Quiz 3 – MOOC: Multilingual Education

You have come to the end of Week 3. Do the quiz and see what you have learnt in this week and how well you understood the main concepts.
There are 8 questions in this quiz: 4 multiple choice questions, 3 true or false questions and one grouping 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!

Tick all suitable answers.
"Language status may develop... "

informally due to people's significant use in a certain area.

in relation with its functions, the more important functions it obtains, the higher the status.

legally according to the decisions of political power.

Question 1 of 7

Choose all suitable answers.
"The main characteristics of the official, national or state language are:... "

most people speak and use it every day;

common literary standard for the official use;

all official documents are created and distributed in this language;

it is used for conducting state affairs;

it is possible to obtain the public education in this language;

it has the highest status among the people;

Question 2 of 7

Is the statement true or false?
Language security is in concern when there are extreme migration flows that may cause unwanted changes in language identity.

True

False

Question 3 of 7

Is the statement true or false?
"Common societal memory means that we recall the language choice that we successfully used last time in a certain place or situation, and choose the language by that."

True

False

Question 4 of 7

Choose the correct option.

"When the language policy is created to protect a language of an indigenous community with relatively small number of speakers, it is the ...

laissez-faire language policy model.

language ecology model.

nation-building model.

Question 5 of 7

Is the statement true or false?
When the political power gives rights to a language of the majority population, the minority population may feel threatened and deprived.

True

False

Question 6 of 7

Choose the correct answer.
Another expression for the term "language environment" is...

sociolinguistic context

language functions

virtual environment

Question 7 of 7