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What is the most frequent function in communication?
What is the most frequent function in communication?
Referential function
What is the most commonly addressed function in ESL settings?
What is the most commonly addressed function in ESL settings?
Referential function
What are the most common topics addressed in ESL classrooms?
What are the most common topics addressed in ESL classrooms?
The surrounding environment and describing actions in physical or chronological context.
What is the Emotive Function concerned primarily with?
What is the Emotive Function concerned primarily with?
What is the most common manifestation of the emotive function?
What is the most common manifestation of the emotive function?
How can practicing emotional expression in a focused, low-stress, and low-risk environment improve students' language ability?
How can practicing emotional expression in a focused, low-stress, and low-risk environment improve students' language ability?
What is the Conative Function?
What is the Conative Function?
What is the purest grammatical manifestation of the Conative Function?
What is the purest grammatical manifestation of the Conative Function?
What is the purpose of the vocative and the imperative in the Conative Function?
What is the purpose of the vocative and the imperative in the Conative Function?
What are the six communicative functions identified by Jakobson in language?
What are the six communicative functions identified by Jakobson in language?
What is the primary purpose of the phatic function in language?
What is the primary purpose of the phatic function in language?
What is the metalinguistic function concerned with?
What is the metalinguistic function concerned with?
What is metalanguage?
What is metalanguage?
What is the poetic function of language?
What is the poetic function of language?
What is formulaic language?
What is formulaic language?
What is the strong preference in ESL classrooms regarding language function?
What is the strong preference in ESL classrooms regarding language function?
What is the consequence of only focusing on the referential function in language learning?
What is the consequence of only focusing on the referential function in language learning?
What is the importance of awareness and addressing all six communicative functions in language learning?
What is the importance of awareness and addressing all six communicative functions in language learning?
Why is knowledge of the conative function important for effective language use?
Why is knowledge of the conative function important for effective language use?
Is the phatic function concerned with the grammatical structure of language?
Is the phatic function concerned with the grammatical structure of language?
Can formulaic language include chunks or collocations?
Can formulaic language include chunks or collocations?
Is the conative function concerned with clarifying misunderstandings?
Is the conative function concerned with clarifying misunderstandings?
Does the metalinguistic function deal with language itself?
Does the metalinguistic function deal with language itself?
Is the poetic function primarily concerned with the referential aspect of language?
Is the poetic function primarily concerned with the referential aspect of language?
Can small talk be considered a part of the phatic function?
Can small talk be considered a part of the phatic function?
Is the referential function the only function commonly addressed in ESL classrooms?
Is the referential function the only function commonly addressed in ESL classrooms?
Is the emotive function concerned primarily with the beauty of language?
Is the emotive function concerned primarily with the beauty of language?
Can the metalinguistic function be used to talk about semantic structures?
Can the metalinguistic function be used to talk about semantic structures?
Is the primary purpose of the conative function to attract/establish a connection between speakers?
Is the primary purpose of the conative function to attract/establish a connection between speakers?
True or false: The referential function is the least frequent function in communication.
True or false: The referential function is the least frequent function in communication.
True or false: The Emotive Function is primarily concerned with the addressee's personal attitude and emotional state.
True or false: The Emotive Function is primarily concerned with the addressee's personal attitude and emotional state.
True or false: The most common topics addressed in ESL classrooms concern abstract concepts such as philosophy and politics.
True or false: The most common topics addressed in ESL classrooms concern abstract concepts such as philosophy and politics.
True or false: Interjections are not a common manifestation of the emotive function.
True or false: Interjections are not a common manifestation of the emotive function.
True or false: Practicing emotional expression in a low-stress environment is not likely to improve students' ability to use the emotive function in real life contexts.
True or false: Practicing emotional expression in a low-stress environment is not likely to improve students' ability to use the emotive function in real life contexts.
True or false: The Conative Function is focused on influencing the behavior of the addresser.
True or false: The Conative Function is focused on influencing the behavior of the addresser.
True or false: The phatic function is concerned primarily with conveying information.
True or false: The phatic function is concerned primarily with conveying information.
True or false: The vocative and the imperative are grammatical manifestations of the Poetic Function.
True or false: The vocative and the imperative are grammatical manifestations of the Poetic Function.
True or false: Knowledge of the Conative Function is not important for effective language use.
True or false: Knowledge of the Conative Function is not important for effective language use.
