Quiz 2 – MOOC: Multilingual Education

You have come to the end of Week 2. Do the quiz and see what you have learnt in this week and how well you understood the main concepts.
There are 8multiple choice questions in this quiz, and 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!

Bilingualism has a positive effect on...

the vocabulary range of individuals.

the learners’ phonological awareness.

the executive control function of individuals.

Question 1 of 8

The condition of a person who learns a second language in addition to his/her first one in his/her adulthood is described as...

early bilingualism

late bilingualism.

balanced bilingualism

Question 2 of 8

The situation in which two languages are learnt with no status differences attributed to either of the them and the first language does not suffer any detriment as the result of the speaker’s acquiring the second language, is referred to as...

subtractive bilingualism.

infant bilingualism.

additive bilingualism.

Question 3 of 8

Bilingual individuals who are unable to function properly in either their first or their second language, are described as being:..

semilingual.

paralingual.

ambilingual.

Question 4 of 8

Code-switching refers to...

using extensive body language to compensate for poor language skills.

resorting to your mother tongue when at a loss for the right word in the foreign language.

alternating between two or more languages in a conversation.

Question 5 of 8

According to House a language used in multicultural settings for interpersonal exchange across cultures and for expressing one’s identity as a member of a particular cultural community is defined as one’s...

dominant language.

language of identification.

language of communication.

Question 6 of 8

The term simultaneous bilingualism is used to describe a situation in which...

a person switches from his/her first to his/her second language in a spoken or written text.

two languages are acquired by a person at the same time.

the second language is acquired after the first one.

Question 7 of 8

A balanced bilingual...

switches from his/her first to the second language at balanced intervals.

is more fluent in one of his two languages.

can speak both his/her first and second language equally fluently.

Question 8 of 8