Pre-Test

Study the following words. Which spelling is correct? Which spelling is incorrect? Tick the appropriate
box. Justify your answers.

Correct? Incorrect?

1. Aeroplane

2. Airplane ✅

3. Colonise

4. Colonize ✅

5. Defence

(Answer the following questions as best as you can base in your own
knowledge on this course before we explore your Purposive Communication
Using English in Multilingual Contexts course. Be fair with yourself. Make this
test a real gauge of your inner knowledge of this course.)

1. A system of pairing sounds with certain meaning, a code and has a certain rule.

Answer: Communication

2. A feasibility study is an example of:

Answer : non-verbally formal communication

3. Complete

Rules; Grammar ; Sounds; _______

Answer: phonology

4. True or False and why.

Answer: True, because monkeys understand each other through their own system of communication.

5. A group of people sharing a common language or dialect.

Answer:language acquisition
6. The process by which human acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language as well as to
produce and use words.
Answer: language learning
7. The phenomenon by which speakers of different language interest with one another.
Answer : language contact
8. Complete:
First language (L1) language Acquisition Second language (L2) ____________
Answer: Language learning
9. The phenomenon by which permanent alterations are made in the features and the use of a language
overtime.
Answer: language acquisition
10. True or False: Not all language has a grammar system.
Answer: True