MCQ Bank
Which of the following components was truly focused by Celce-Murcia et al for studying communicative competence?
- A) Linguistic
- B) Pragmatic
- C) Discourse
- D) Strategic
Knowledge means understanding whereas competence means ________.
- A) skill
- B) view
- C) awareness
- D) perception
According to Cummins, Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) are language skills needed in _________.
- A) language classrooms
- B) legal documentation
- C) research papers
- D) social situations
In 1996, Bachman and Palmer revisited the model of CLA and made _______.
- A) minor changes mostly in nomenclature
- B) drastic changes to the change the model altogether
- C) no changes in the nomenclature
- D) major changes in its core features
Primarily, the CUP Model deals with _____________.
- A) L2 learning
- B) L1 interference
- C) L1 and L2 proficiency
- D) L1 acquisition
CALP Model was proposed by _____________.
- A) Claud Levi Strauss
- B) Jim Summins
- C) Richard Dawkins
- D) Richardson
Which of the following competence was added by Celce-Murcia in his revised model of communicative competence (2007)?
- A) Strategic
- B) Linguistic
- C) Discourse
- D) Formulaic
The CUP Model was forwarded by __________.
- A) Ferdinand De Sassure
- B) Michael Bakthin
- C) Halliday
- D) Cummins and Swain
Which of the following is true for communicative competence proposed by Celce-Murcia et al.?
- A) A set of various linguistic skills
- B) Fixed system of discrete abilities
- C) Hierarchical set of discrete competencies
- D) Dynamic and interactive construct
In their revised model of communicative competence, Canale and Swain divided __________ competence into two components.
- A) grammatical
- B) pragmatic
- C) strategic
- D) sociolinguistic
Learner’s ability to combine grammatical forms and meanings to find different ways to speak or write defines _________ competence.
- A) strategic
- B) sociolinguistic
- C) discourse
- D) grammatical
Like Hymes, Canale and Swain also presented a model of ________.
- A) cultural competence
- B) social competence
- C) communicative competence
- D) political competence
In the context of symbolic competence, what words say and what they reveal about mind defines the concept of symbolic ________.
- A) power
- B) representation
- C) action
- D) competence
CALP Model primarily deals with __________.
- A) social interaction
- B) higher studies in English
- C) school based learning
- D) social situations
The CUP model was proposed in __________.
- A) 1990
- B) 1992
- C) 1988
- D) 1986
Which of the following components is added into the category of ‘sociolinguistic knowledge’ in Bachman’s 2010 model of CLA?
- A) Knowledge of dialects/varieties
- B) Knowledge of natural or idiomatic expressions
- C) Knowledge of register
- D) Knowledge of genre
According to Baker (2006), “BICS is said to occur when there are _________for language delivery.”
- A) native speakers
- B) proper curricula
- C) contextual supports and props
- D) designed laboratories
The CUP Model is represented with a/an__________.
- A) vertically placed arrow
- B) taxonomical graph
- C) dual iceberg metaphor
- D) horizontally placed arrow
In the context of symbolic competence, what words do and what they reveal about mind defines the concept of symbolic ________.
- A) power
- B) competence
- C) representation
- D) action
The ultimate goal of SLA research is to enable learners face _____________.
- A) theory of language
- B) all of the given options
- C) real-world challenges
- D) grammatical challenges