Group
–A
SEEN COMPREHESION
(Marks-20)
1
◙Read the passage
carefully and answer the following questions.
‘Communicative competence’ refers to the ability to
use language appropriately in different circumstances. There are ………………………….
……………………………………………………. And that is exactly what the
tasks in this book are designed to do.
1.True/ False? If false, give the correct information:
(a) Acquisition of a language may be called explicit
learning.
(b) Learning a language is more effective than
acquiring it.
(c) There are three ways of developing communicative
competence.
(d) Communication through learning language by rules
is a long process.
(e) You must know what word is appropriate at what
situation.
(f) People develop competence in their mother tongue
through a deliberate process.
(h) Communication through learning language by rules
is a long process.
(i) People learn a second language subconsciously.
(j) People learn a second language unconsciously.
(k) The passage shows the difference between
acquisition and learning.
2. Choose the right word to complete each sentence :
(a) Communicative competence can be gained/ earned/
developed in two ways.
(b) People acquire a mother tongue consciously/
unconsciously/ subconsciously.
(c) ‘Implicit’ learning requires spontaneity/ labour/
awareness.
(d) Language specialists believe that learning a
language is not so successful as/ like/ than acquiring it.
(e) Developing competence in communication needs
grammar/ interaction/ knowledge.
(f) Acquisition signifies implicit/ explicit/ exact
learning.
3. Write short answers to these questions.
(a) What is communicative competence?
(b) What do you mean by ‘acquisition’?
(c) What is explicit learning?
(d) How should a second language be practiced?
(e) What are the ways of developing communicative
competence in a language?
(f) What is picking up?
(g) How do people learn their mother tongue?
(h) What do you understand by implicit learning?
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