Sociolinguistic competency knowledge

Noam Chomsky included sociolinguistic competence in his model of communicative competency.

• True

• False

Dell Hymes' introduced sociolinguistic competence in...

• 1995

• 1991

• 1972

• 1980

Celce-Murica's dynamic competency model was focused on native speaker competence.

• True

• False

Poor sociolinguistic competence can lead to...

• misunderstanding and confusion

• better understanding

• CEFR competence

• forgetting some vocabulary

Which one is not related to sociolinguistic competency?

• choice of words

• gestures

• grammar

• tone

Sociolinguistic competency is not very important for L2 learners.

• False

• True

Some examples of activities to promote student's sociolinguistic competency are...

• textbook drills and essay questions

• talking to strangers on the street

• writing a student novel explaining how to use English in society

• observing examples and completing language tasks

You can create tests to measure student sociolinguistic competency level.

• No way! It's too flexible and hard to define.

• You can if you set clear learning objectives.