VU Midterm Past Papers
ENG512 — Bilingualism — Midterm Past Papers & Solved MCQs
36 solved midterm past paper MCQs for ENG512 (Bilingualism) at Virtual University, each with the correct answer marked. Use them to learn the VU question style and test your recall. An independent study tool — not affiliated with VU.
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Q1. education that makes change and stimulates imagination and creativity is
- A.Communicative education
- B.Direct education
- C.Spreading education
- D.Transformative education✓ Correct
Q2. Bilingual education has been banned in
- A.Anzona and California✓ Correct
- B.New Jersey and Michigan
- C.Texas and Florida
- D.New York and Ohio
Q3. What does the term IRE stand for?
- A.initiation response evaluation
- B.initiation reason evaluation✓ Correct
- C.initiation review evaluation
- D.interaction response evaluation
Q4. What would be the appropriate introduction of "re-imagining bilingualism"?
- A.To re-imagine bilingualism with the perspective of 21st century's skills that a student need✓ Correct
- B.To re-build bilingualism theary and practices
- C.To eliminate bilingualism from schools
- D.To promote monolingual education
Q5. Bilinguslism was initially seen as a under the Modern's Theory of 20th Century.
- A.problem✓ Correct
- B.linguistic variety
- C.resource
- D.advantage
Q6. In real life. the communicationis
- A.poly-directonal✓ Correct
- B.bi-directional
- C.uni-directional
- D.multi-directional
Q7. i are passive and intimate social networks?
- A.Close frends✓ Correct
- B.have some relatives but you hardly meet them
- C.people, you never met
- D.distant colleagues
Q8. I appropriate definition of domains requires ,
- A.ET✓ Correct
- B.shift
- C.maintenance
- D.domain
Q9. ich of tf e following is a nom in governmental administration Tp
- A.Written communication✓ Correct
- B.Oral communication
- C.communication
- D.Nonverbal communication
Q10. « shift is resisted in intimate and situations
- A.informal✓ Correct
- B.formal
- C.complex
- D.neutral
Q11. term has been used in early bilingualism stage?
- A.Code-muang✓ Correct
- B.Code-swtchng
- C.Codmg system
- D.Code-mixing
Q12. eT then the monckngnl chekden BEE
- A.better✓ Correct
- B.more
- C.worse
- D.less
Q13. in is important to know the situation and then the event.
- A.Setting✓ Correct
- B.allies
- C.context
- D.participants
Q14. i configuralions analysis is to bilingualism and location of bilingualism.
- A.mited✓ Correct
- B.contradictory
- C.limited
- D.related
Q15. can you identify the dominancy of a language in bilingual speech?
- A.By accent
- B.By vocabulary
- C.By grammar✓ Correct
- D.By actions
Q16. It is interesting to note that a speech community has a/an knowledge of indexicality.
- A.clear
- B.direct
- C.limplied✓ Correct
- D.explicit
Q17. did Genesee refer to by saying bilingual development?
- A.Delayed bilingualism
- B.Suppressed bilingualism
- C.Subtractive bilingualism
- D.Simultaneous bilingualism✓ Correct
Q18. The principle symbolizes a set of rights and obligations between speakers within a given context.
- A.bargaining
- B.topic switching
- C.negotiation✓ Correct
- D.code switching
Q19. a is strongly related to .
- A.solidarity✓ Correct
- B.variance
- C.correlation
- D.social networks
Q20. Another way to understand bilingualism is to understand the different of language behavior.
- A.ages
- B.sections✓ Correct
- C.sectors
- D.areas
Q21. are Speech events?
- A.Linguistic exchanges✓ Correct
- B.Language deficit
- C.Independent utterances
- D.Language choices
Q22. are conventionalized exchanges?
- A.Routine exchanges without any script
- B.Interaction with a sense of script✓ Correct
- C.Non frequent exchanges
- D.Unknown phonological patterns
Q23. i of the following is not a form of language mixing?
- A.Syntactic
- B.Semantic
- C.Pragmatic
- D.Phonetic✓ Correct
Q24. In linguistics, occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation.
- A.act
- B.switching
- C.code switching✓ Correct
- D.event
Q25. The study of domain analysis facilitates our understating of and language choice
- A.bilingualism✓ Correct
- B.acculturization
- C.variation
- D.communication
Q26. N usage value varies with BN
- A.social background✓ Correct
- B.dialect
- C.education
- D.region
Q27. i configurations analysis is to bilingualism and location of bilingualism.
- A.limited✓ Correct
- B.contradictory
- C.related
- D.unlimited
Q28. Considering bilingualism only as a sum total of two languages is a/an
- A.biological view✓ Correct
- B.reproductive view
- C.holistic view
- D.monolingual view
Q29. Question # 2 of 10 ( Start ime: 10:08:38 AM. 28 May 2019)
- A.acculturization
- B.dialect✓ Correct
- C.accent
- D.register
Q30. i exists a between regional background of the person and reference group.
- A.correlation
- B.inverse relation✓ Correct
- C.solidarity
- D.direct relation
Q31. I do we mean by the language being used in formal, informal and intimate situations?
- A.vanance
- B.variance✓ Correct
- C.variation
- D.register
Q32. be deve as a result of ~cumulated language choice.
- A.Language shift✓ Correct
- B.Language choice
- C.Language maintenance
- D.Language death
Q33. IW ich of the follo ng is a nom in governmental administration?
- A.Written communication✓ Correct
- B.Nonverbal communication
- C.Oral communication
- D.Visual communication
Q34. Language shift is resisted in intimate and situations
- A.informal✓ Correct
- B.formal
- C.complex
- D.urgent
Q35. . has been used in early bilingualism stage?
- A.Code-muang✓ Correct
- B.Bilingualism
- C.Code-switching
- D.Code-mixing
Q36. The study of domain analysis facilitates our understanding of and language choice
- A.acculturization
- B.language variation✓ Correct
- C.language shift
- D.language choice