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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true about languages?
The number of languages in use is declining, so people are working to preserve them.
The number of languages in use is increasing as people communicate with different cultures.
The number of languages in use is stable thanks to new appreciation for their importance.
The number of languages in use was declining, but the efforts of linguists have helped to increase them.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is most likely to be true of a critically endangered language
There are no known people who speak the language.
Few people other than grandparents speak the language.
Children are the only ones who regularly speak the language.
Only parents speak the language.
- 3. Multiple Choice
According to “The Case of the Disappearing Words,” what is one important reason that people stop speaking a language?
They want to be accepted by other people.
They do not have books written in the language.
They realize another language is more advanced.
They do not think the language should be preserved.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is an important benefit of saving a language?
It can teach people new things about the world.
It can help people develop new technologies.
It can help people create new languages.
It can introduce people to new sounds.
- 5. Multiple Choice
easily and smoothly
linguist
fluently
pronouncing
- 6. Multiple Choice
People who study how languages work are
speech teachers
linguists
languagologist
vocal coach
- 7. Multiple Choice
a ______ is a word or term that has a specific meaning
expression
language
term
recording
- 8. Multiple Choice
talking to someone in a critical way
lecture
judgment
linguist
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are considered two forms of supporting evidence for a controlling idea in a feature article?
facts and descriptions
anecdotes and examples
statistics and photos
measurements and arguments
- 10. Multiple Choice
Many Native American children of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were required to attend boarding schools where educators forbade them from speaking their native languages.
Which controlling idea from the article does this evidence support?
Most speakers of other world languages now tend to speak English.
Language preservation needs to be a global priority by 2100.
Native American languages have been dying out for years.
Thousands of languages are vanishing and need to be preserved.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the Latin root -lingua?
words or communication
mind
language or tongue
idea or description
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