ENG512 Midterm Past Paper by Zainee Academy

Q1. Simultaneous bilingualism means

1. Two languages at birth
2. One language at birth
3. One language learning at school
4. Two language learning at school

Correct answer: Two languages at birth

Q2. Criticism upon bilingualism in US is may be because of swelling:

1. Invaders
2. Immigrants
3. Identity issues
4. Inflation

Correct answer: Immigrants

Q3. Studies on the language development of bilingual children are based on---of children’s play.

1. Parental diaries
2. Class activity
3. Oral story
4. Video-recording

Correct answer: Video-recording

Q4. Which domain is subdivided into language instruction, subject of instruction, and language of recess and entertainment.

1. The school.
2. The family
3. The press
4. The church

Correct answer: The school.

Q5. Degree of maintenance or shift is quite different in conjunction with more formal and intimate communication.

1. Situation variance.
2. Role variance
3. Domain variance
4. Media variance

Correct answer: Situation variance.

Q6. Two languages, spoken by a section of a population, but used in a complementary way, one language referred for certain function is known as---?

1. Acrolect
2. Lingo
3. Diglossic.
4. Metalanguage

Correct answer: Diglossic.

Q7. Code switching follows a discrete--- of its own.

1. Pattern
2. Mix
3. Structure
4. Grammar

Correct answer: Grammar

Q8. Pidginization is an example of ---?

1. Death
2. Change
3. Overlapping
4. Flexibility

Correct answer: Change

Q9. The unitary language system interrupts in an individual at the---stage.

1. Early
2. Babbling
3. Cooing
4. Birth

Correct answer: Early

Q10. Bilingualism is a --- concept, which involves the questions of degree, function, alternation and interference.

1. Relative.
2. Important
3. Fixed
4. Insignificant

Correct answer: Relative.

Q11. Certain styles within every language are considered to be--- of greater intimacy, informality.

1. Indicators
2. Misconception
3. Habits
4. Awards

Correct answer: Indicators

Q12. Formal education is mostly criticized on in ---language

1. Formal
2. Informals

Correct answer: Formal

13. A social network may be seen as a boundless web of ties which reaches out through a whole society, linking people to one another.
14. Bilingual education is different from traditional language education programs that teach a second or a foreign language.