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The study of language as a system of human communication is a definition that applies to

• Syntax

• Applied Linguistics

• Sociolinguistics

• Linguistics

• Cognitive Linguistics

The study of language-based problems in real-world contexts is called

• Sociolinguistics

• Educational Linguistics

• Lexicography

• Applied Linguistics

• Paralinguistics

The origins of applied linguistics as a formal discipline are usually traced to

• The 19th Century

• World War II

• Ancient Greece

• The 1990's

Irish language or Gaelic in Ireland is an instance of

• Mother language

• Second language

• Foreign language

• Mother or second language (depending on the user)

Which of the following is NOT a Low Order Thinking Skill?

• Summarising

• Understanding

• Applying

• Remembering

Which of the following is NOT a High Order Thinking Skill?

• Analysing

• Creating

• Evaluating

• Systematizing

Which of the following is NOT a High Order Thinking Skill?

• Analysing

• Creating

• Evaluating

• Systematizing

Which of the following scholars is related to the functional approach to language acquisition?

• Piaget

• Chomsky

• Skinner

• Gouin

Which of the following is NOT one of Stephen Krashen's hypotheses of language learning?

• Monitor

• Natural order

• Affective filter

• Input

• Attention-Processing

Comprehensible input is the result of modified interaction is the keystone of

• Chomsky's Language Acquisition Device

• McLaughlin's Attention-Processing Model.

• Long's Interaction Hypothesis.

• Krashen's Monitor Hypothesis