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Pragmatics is the interdisciplinary field in charge of analysing those aspects external to the sentence which are essential to understand the utterance, which are, amongst others, context, previous knowledge, speaker’s intent, etc. True. False.

A teacher does metalinguistics when correcting an error and explaining the learner why it was not correct, telling them what they have to do in order to correct it, and giving them advice on how to avoid doing it again. True. False.

Neurolinguistics is an interdisciplinary field which studies, together with other fields like psychology, linguistics, neurolinguistics, etc., aspects of the language related to brain activity like L1 acquisition, language comprehension, processing and production, and L2 acquisition. True. False.

Constructivism. Focused on the processing of information (internal). Focused on what the learner does (external). Focused on how the learner processes new information and applies it (internal-external).

Put the correct ones together. Sentence. Utterance.

________ are interested in explaining why we speak differently in different social contexts, and they are concerned with identifying the social functions of language and the ways it is used to convey social meaning. Metalinguistics. Sociolinguists. Pragmatics. Neurolinguistics.

Behaviourism. Learner: reactive. Learner: proactive.

What is the type of learning of Cognitivism?. Basic definition and explanation of concepts, generalization and memory. Higher-level reasoning and information processing with an emphasis on memory and organization. Higher-level problem solving and critical analysis with an emphasis on real scenarios.

Which are the four language skills in the communicative competence? Pick the correct answer: Oral comprehension, oral production, written comprehension & written production. Listening, speaking, reading & writing. None of them. Digital competences, Discursive competences, Linguistic competence & Strategic competence. All of them are correct.

______ knowledge needed to transmit and understand the communicative attempt when performing and interpreting speech acts and linguistic functions. Sociolinguistic competence. Cognitive strategies. Communicative strategies. Illocutionary competence.

________ knowledge of the characteristics of context which determine which statements are appropriate in certain situations. Sociolinguistic competence. Socio-affective strategies. Metacognitive strategies. Illocutionary competence.

________ Being able to interact with new text formats (digital genres), new ways of interaction between the reader and the text, which imply a high level of cognitive and metacognitive development and the proposal of new activities, as the development of new learning competencies linked to the digital environment. Pragmatic competence. Digital competence. Intercultural competence. Linguistic competence.

_________ Ability to explore the use of language appropriately in a specific context and to build, interpret and use generic resources in order to achieve the objectives of the community in which one intends to act. Communicative competence. Strategic competence. Intercultural competence. Linguistic competence. Discursive competence.

________ Sociocultural and cross-cultural knowledge, aiming to the development of cultural mediation competence. Pragmatic competence. Intercultural competence. Linguistic competence. Discursive competence.

_______ Basic elements of communication (phonology, grammar and vocabulary). Digital competence. Linguistic competence. Strategic competence. Pragmatic competence.

_________ Illocutionary and sociolinguistic competences, speech acts (Searle,1969), cooperative principles (Grice, 1975), relevance theory (Sperber and Wilson, 1986) and courtesy theory (Brown and Levinson, 1978). Linguistic competence. Discursive competence. Pragmatic competence. Communicative competence.

Knowledge of the characteristics of context which determine which statements are appropriate in certain situations: Illocutionary competence. Sociolinguistic competence. Cognitive strategies. Socio-affective strategies.

Knowledge needed to transmit and understand the communicative attempt when performing and interpreting speech acts and linguistic functions: Communicative strategies. Sociolinguistic competence. Cognitive strategies. Illocutionary competence.

Linked to mediation and social transaction with other people, suchas cooperative or collaborative work: Socio-affective strategies. Illocutionary competence. Metacognitive strategies. Cognitives strategies.

They must help the learner to develop a critical attitude towards their own learning. That attitude implies the development of abilities such as planning, reflecting, follow-up and assessment of their own learning: Metacognitive strategies. Cognitive strategies. Communicative strategies. Socio-affective strategies.

Linked to specific learning tasks (such as repetition for memorization, terms classification, context-based meaning prediction, taking notes, etc.): Communicative strategies. Socio-affective strategies. Cognitive strategies. Metacognitive strategies.

Verbal and non-verbal mechanisms used to avoid communicative problems: Metacognitive strategies. Illocutionary competence. Cognitive strategies. Communicative strategies.

According to Joos (1961) these are the registers in terms of formality: Frozen, intimate, casual, formal & consultative. Frozen, neutral, casual, formal & ironic. Slang, intimate, casual, neutral & consultative. Bench-level, direct, facetious, formal & intimate.

The technical register is used for general purpose. True. False.

According to the Oxford Living Dictionaries online, lingua franca is ‘a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are the same’. True. False.

The capacity of creating and spreading knowledge that humanity has at present thanks to information sharing tools like social media. Knowledge society. Information society.