MOOC: Multilingual Education

Quiz 7

You have come to the end of Week 7, which is also the final week of this whole course. Do the quiz and see what you have learnt in this week and how well you understood the main concepts. There are 18  questions in this quiz: 8 multiple choice questions, one matching task, 8 true or false questions and one drag-and-drop task. It is automatically checked, so you will see the result as soon as you complete it. You can retake the quiz as many times as you wish.

Good luck!

Speech acts and politeness routines are part of ...

Question 1 of 17

Volume and intonation are part of ...

Question 2 of 17

Eye contact and gestures are part of ...

Question 3 of 17

Pragmatic norms tend to be universal.

Question 4 of 17

Kinesics refers to ...

Question 5 of 17

“Do you mind if I close the window?” is an example of a negative politeness strategy.

Question 6 of 17

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) defined Intercultural Communicative Competence as the main objective of language learning.  

Question 7 of 17

Politeness can be found on all linguistic levels.

Question 8 of 17

Words like “bathroom” (instead of “toilet”) or “to pass away” (instead of “to die”) are ...

Question 9 of 17

Which of these words is NOT included in the model of Intercultural Communication?

Question 10 of 17

Match the names and the models or theories.

Michael Byram
Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)

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Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity

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a) Culturemes

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Iceberg Model/High-context vs. low-context cultures

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Face

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Edward T. Hall
Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)

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Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity

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a) Culturemes

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Iceberg Model/High-context vs. low-context cultures

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Face

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Milton J. Bennett
Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)

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Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity

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a) Culturemes

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Iceberg Model/High-context vs. low-context cultures

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Face

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Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson
Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)

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Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity

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a) Culturemes

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Iceberg Model/High-context vs. low-context cultures

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Face

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Els Oksaar
Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)

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Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity

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a) Culturemes

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Iceberg Model/High-context vs. low-context cultures

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Face

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Question 11 of 17

A person who has knowledge of cultural practices of two cultures and who can serve as a mediator between them is also called a/an...

Question 12 of 17

High-context cultures primarily tend to prefer direct and explicit messages while low-context cultures tend to be more indirect.

Question 13 of 17

Speech acts such as criticizing or complaining are potentially face-threatening acts.

Question 14 of 17

“Culture with a capital C” includes masterpieces of art and literature.

Question 15 of 17

When people go to a restaurant or attend a funeral there is often a culture-specific sequence of events. This is also referred to as a …        

Question 16 of 17

Auto-stereotypes are over-simplified statements about a different culture. 

Question 17 of 17