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

Relate a text from Unit 2 to another from Unit 1

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baam

Lose 15 points!

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star

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fairy

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banana

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How can speaking a 2nd language affect the way people think? Exemplify.

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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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What does JK Rowling equate imagination to? In which way?

empathy

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Is English a static language? Support with information from the text/s.

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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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trap

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rocket

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fairy

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thief

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

Power

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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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banana

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fairy

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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thief

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

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True or False (and justify). Listening is picking up sounds with our ears.

false

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What are the disadvantages to an ideographic language? Are there any advantages?

typing/keyboard, dictionaries, word games, Morse code, organization - Chinese read all over China, old documents

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For Rita Pierson, what is the most important part of education? How does she show this?

relationships/human connection

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