MOOC: Multilingual Education

Quiz 6

You have come to the end of Week 6. Do the quiz and see what you have learnt in this week and how well you understood the main concepts.
There are 10 questions in this quiz: 3 multiple choice questions and 7 true or false questions. 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.

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The increasing use of English should not be seen as a problem, but as a driver to raise the question of how to promote true plurlingualism.

True

False

Question 1 of 10

Is this statement true or false?

When there are people from different cultural and linguistic background together in the same classroom, the raise of linguistic and cultural sensitivity and awareness occur spontaneously.

True

False

Question 2 of 10

Tick all suitable options.

Multilingual universities usually follow these principles:

The language acquisition is taking place in language courses only.

The student's competence in more than one language is being developed throughout the courses.

Students are not allowed to speak in any other language than the official language in this institution.

The teaching is culturally and linguistically sensitive.

There are several languages of instruction in use.

The main aim is to reach the top level in English proficiency.

Language support services are provided.

Question 3 of 10

Is this statement true or false?

Having students from different cultural and lingustic background is a challenge to the university staff, as they are expected to carefully intervene and propose activities evoking intercultural communication.

True

False

Question 4 of 10

The trends of globalization and therefore the raising number of international students in higher education institutions are forcing universities to think about their language policies, rules for the language of instruction as well as curricula provided.

True

False

Question 5 of 10

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The internationalization in higher education in general terms means...

including international, global, intercultural and comparative perspectives the teaching, learning process and programs;

international dimension in the curriculum;

enrolling mostly foreign students.

providing courses only in English;

cooperation programs (twinning, franchise, virtual);

academic mobility of people (staff and students);

Question 6 of 10

Tick all suitable options.

To have bi- or multilingual approach in universities promoted, some additional practices are needed, such as...

t
he use or incorporation of multilingual support material in the classroom,
measuring the language proficie
ncy progress in parallel to the content learning.

tracking the progress in language proficiency alongside the content learning;

excluding students who fail to use at least three different languages on a high academic level.

the use of content and language integrated learning (CLIL);

providing materials in multiple languages during the studies:

establishing high requirements of each language used at the institution (at least C1 level) already at the admission;

Question 7 of 10

The spreading use of English in higher education is mainly due to the pressure of being internationally active and highly ranked based on international publication, while the working language there is English.

True

False

Question 8 of 10

Is this statement true or false?

Internationalization in higher education means that the university uses English as main language of instruction.

True

False

Question 9 of 10

Is the statement true or false?
Multilingual university is a university that teaches courses in English.

True

False

Question 10 of 10

Week 1: Introduction to multilingualism and plurilingualism
Week 2: Understanding bilingualism
Week 3: Multilingualism in state and society, and the role of communities
Week 4: Early Childhood Multilingualism
Week 5: Multilingual school
Week 6: Multilingual higher education
Week 7: Interculturalism and intercultural communication