Category: ESL

1) Match the language with the writing system.
Group of answer choicesCHINESE [ Choose ] syllabary cuneiform hieroglyphics logosyllabic alphabet abugida THAI
[ Choose ] syllabary cuneiform hieroglyphics logosyllabic alphabet abugida CHEROKEE
[ Choose ] syllabary cuneiform hieroglyphics logosyllabic alphabet abugida ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
[ Choose ] syllabary cuneiform hieroglyphics logosyllabic alphabet abugida ANCIENT SUMERIAN
[ Choose ] syllabary cuneiform hieroglyphics logosyllabic alphabet abugida PHOENICIAN
[ Choose ] syllabary cuneiform hieroglyphics logosyllabic alphabet abugida 2) At which point during the development of the English language did French have the greatest impact?
Group of answer choicesMIDDLE ENGLISHOLD ENGLISH
MODERN ENGLISH
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3) Who had the greatest impact on spelling in early American English?
4) What is a homophone? A homograph? How are they connected to homonyms?
5) What are some of the reasons English writing is so difficult to pronounce?
6) Cummings states that three forces shape the spelling system. What are they? Give an example of each.
7) Why is the distinction between a pictogram, ideogram, and the eventual evolution into logograms important in the development of written language?

Write a reading reflection essay of chapters 14, 15 and 16 in Cruse (2011). Your essay should consist of an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Your paper should include the following components:
1. A brief overview of the chapters.
2. The notes you took during the classes covering the chapters. Write, a detailed description of some aspects of the chapters and the experience that you felt was particularly meaningful for you.
3. A discussion of what you have personally learned, -your weaknesses and your strengths. Also, discuss your plans for improving your learning experience “of some aspects in the chapters”, how you are going to use the internet “in particular” to fill the gaps in your understanding. * Your essay should be written in around 600 words.
* Use Times New Roman font – size 12.
* The paper should be double spaced

Which best describes the Audiolingual method? -The focus is on notions and functions around language.
-The focus is on vocabulary, not syntax.
-Students learn syntax through implicit instruction and language usage. Students also contrast languages.-
-Syntax is taught directly.
Based on the information in the chapter, which teaching method(s) is the most effective? Group of answer choicesCommunicative methodsGrammar-based methods
The Silent Way
Notional/Functional
Which of the following is considered a content-based method? Group of answer choicesThe Silent WayNotional/Functional
Grammar based
SIOP
What is tenor in an academic text? Group of answer choicesthe subject being discussedthe relationship between the speaker and listener
the means of communication
the academic text itself
What is the mode in an academic text? Group of answer choicesthe subject being discussedthe relationship between the speaker and the listener
the means of communication
the academic text itself
What is the field in an academic text? Group of answer choicesthe subject being discussedthe relationship between the speaker and the listener
the means of communication
the academic text itself
What is the best definition of lexical density? Group of answer choicesthe informational density of a textthe number of words in a text
the number of sentences in a text
the register of a text
Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of chaining?
Group of answer choicesrepetitionintensifying
substitution
nominalization
In this chapter, the authors discuss two views of reading, a learning perspective and an acquisition perspective. What is the main difference between these two, and why is this difference significant?