instrumental, personal, interactional
Getting things dine, structuring discourse, communication repair
When you read a book with your students, using the title, subtitles, and divisions within the text to predict content and organization or sequence of information this type of activity is called:
It concerns the receiver attitude to admit or recognize the relevance of the message.
Situationality
Acceptability
The standard of acceptability refers to the...
factors that make the use of a text acceptable upon knowledge of one or more previous texts
receiver attitude to admit or recognise the relevance of the message
situtation in which an author accepts reality
The values, preoccupations, memories and mental sets that the language user bring with them to the communication is called:
Linguistic Context
Social Context
Emotional context
Receptive or passive skills are:
Listening and reading
Reading and speaking
Listening and writing
Are MULTILINGUALISM and PLURILINGUALISM the same?
No, whereas multilingualism is the ability to speak several language, plurilingualism makes reference to the adaption of that knowledge to communicate in different cultural situations
No, whereas multilingualism is the ability to speak several languages, plurilingualism is the ability to read and understand several languages.
Yes...
Three of the Seven Standards of Textuality are:
Situationality, intertextuality, semantics
Both answers are correct
Cohesion, acceptability, informativity
CLIL is a method in which the "the FL is used as a vehicle to teach and learn both the ... and ..."
Language and content
Games and rhymes
Pronunciation and vocabulary
'Identify topic sentences and the main idea of paragraphs' can be a sample of this type of activity:
A text is...
a grammatical unit. It is defined by its size.
a unit of language in use. It is defined by its meaning.
Neither a. nor b.
Coherence in the message means that it must be...
understood without considering the context.
related in meaning with a certain context to be correctly understood.
related to our non verbal language,
It refers to the study of how space and distance influence communication:
Haptics
Paralanguage
Proxemics
Reading is...
a written productive skill.
a written receptive skill.
an oral receptive skill.
Within speaking activities, drills belong to...
a autonomous interaction activities.
This type of activities is the most important at lower levels of language proficiency and at earlier stages of reading instruction.
In a normal context, the sentence "Some boys is cried which never away are" does not match
the grammatical level.
the ortographical level.
This type of text is used to promote the acceptance of certain ideas as true or false. Relations of reason, significance, volition, value and opposition.
Narrative text
Expressive text
What is the metalinguistic function?
It is a function used to make a reflection about a methodology.
It is a function used to explain something within or about the language itself or the science
The subskill skimming consists on...
reading texts about scanners
reading very quickly to have a general idea of the meaning of the text.
reading just to find a specific piece or pieces of information
The process of communication through sending and receiving wordless (mostly visual) cues between people is called:
Intentional communication
Verbal communication
Non-verbal communication
The instrumental function is used to...
manipulate people
ask for a tool, like the hammer, when you need it.
manipulate the environment, to cause certain events to happen.
This type of text is used to demonstrate how to perform things. Relations of purpose and advice.
Procedural text
In a normal context, the sentence "The rabbit thought that the best way to read a magazine was using glasses" does not match...
A Spanish person who lives in France and studies English at school will have...
Spanish as L1, French and English as Foreign Language
French and Spanish as L1, English as L2
Spanish as L1, French as L2 and English as Foreign Language
This reading subskill involves getting the meaning out of every word and out of the links or relationships between words and between sentences.
Deducing
Linguistic Competence includes:
morphological and syntactic knowledge, the knowledge of the lexicon and the knowledge of the written code.
Both answers are correct.
grammatical competence, the lexical competence and the ortographic competence.
Within speaking activities, the technique cue words belong to...
autonomous interaction activities
controlled activities
activities based on repetition and imitation
According to Halliday (1973) communication is...
The exchange and negotation of information between at least two individuals.
A form of social interaction taking place in a context.
The other two are correct.
Acquisition is:
the processes by which people artificially develop proficiency in a language
the processes by which people naturally develop proficiency in a language.
What does proxemics refer to?
To the study of communication in Greek.
To the study of how space and distance influence communication.
To the study of hand, arm, body, and face movements to communicate.
The standard intertextuality refers to the...
a factors that make the use of a text dependent upon knowledge of one or more previously encountered texts.
situation in which an author uniquely commits plagiarism
way in which a text is written, when the author used flashbacks and mixes thosw parts chronologically previous to those ones that take place afterwards
This reading subskill is commonly known a reading for global understanding, usually to get a general idea of what the text is about:
The group of functions getting things done (suasion) belong to...
This context often helps in understanding the particular meaning of the word.
Neither of them is correct
Social context
Language acquisition is a ... process
untutored, artificial and subconscious
tutored, artificial and conscious
untutored, natural and subconscious
Homer's The Odyssey and James Joyce's Ulysses are an example of:
Spanish is B. She is learning English at school. But she lives in Spain and his father is from France. Then, English is considered her...
Second language (L2)
Foreign Language (FL)
Third Language (L3)
The personal function is :
To manipulate the environment, to cause certain events to happen
To acquire knowledge, to learn about the environment
To express feelings, emotions and personal reactions
It refers to how people communicate by the way they dress, the way we live and things that we can carry with us
Artifacts
Paralangue
What is the main goal of speaking activities?
The students must know how to repeat things
The students must gain accuracy
The students must gain fluency
Non-verbal communication is that involving...
Action rather than words, including sounds and paralanguage
No oral communication or speaking, just communication by writing
No sounds, just movement
The heuristic function is used to...
acquire knowledge, to learn about the environment.
manipulate only people.
This type of text is used to portray people, objects or situations; abundance of attributes, states, instances and specifications.
Descriptive text.
Expressive text.
Procedural text.
Productive or active skills are:
Speaking and writing
It refers to the study of hand, arm, body, and face movements
Eye contact
Kinesics
This type of text is used to arrange actions and events in a sequential order. Relations of cause, reason, purpose, enablement, and time proximity.
Expressive Text
A sample of a post-reading activity can be:
Talk about the author's background
Identify the topic by its title
Summarize the story
This reading subskill involves reading the words around an unknown word or thinking about the situation word is used in to try and work out its meaning.
It refers to the study of communication by touch
The subskill predicting consists on...
understanding by deducing the meaning of particular words
understanding how a story is going to finish
