George Yule Part 5

1. Synthetic speech, based on the reproduction of individual phonemes, …

	sounds terrible
	sounds like human speech
	is incomprehensible
	uses parsers

 

2. Two basic processes in artificial intelligence are … parsing

	back-to-front and front-to-back
	top-down and bottom-up
	high-pitched and low-pitched
	natural and artificial

 

3. The name of one particular understander-system in artificial intelligence (one which intends to simulate interaction in psychotherapy) is …

	ELIZA
	DOLITTLE
	PYGMALION
	SHAVIAN

 

4. The anterior speech cortex of the brain, generally assumed to be involved in the production of speech, is also known as …

	Gage´s areas
	Broca´s area
	Wernicke´s area
	Galen´s area

 

5. The impairment of language function due to a localised brain damage is technically called …

	Spoonerism
	Malapropism
	Aphasia
	Anaphora

 

6. An experimental technique which has demonstrated that the language functions are usually located in the left hemisphere of the brain is called …

	cloze test
	basic substitution test
	breathalyser test
	dichotic listening test

 

7. The period which is often believed to be most suited for the acquisition of language is called …

	peak period
	classical period
	critical period
	formative period

 

8. The simplified style adopted by someone who spends much time interacting with young children is called …

	caretaker speech
	interlanguage
	telegraphic speech
	newspeak

 

9. The stage at which children use a single word as a phrase or sentence is called …

	holophrastic stage
	primary stage
	cooing stage
	monolingual stage

 

10. The process in first language acquisition which produces forms such as mans and foots is called …

	overcorrection
	overgeneralization
	overkill
	overemphasis

 

11. The form … tends to be the first to appear in first language acquisition.

	went
	played
	goed
	wented

 

12. In first language acquisition, … is acquired rather late.

	asking questions
	forming negatives
	the concept of antonyms
	cooing

 

13. An often quoted example of someone whose works have become classics of English literature but who retained a strong foreign accent to the end of his life is that of the writer …

	Rudyard Kipling
	Joseph Conrad
	H.G. Wells
	D. H. Lawrence

 

14. The term affective filter is used in second language acquisition to refer to …

	the student´s feelings and experiences
	the choice of vocabulary at lower levels
	the effectiveness of a teaching method
	the teacher´s attitude towards the students

 

15. A teaching method that was strongly influenced by the belief that language learning is the formation of a set of habits is …

	Grammar-Translation
	Language Teaching
	Communicative Language Teaching
	Suggestopedia

 

16. A teaching method which involves the systematic use of the language laboratory is …

	Grammar-Translation
	Language Teaching
	Communicative Language Teaching
	Suggestopedia

 

17. A teaching method which focuses on function rather than on form is …

	Grammar-Translation
	Language Teaching
	Communicative Language Teaching
	Suggestopedia

 

18. When a student´s language fails to develop any further you speak of …

	negative transfer
	strategic incompetence
	recursion
	fossilisation

 

19. The term interlanguage is used to refer to …

	the language used in the interaction between teacher and student
	the language used in the interaction between students
	the language used in the interaction between two foreign students
	the student´s language with elements of both L1 and L2

 

20. The term negative transfer is used to refer to …

	the effect of an unfavourable learning environment on the student
	the negative influence of L1 on L2
	the imitation of other students´ mistakes
	the imitation of teachers´ mistakes

 

21. ASL (American Sign Language) …

	is an alternate sign language
	is a form of Signed English
	is based on oralism
	developed historically from French Sign Language

 

22. The four … of ASL are shape, movement, orientation and location.

	communicative criteria
	basic signs patterns
	articulatory parameters
	visible variants

 

23. Signs in ASL are usually …

	symbolic
	based on icons
	produced with both hands
	based on gestures