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!

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

True

False

Question 1 of 17

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

True

False

Question 2 of 17

Eye contact and gestures are part of ...

paraverbal communication

nonverbal communication

extraverbal communication

verbal communication

Question 3 of 17

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

taboos

connotations

antonyms

euphemisms

Question 4 of 17

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

True

False

Question 5 of 17

Pragmatic norms tend to be universal.

True

False

Question 6 of 17

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

Skills

Knowledge

Performance

Attitudes

Question 7 of 17

Speech acts and politeness routines are part of ...

verbal communication

extraverbal communication

paraverbal communication

nonverbal communication

Question 8 of 17

Match the names and the models or theories.

Michael Byram	Face Unselect a) Culturemes Unselect Iceberg Model/High-context vs. low-context cultures Unselect Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) Unselect Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity Unselect
Edward T. Hall	Face Unselect a) Culturemes Unselect Iceberg Model/High-context vs. low-context cultures Unselect Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) Unselect Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity Unselect
Milton J. Bennett	Face Unselect a) Culturemes Unselect Iceberg Model/High-context vs. low-context cultures Unselect Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) Unselect Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity Unselect
Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson	Face Unselect a) Culturemes Unselect Iceberg Model/High-context vs. low-context cultures Unselect Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) Unselect Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity Unselect
Els Oksaar	Face Unselect a) Culturemes Unselect Iceberg Model/High-context vs. low-context cultures Unselect Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) Unselect Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity Unselect

Question 9 of 17

Politeness can be found on all linguistic levels.

True

False

Question 10 of 17

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

True

False

Question 11 of 17

Volume and intonation are part of ...

verbal communication

nonverbal communication

extraverbal communication

paraverbal communication

Question 12 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...

crosslinguistic negotiator

cultural facilitator

cultural intermediator

intercultural speaker

Question 13 of 17

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

True

False

Question 14 of 17

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

True

False

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 …

cultural event

cultural artefact

cultural script

cultural phenomenon

Question 16 of 17

Kinesics refers to ...

paraverbal communication

extraverbal communication

volume

body language

Question 17 of 17

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