MCQ Bank
Which of the following errors occurs when the learner is unaware of the existence of a particular rule in the target language?
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According to Chomsky, competence is the ideal speaker/hearer, idealized but not a ___ who would have a complete knowledge of language.
- A) real person
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The analytical study of language began around 500 BC in Greece and.
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According to ___ when one loses its reproductive fitness it ultimately dies out.
- A) sociobiology
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Descriptive language focuses on the forms taken by a particular language at a given point in its development.
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The historical-structural approach is not perfect, and behind its claimed critical stance may lurk ideologies and group ___.
- A) interests
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Who among the following say that ‘in a three-year-old child “grammatical complexity of utterances is roughly that of colloquial adult language’?
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According to Howe's (1983) during preschool years, children begin to differentiate between friends and ___.
- A) playmates
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Who among the following calls applied linguistics as “the theoretical and empirical investigation of real-world problems?”
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Which of the following is defined as technology functioning to support the process of conveying information and communication? ICT *
- A) CLIL
- B) CALL
- C) ICT
- D) None of the given options
The acronym AILA stands for.
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Legal language is the type of language used by________ and other legal professionals.
- A) assistants
- B) lawyers
- C) graduates
- D) managers
Who said these words? “language is the expression of ideas by means of speech-sounds combined into words”.
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Which of the following meanings is conveyed through choices of body movement; facial expression, eye movements and gaze?
- A) Spatial
- B) Gestural
- C) Audio
- D) Visual
Children on the first level/s of language tends to rather make a “little rule” out of sentences.
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Which of the following types of learning is perceived as an integration of face-to-face teaching and learning methods with on-line approaches?
- A) Collaborated
- B) Blended
- C) Centralized
- D) Autonomous
If, however, the child has only learnt the ‘little rule’, they make a rule out of the.
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Which of the following concepts is a system of thoughts and values that legitimizes sex roles, statuses and customary behavior?
- A) Gender ideology
- B) Gender stratification
- C) Gender stereotypes
- D) Gender roles
Which of the following refers to the combination of rhythm, volume and pitch overlaying entire utterances?
- A) Intonation
- B) Alliteration
- C) Metaphor
- D) Assonance
Which of the following languages has more than billion speakers in the World?
- A) Spanish
- B) Chines
- C) Norwegian
- D) English