Final exam - LAMP reading

Question 1

Learning priorities

Answer 1

Pronunciation
Grammatical structure
Vocabulary and culture

Question 2

Learning vocabulary

Answer 2

Associate a word with its meaning, not the corresponding English word

Question 3

How much time should you spend communicating?

Answer 3

1/3 or more

Question 4

Techniques for cultural exploration

Answer 4

Make observations
Make assumptions about your observations
Attempt to validate your assumptions
Classify and apply your new information

Question 5

Choosing topics for texts

Answer 5

Meet your own felt needs as you learn to communicate

Question 6

Comprehension drills

Answer 6

Record a variety of speakers and speaking styles to practice hearing and understanding all types of speech
Vary the style - questions, brief monologue, short story, comparison

Question 7

When to do comprehension drills

Answer 7

When you want to increase your understanding of the language

Question 8

Types of comprehension drills

Answer 8

Physical response, casual conversations, short story, selective listening, passive listening, taking dictation

Question 9

Categories

Answer 9

The knowledge we have is organized in categories in our minds, and these categories differ from culture to culture
Learning a culture is a process of learning what its people know

Question 10

Finding categories

Answer 10

Look for a common name or response to an array of objects or events
Find the distinguishing characteristics of a category
“What kind of thing is —–?”
“What are some other things like —–?”

Question 11

What is culture?

Answer 11

Culture is more about what people think than what they do
Belief systems and values are the essence of any culture
Beliefs: true vs. false
Values: good vs. bad

Question 12

Message and feedback

Answer 12

Both sender and receiver have a knowledge bank - the speaker reflects, the receiver interprets
Communication isn’t complete until the receiver has understood and integrated new information into their knowledge bank

Question 13

To communicate in a second culture at a deeper level…

Answer 13

Know how the people’s minds work as well as how the language works. You will be interpreted and evaluated in terms of their system of knowledge, not yours

Question 14

Two fronts of cultural awareness

Answer 14

1. Understand your second culture
2. Be insightfully aware of your first culture

Question 15

American belief systems

Answer 15

Democratic: equality in dignity and worth
Work belief: equal opportunity and fair wage for all
Free-enterprise: importance of capital and land

Question 16

Theory of culture

Answer 16

1. Striving for significance (individual and collective)
2. Beliefs (cultural variables)
3. Values (action demands, relative weights)
4. Interdependence of beliefs and values
5. Policy problems (changes in value) and crisis problems (changes in belief)
6. Inner beliefs reflected in outer institutions

Question 17

Setting goals

Answer 17

Where do you want to be in your communication ability?
Establish your goals at the beginning of language learning

Question 18

Levels of proficiency

Answer 18

Level 1: elementary speaking proficiency
Level 2: limited work proficiency
Level 3: minimal professional proficiency
Level 4: full professional proficiency (become a change-agent)
Level 5: native-speaker proficiency

Question 19

Speed of progress

Answer 19

Factors: daily exposure, amount of time devoted to learning, individual learning speed
In general, the advancement of each step takes a unit of time equal to the time needed for the previous 2 steps

Question 20

How often should you evaluate your language proficiency?

Answer 20

Once a month, using a self-evaluation checklist