True or false: Addressing only the referential function in language learning is sufficient for effective communication.
True or false: Addressing only the referential function in language learning is sufficient for effective communication.
The __________ function is concerned primarily with the personal attitude, status, and emotional state of the speaker.
The __________ function is concerned primarily with the personal attitude, status, and emotional state of the speaker.
__________ expressions such as 'oh,' 'great,' or 'awesome' are effective and authentic ways to express surprise, disgust, and exasperation without explicit statement or description.
__________ expressions such as 'oh,' 'great,' or 'awesome' are effective and authentic ways to express surprise, disgust, and exasperation without explicit statement or description.
The most common manifestation of the __________ function is the interjection.
The most common manifestation of the __________ function is the interjection.
The __________ function is focused on, and concerned with influencing the behavior of the addressee, and thus concerned with persuasion.
The __________ function is focused on, and concerned with influencing the behavior of the addressee, and thus concerned with persuasion.
The conative function finds its purest grammatical manifestation in the __________ and in the imperative.
The conative function finds its purest grammatical manifestation in the __________ and in the imperative.
The referential function concerns descriptions or contextual information and is the most commonly addressed in __________ settings.
The referential function concerns descriptions or contextual information and is the most commonly addressed in __________ settings.
The most common topics addressed in ESL classrooms concern the surrounding environment or describing actions in physical or chronological context, such as daily routine or __________.
The most common topics addressed in ESL classrooms concern the surrounding environment or describing actions in physical or chronological context, such as daily routine or __________.
Helping students to practice emotional expression in a focused, low-stress, and low-risk environment is likely to improve students' ability to recall the language necessary to employ and understand the __________ function in real-life contexts.
Helping students to practice emotional expression in a focused, low-stress, and low-risk environment is likely to improve students' ability to recall the language necessary to employ and understand the __________ function in real-life contexts.
The __________ function is the most frequent one in communication.
The __________ function is the most frequent one in communication.
The emotive function is concerned primarily with the __________.
The emotive function is concerned primarily with the __________.
In addition to poetry and prose, another manifestation of the poetic function is __________ language, which can include chunks or collocations.
In addition to poetry and prose, another manifestation of the poetic function is __________ language, which can include chunks or collocations.
The phatic function deals with the __________ between speakers.
The phatic function deals with the __________ between speakers.
Students need to become familiar with language and social conventions that allow them to keep a conversation going, stay engaged with their interlocutors, and __________ successfully.
Students need to become familiar with language and social conventions that allow them to keep a conversation going, stay engaged with their interlocutors, and __________ successfully.
The metalinguistic function is concerned with utterances that deal with language itself, or what is called “__________.”
The metalinguistic function is concerned with utterances that deal with language itself, or what is called “__________.”
Providing students with the formulaic language that will make their language sound ______ and may increase the degree to which they are perceived as “fluent.
Providing students with the formulaic language that will make their language sound ______ and may increase the degree to which they are perceived as “fluent.
A student cannot be considered fluent if he or she is unable to express himself (emotive function), clarify meaning (metalinguistic function), or does not know how to manage a connection with the interlocutor (phatic function). Raising an awareness and addressing all of Jakobson’s six communicative functions will help students develop a greater breadth of linguistic competency and provide them with a broader understanding of the varied purposes language serves.
A student cannot be considered fluent if he or she is unable to express himself (emotive function), clarify meaning (metalinguistic function), or does not know how to manage a connection with the interlocutor (phatic function). Raising an awareness and addressing all of Jakobson’s six communicative functions will help students develop a greater breadth of linguistic competency and provide them with a broader understanding of the varied purposes language serves.
The referential function concerns descriptions or contextual information and is the most commonly addressed in __________ settings.
The referential function concerns descriptions or contextual information and is the most commonly addressed in __________ settings.
The __________ Function is concerned with utterances that deal with language itself.
The __________ Function is concerned with utterances that deal with language itself.
The poetic function, also known as the aesthetic function, deals with that language whose primary focus is the __________ of the language itself.
The poetic function, also known as the aesthetic function, deals with that language whose primary focus is the __________ of the language itself.
The phatic function may be composed of either culturally or non-culturally bound set phrases like “well”, “wow.” and “really.” or utterances which might be classified as “__________.”
The phatic function may be composed of either culturally or non-culturally bound set phrases like “well”, “wow.” and “really.” or utterances which might be classified as “__________.”
