Types of Speech Act Quiz with Answers

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What is the definition of perlocutionary acts according to Austin and Searle?

Perlocutionary acts are performed with the intention of producing a further effect on the hearer.

What did Austin and Searle state about linguistic communication?

All linguistic communication involves speech acts.

What are speech acts considered as in linguistic communication?

Speech acts are considered as the basic or minimal units of linguistic communication.

What is negotiation of meaning in an ESL classroom?

Negotiation of meaning is generally defined as conversational modifications or adjustments that take place in interactions when learners and their interlocutors experience difficulty in understanding messages. Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of negotiation of meaning in language learning?

The purpose of negotiation of meaning is to clarify meaning to facilitate comprehensible messages, and to lead language learners to greater awareness of their language and to further development of language proficiencies. Signup and view all the answers

What are some strategies used during negotiation of meaning?

Strategies used during negotiation of meaning include comprehension checks, confirmation requests, clarification requests, rephrasing, and repetitions. Signup and view all the answers

How does negotiation of meaning contribute to learners' language development?

Negotiation of meaning contributes to learners' language development by giving them opportunities to receive comprehensible input and produce comprehensible output. Signup and view all the answers

What types of activities promote negotiation of meaning in an English classroom?

Information gap activities such as jigsaw readings or listenings, group story building, spot the difference, problem-solving tasks, information-gap tasks and explaining a picture for a partner to replicate, basically tasks with a requirement for information exchange, are examples of activities that promote negotiation of meaning. Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the teacher in promoting negotiation of meaning in an English classroom?

The teacher constructs an interactive learning environment with appropriate communication tasks to promote negotiation of meaning. Signup and view all the answers

Why is negotiation of meaning important in language learning?

Negotiation of meaning is important in language learning because it allows learners to develop their communicative competence and to share information effectively. Signup and view all the answers

What is speech act theory and who developed it?

Speech act theory is a theory that explains the social functions of utterances. It was developed by Austin and Searle in the 1960s. Signup and view all the answers

What is the key difference between speech acts and language functions?

The key difference between speech acts and language functions is that speech acts describe the meaning of utterances, while language functions explain why utterances have different meanings, through the dynamic relationship between the elements of communication and their functions. Signup and view all the answers

What are the three different acts that Austin proposed each utterance carries?

The three different acts that Austin proposed each utterance carries are ‘locutionary act’, ‘illocutionary act’, and ‘perlocutionary act’. Signup and view all the answers

What is the ‘locutionary act’?

The ‘locutionary act’ is basically describing what has been said, with clarification of any disambiguation and reference assignment. Signup and view all the answers

What is the ‘illocutionary act’?

The ‘illocutionary act’ is an act that the speaker wishes to perform in saying something. Illocutionary acts are closely connected with speaker’s intentions and are divided into assertives (affirming, boasting, concluding), directives (asking, begging, commanding), commissives (arranging, betting, committing to), expressives (apologizing, criticizing, congratulating) and declarations (appointing, awarding, conceding). Signup and view all the answers

What are the different types of illocutionary acts?

The different types of illocutionary acts are assertives, directives, commissives, expressives and declarations. Signup and view all the answers

What are assertives?

Assertives are illocutionary acts that affirm, boast or conclude something. Signup and view all the answers

What are directives?

Directives are illocutionary acts that ask, beg, or command someone to do something. Signup and view all the answers

What are commissives?

Commissives are illocutionary acts that involve arranging, betting or committing to doing something. Signup and view all the answers

What are expressives?

Expressives are illocutionary acts that involve apologizing, criticizing or congratulating someone. Signup and view all the answers

The basic or minimal units of linguistic communication are ______

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Perlocutionary acts are performed with the intention of producing a further effect on the ______

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Negotiation of meaning is generally defined as conversational modifications or adjustments that take place in interactions when learners and their ______ experience difficulty in understanding messages

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During negotiation of meaning, participants work together to arrive at message comprehension using strategies such as comprehension checks, confirmation requests, clarification requests, ______ and repetitions

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Information gap activities such as jigsaw readings or listenings, group story building, spot the difference, problem-solving tasks, information-gap tasks and explaining a picture for a partner to replicate, are examples of activities that give learners the opportunity to develop their communicative competence through negotiation of meaning as they share ______

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Negotiation of meaning gives language learners opportunities to receive comprehensible input and produce comprehensible ______

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The process of negotiation of meaning contributes to learners’ ______ development

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In order to communicate effectively, foreign language learners may employ different communication strategies, ______ of meaning being one of them

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Negotiation of meaning can be promoted in an English classroom when the teacher constructs an interactive learning environment with appropriate ______ tasks

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Speech acts are considered as ______ of linguistic communication according to Austin and Searle

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According to Austin, each utterance carries three different acts, which he himself coined ‘locutionary act’, ‘illocutionary act’, and ‘perlocutionary act’.

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The ‘illocutionary act’ is an act that the speaker wishes to ________ in saying something.

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Illocutionary acts are closely connected with speaker’s intentions and are divided into ____________ (affirming, boasting, concluding), directives (asking, begging, commanding), commissives (arranging, betting, committing to), expressives (apologising, criticising, congratulating) and declarations (appointing, awarding, conceding).

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‘Locutionary act’ is basically describing what has been said, with clarification of any disambiguation and ____________ assignment.

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Austin believed that we use language to ‘perform’ a wide range of actions, and proposed that each utterance carries three different acts, which he himself coined ‘locutionary act’, ‘illocutionary act’, and ‘____________ act’

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Austin believed that besides the use of language as to make statement of facts, or purely to describe or report some aspect of the world, we use language to ‘_____________’ a wide range of actions.

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Speech act theory was developed by Austin and _____________ in the 1960s.

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One key difference between speech acts and language functions is that the former describes the meaning of utterances, while the latter also explains why utterances have different meanings, through the dynamic relationship between the elements of communication and their _____________.

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Illocutionary acts are closely connected with speaker’s intentions and are divided into assertives, ____________ (asking, begging, commanding), commissives (arranging, betting, committing to), expressives (apologising, criticising, congratulating) and declarations (appointing, awarding, conceding).

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