ENG512 Final Term Quiz

ENG512

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Maha Malik Bilingualism

1. Bilingual schooling is at least --------- years old. (4000 to 5000)
2. Transitional bilingual education opened the door for schooling the masses. (correct)
3. Translation of classical texts into vernaculars has been a form of bilingual education.

(correct)

4. The reading of sacred texts in one language and discussion in another language refers to - ----------- education. (bilingual)
5. After World War I and II, bilingual education became an instrument of linguistically assimilating all people. (correct)
6. In 1953, UNESCO declared that it was axiomatic that a child be taught to read in their home language. (correct)
7. As a result of industrial and urban developments, languages became ------------. (modern)
8. Bilingual education improves the teaching of the language chosen for modernization.

(correct)

9. There is no consensus on the number of languages in the world. (correct)
10. Language is a formidable and valuable instrument of manipulation and political control.

(Correct)

11. States use language to consolidate political power. (Correct)
12. There are very few countries in the world that can be considered linguistically ------------.

(homogeneous)

13. Languages are not socially constructed. (Incorrect)
14. Most children in the world are educated in a language other than that of the home.

(Correct)

15. Glocalization is a combination of the words ‘globalization’ and ‘localization’. (Correct)
16. It is the ability to go back and forth to the country of origin. (transnationalism)
17. There is a natural fixed structure to all languages. (incorrect)
18. Dialect is a subordinate variety of a language. (correct)
19. Historical dialects refer to ancestors of present language varieties. (correct)
20. Languages are fluid codes framed within social practices. (correct)
21. These are the languages that come into being in contact situations. (Pidgins)
22. Social dialects are associated with a place. (incorrect)
23. Pidgins are just another manifestation of how people language. (correct)
24. Pidgins are always learned as --------- languages. (second)
25. Restricting the languaging of students may severely limit their communicative and intellectual potential. (correct)
26. Standardization is an inherent characteristic of language. (incorrect)
27. Standard language refers to the prestigious variety of language. (correct)
28. A major goal of schooling is to expand the use of decontextualized language. (correct)
29. There is a difference between the way in which language is used in academic tasks and in conversation and intimacy. (correct)
30. Standardization of language is the result of a deliberate process. (correct)
31. The minoritized language practices of the home often have much to do with the standard minority language taught in school (incorrect)

Q32. Which of the following language is needed in order to participate in classrooms?

(Decontextualized)

33. Prejudice against users of ---------- varieties of a language is as old as the history of language itself. (non-standard)
34. Powerful groups impose their language on the less powerful groups. (correct)
35. Linguicism refers to the discrimination based on language. (correct)
36. Hegemony is the social, cultural, ideological, or economic dominance of one group over another. (correct)
37. Linguicism is basically linguistically argued racism that ----------- social differences.

(accentuates)

38. Our discursive practices, in which we all participate, are the examples of hegemony.

(correct)

39. It is a matter of depriving people of power and influence due to their language.

(Linguicism)

40. Global expansion of English is an example of linguistic imperialism. (correct)
41. Translanguaging is an approach to bilingualism that is centered on the practices of bilinguals that are readily observable. (correct)
42. A bilingual has equal experiences with each of the two languages. (Incorrect)
43. Bilinguals who are equally competent in two languages in all contexts and with all interlocutors are termed as ------------- bilinguals. (balanced)
44. Bilingual children are able to play with words and sounds of words much more than those who are monolingual. (correct)
45. Balanced bilingualism is hard to achieve. (correct)
46. It is an approach that allows and incorporates written and oral usage of different languages in the classroom. (Translanguaging)
47. Bilingual practices combine cultural knowledge that comes to bear upon language use.

(correct)

48. It is the process by which a word from one language is adapted for use in another.

(Language borrowing)

49. Inter-sentential code switching occurs between two or more sentences. (correct)
50. Code switching occurs mostly in bilingual communities. (correct)
51. This type of code switching occurs within a sentence or a clause. (Intra-sentential)
52. Code Mixing refers to the hybridization of two languages. (correct)
53. Linguistic choices for ----------- are greater. (bilinguals)
54. Code switching is the practice of moving back and forth between two or more languages.