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FOREIGN LANGUAGES COLLEGE-DNU Name:

MID- TERM TEST ON LANGUAGE & CULTURE

Time limit: 40 minutes

Score Examiner 1 Examiner 2 Invigilator 1 Invigilator 2

1 Language can mean in two fundamental ways: -.

A through an encoded sign (semantics)

B through an action in context (pragmatics)

C both a and b

D none of the above

2 Every meaning- making practice makes use of two elements: -

A a signifier

B a signified

C a and b

D register and footing

3 Language is -

A arbitrary

B non-arbitrary

C asymmetrical

D all of the above

4 The entity in the external world referred to by a word or phrase is termed as

-A the referent

B register

C footing

D role

5 Since meaning is encoded in language with a purpose, meaning as sign is dependent on the -

A other signs

B context in which signs are used to regulate human action

C a and b

D none of the above

6 Stress and intonation could be regarded as -

A the symbolic signs

B the non-verbal signs

C a and b

D paraverbal signs

7 In Vietnamese culture, the junior and inferior have to show respect for the senior and superior because -

A hierarchy is strictly observed as a social norm

B equality is given a great value

C Vietnam is a democratic country

D b and c

8 In English, the addressing term “First Name” could be used between -

A close friends

B strangers

C none of the above

D businessmen at the first meeting

9 According to Goffman E., changes in intonation and pronunciation could -

A indicate changes in our perception of our role as a participant in an interaction and in our alignment to others

B show that the interlocutors share the frames of interpretation

C reveal that the interlocutors belong to different cultures

D none of the above

10 People from different cultures could be distinguished through -

A the development of their country

B their skin color

C their different ways in using their orate and literate discourse styles in various speech genres for various social purposes

D none of the above

11 How can culture liberate people?

A By investing the randomness of nature with meaning, order and rationality

B By providing safeguard against chaos

C By imposing a structure on nature

D Both A & B

12 By using interchangeably the pronouns Vous – tu (French); sie - due (German); tôi - tớ

(Vietnamese) the communicative members wish to

A define themselves jointly as insiders against others as outsiders

B index the speaker’s social status and status given to addressee

C identify themselves as members of a social group

D prove that they are using standard language

13 When 2 Danes were asked “What’s your nationality?” they actually answered: “We speak Danish and came from Denmark”

According to these Danes their European identity is built

A much more around the color of their skin

B much more around their race and ethnic group

C much more about their physical appearance

D much more around language and national citizenship

14 Some immigrants use code-switching in their conversations to

A to signal the solidarity ( sự thống nhất, đoàn kết)

B to signal the distance

C to identify themselves as members of a social group

D both A & B

15 Which of the following is not a case of expecting a certain behaviour of another in a

communicative situation?

A French speakers may expect to be greeted with a handshake

B American speakers may expect to be greeted with a smile

C Vietnamese speakers may expected to be greeted with a nod

D English speakers may expected to be greeted with a bow

16 Speech is “rhapsodic” or

A the message conveyed is hierarchically ordered within the clause structure

B in spoken language, people link together elements from previous turns - at - talk and add language as they go along

C a and b

D none of the above

17 Which of the following is not considered as the contextualized cue for a situated

inference?

A the speaker’s verbal signs such as personal pronouns such as “I”, “you”

B the speaker’s paraverbal signs such as voice, intonation & outward appearance

C the speaker’s physical appearance (well-built or well-proportioned)

D the non-verbal signs such as gaze direction, gesture, body posture

18 Which of the following is not correct?

Pragmatic coherence

A relates word to word as in what semantics does in a sentence

B are established through efforts to make the words uttered meaningful within the situational and cultural context of exchange

C relates speaker to speaker within the larger cultural context of communication

D can be established through the use of contextualiation cues

19 Which of the following is the tenet of the weak version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

A Language limits culture

B Language dictates thought

C Lexicons will reflect aspects of the culture

D All concepts are culturally bound

20 Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of orality?

A additive

B aggregative

C tends to avoid redundancy

D loosely structured grammatically

21 Which of the following terms match the description below?

Members of a cultural group need to feel respected and not impinged upon in their autonomy, pride and self-sufficiency

A Positive face

B Face threatening

C Negative face

D Face maintaining

22 Oral tradition was transformed into textual tradition by

A story telling

B bardic epics

C mythical re-enactment

D the invention of writing around 3000 BC

23 Which of the following is not correct?

Traditional academic practice

A emphasized form over meaning

B had students interpret texts as autonomous units

C had students interpret texts as highly dependent on reader’s response

D implicitly imposed its own context of interpretation on all readers

24 Which of the following is not among the common ways to help define the identity?

A language and nationality

B ethnicity and race

C food and drink

D regional identity

25 Which of the following is a case of diffusing in cultural stereotypes in the Vietnamese cultural setting in 1980s?

A that man can be identified as a Cuban because he has dark complexion

B that man can be identified as a Russian because he has fair complexion

C that man can be identified as a Japanese because he has one-eyed lid pattern

D that man can be identified as a Vietnamese because he looks like me

26 The English word “bird” described in the dictionary as a two-legged, winged, egg-laying, warm-blooded creature with a beak indicates -

A the iconic meaning

B the connotative meaning

C the denotative meaning

D another type of meaning

27 Language as the principal means for people to conduct their social lives could

-A express cultural reality

B embody cultural reality

C symbolize cultural reality

D all of the above

28 The two essential types of meaning of a lexical item are -

A denotative meaning and literal meaning

B connotative meaning and figurative meaning

C denotative meaning and connotative meaning

D all of the above

29 The meaning of facial expressions is determined by -

A Relationships

B Situational contexts

C Feelings

D Both a and b

30 Which of the following is a case of focusing in cultural stereotypes in the Vietnamese cultural setting in 1980s?

A a dark-skinned foreign person might be identified as a Cuban

B a light-skinned foreign person might be identified as a member of upper class

C a light-skinned foreign person might be identified as a Russian

D both A & C

FOREIGN LANGUAGES COLLEGE-DNU Name:

MID- TERM TEST ON LANGUAGE & CULTURE

Time limit: 40 minutes

Score Examiner 1 Examiner 2 Invigilator 1 Invigilator 2

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