Communicative competence is often used instead of language proficiency for all EXCEPT
a. to describe how people communicate with one another in particular social situations
b. to emphasize not only grammatical forms but also language functions and social
conventions of language use
c. to show how speakers choose wording to suit their communicative purpose
d. to focus on how pronunciation affects communication
Question 2...Semantics is the study of
a. how present participles affect meaning
b. how politeness is expressed in language
c. linguistic meaning, including vocabulary
d. how phonemes are represented by the alphabet
Question 3...According to Bowman (1994), children living in poverty and those from minority group families are not at risk developmentally. Instead, they are at risk because of the mismatch of their home and school environments.
a. True
b. False
Question 4...A positive outcome of No Child Left Behind is the requirement to
a. report test scores for subgroups based on poverty, race, ethnicity, disability, and limited
English proficiency
b. implement punitive measures for low-performing schools, such as transferring teachers
and principals to other schools
c. create extreme text anxiety among students due to awareness that their performance
will affect their teacher's employment
d. mandate that all students achieve academic proficiency within 12 years regardless of
prior educational opportunities in the U.S. or their home countries
Question 5...Trust of teachers and schools is often difficult for culturally and linguistically diverse families, especially new immigrants.
a. True
b. False
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