Paper and Pen (Offline) Version

Questions:

1. (Semantics)
 Study the following text:
http://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/the-gift-of-the-magi
 Find 3-5 (depending on the number of your group members) sense relations in word level (lexical semantics).
 Discuss and provide the justification for the answer.

2. (Semantics)
 Study the following text: http://www.talkenglish.com/lessondetails.aspx?ALID=566
 Propose a possible presupposition for 3-5 (depending on the number of your group members) utterances.
 Discuss and provide the justification for the answer.

3. (Language in Social Context)

 Study the following text:
CIAPL Test 2 Non Standard text.pdf
 Find 3-5 (depending on the number of your group members) examples of non-standard forms.
 Discuss and suggest the standard form and discuss and provide the justification for the answer.

4. (SLA)
 Study the following text:
CIAPL Test 2 Learner's writing text.pdf
 Find 3-5 (depending on the number of your group members) error forms.
 Discuss and suggest the type of error (transfer or developmental) and discuss and provide the justification for
the answer.

5. (Discourse)
 Study the following text:
http://www.talkenglish.com/lessondetails.aspx?ALID=566
 Find the REGISTER, GENRE, PARTICIPANTS, CHANNEL/MEDIUM, PLANNED/UNPLANNED or CONTEXT or
PURPOSE OF DISCOURSE (choose 3-5 of them depending on the number of your group members) (See
Chapter 7 Activity 3 for example)
 Discuss and provide the justification for the answer.

6. Cooperative Principles (Pragmatics)

 Study the following text:
http://www.talkenglish.com/lessondetails.aspx?ALID=566
 Choose 3-5 (depending on the number of your group members) utterances and decide what Grice’s Maxis is
being obeyed or flouted.
 Discuss and provide the justification for the answer.

7. Speech Acts (Pragmatics)

 Study the following text:
http://www.talkenglish.com/lessondetails.aspx?ALID=566
 Chooses 3-5 (depending on the number of your group members) utterances and decide the speech act of the
utterance.
 Discuss and provide the justification for the answer.