5362 - English to Speakers of Other Languages

Question 1

Modal Verbs

Answer 1

auxiliary verbs of a special kind. They give information about the verbs that follow them.

Question 2

Four Language Systems

Answer 2

• Grammar,
• Vocabulary
• phonology
• discourse

Question 3

Free Morpheme

Answer 3

A morpheme that can function as a word by itself

Question 4

Bound Morpheme

Answer 4

A morpheme that is unable to stand by itself to form a word

Question 5

Affix

Answer 5

A bound morpheme that is found before, after, in the middle, and around root morphemes.

Question 6

Discontinuous Morphemes

Answer 6

Also known as circumfix; they are attached to another morpheme initially and finally

Question 7

Advanced Language Proficiency Stage

Answer 7

Language acquisition stage that takes 5-7 years. Students can fully participate in all grade-level classes, but may need minimal support. Students command the same grammar and vocabulary as most of their native speaking counterparts.

Question 8

Five Variation Categories used by Linguists

Answer 8

• Phonetic Variation
• Phonological variation
• Morphological variation
• Syntactic variation
• Semantic Variation

Question 9

intonation

Answer 9

: the way the voice rises and falls in speech

Question 10

Morpheme

Answer 10

The smallest unit of meaning in a language

Question 11

Abraham Maslow

Answer 11

Developed the hierarchy of needs which he theorized to be the unconscious desires that motivate people

Question 12

Subordinating conjunction

Answer 12

Join the dependent clause to an independent clause to which it is related

Question 13

Stereotype

Answer 13

An oversimplified belief that all people from a certain group or with certain characteristics are the same

Question 14

Voiceless sound

Answer 14

• Sounds made without vibrating vocal cords

- do not use the vocal chords to produce sound

Question 15

Howard Gardner

Answer 15

best known for his theory of “multiple intelligences”

Question 16

classroom management

Answer 16

Active management of the physical classroom space, the culture of the classroom, and individual student behavior

Question 17

Phonology

Answer 17

the way in which speech sounds form patterns

Question 18

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Answer 18

marks minute distinctions in sound represented by a set of symbols divided by monophthong vowels, diphthong vowels, and consonants.

Question 19

Narrow Transcriptions

Answer 19

transcriptions that are used to distinguish between languages, accents, and individual speakers

Question 20

Monophthongs

Answer 20

one vowel sound in a syllable example: /i:/ /e/

Question 21

Diphthongs

Answer 21

a complex speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable

Question 22

voiced sound

Answer 22

sound with vocal chord vibration

Question 23

alveolar

Answer 23

a speech sound that is made with the tip of the tongue touching the roof of the mouth near the front teeth examples: /t/ & /d/