Language 4 Reading check review (Units 1 & 2) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What are the different ways Julian Treasure says we can help improve our listening? Describe.

silence, the mixer, savoring, listening positions, RASA

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What advice does Obama give to the graduates?

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True or False (justify). John McWhorter thinks that texting is a horrible thing.

False

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According to David Crystal, what makes one language dominate over another? Exemplify.

Power

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lifesaver

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star

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shark

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lifesaver

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According to Erin McKean, what are different ways we can make new words in English?

borrowing/stealing, compounding, blending, functional shift, back-formation, acronyms

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Why does Steven Pinker think that combinatorial systems are wonderous?

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According to Erin McKean, why should we make new words?

a chance to express your idea and get meaning across, new words grab people's attention, to focus on what you're saying

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baam

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shark

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gift

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According to Ken Robinson, why are we becoming less imaginative?

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What are the reasons Simon Sinek gives that the millennial generation is failing?

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True or False (justify). Anne Curzan decides whether a word is correct or not.

false

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heart

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rocket

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What does Denzel Washington mean by "falling forward"?

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Although the teacher in "Me talk pretty one day" is associated with feelings of fear and dread, do you think this kind of teacher could also have positive effects? Why/Why not?

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According to Anne Curzan, what makes a word real?

the population uses it

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