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1It refers to a [blank_start]time[blank_end] when two or more people have the right to [blank_start]talk[blank_end] or listen without having to follow a fixed [blank_start]schedule[blank_end].
In [blank_start]conversation[blank_end] everyone can have something to [blank_start]say[blank_end] and anyone can speak at any time.- Atime
- Btalk
- Cschedule
- Dsay
- Econversation
21. Exchange of
- Ainformation
- Bsounds
32. The creation and maintenance of social
- Aspeech
- Brelationships
43. The negotiation of status and
- Apersonal relations
- Bsocial roles
54. Deciding and carrying out _____ actions
- Ajoint
- Bsimilar
6Complete the blank spaces
- Acall
- Bborrow your bike
- CAcknowledge
- DTurn 2
- Egarage
7Usually only one person speaks at a time
- ATrue
- BFalse
8The speakers do not change
- ATrue
- BFalse
9The length of any contribution varies.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10There are techniques for allowing the other party or parties to speak
- ATrue
- BFalse
11The content and the amount of what we say is specified in advance
- ATrue
- BFalse
12Match the phrases to the correct place of the diagram
- AAvoid obscurity and ambiguity
- BMake your contribution one that is true.
- CMake your contribution relevant and time
- DMake your contribution just informative
- EMake your contribution just informative
- FAvoid obscurity and ambiguity
- GMake your contribution one that is true
- HMake your contribution relevant and time
- IAvoid obscurity and ambiguity
- JMake your contribution relevant and time
- KMake your contribution just informative
- LMake your contribution one that is true
- MMake your contribution one that is true
- NMake your contribution relevant and time
- OAvoid obscurity and ambiguity
- PMake your contribution just informative
13Turn left at the next street
- AOrder
- BAdvice
- CInstruction
14Take care!
- AInstruction
- BAdvice
- COrder
15Keep quiet!
- AOrder
- BInstruction
- CAdvice
16We need to know the [blank_start]context[blank_end] of the example to give it a function with any certainty.
In [blank_start]conversations[blank_end] the relationship between the [blank_start]speaker[blank_end] and the listener will have an important effect on how the [blank_start]listener[blank_end] understands the particular speech act.
Most speech acts have more than one [blank_start]function[blank_end]
We need to help students begin to become [blank_start]sensitive[blank_end] to why a speaker chooses a particular [blank_start]speech[blank_end] act.- Acontext
- Bconversations
- Cspeaker
- Dlistener
- Efunction
- Fsensitive
- Gspeech
17Two moves in an exchange are related to each other through the use of
- AAdjacency pairs
- BConversation issues
18Devices used for opening and closing different [blank_start]conversations[blank_end]
Many conversations start with adjacency pairs designed to attract [blank_start]attention[blank_end]
Native speakers will tend to [blank_start]negotiate[blank_end] the end of a conversation so nobody is left [blank_start]talking[blank_end]- Aconversations
- Battention
- Cnegotiate
- Dtalking
19Different cultures talk about different things in their everyday live.
- ATrue
- BFalse
20Rules about topics may be similar in a foreign language
- ATrue
- BFalse
21They are more reluctant to disclose personal information
- AMen
- BWomen
22They are more likely to show an interest in personal details
- AMen
- BWomen
23They are better listeners and more likely to help people
- AMen
- BWomen
24They prefer when there is a purpose for the conversation
- AMen
- BWomen
25They would rather talk about outside topics
- AWomen
- BMen
26In English the sound quality of a [blank_start]word[blank_end], particularly the vowels and certain [blank_start]consonants[blank_end], changes depending on whether the word is said in [blank_start]isolation[blank_end] or as part of a continuous [blank_start]stream[blank_end] of words.
- Aword
- Bconsonants
- Cisolation
- Dstream
27Good conversationalist use stress and intonation to keep [blank_start]conversations[blank_end] going.
It is worth pointing all these important [blank_start]signals[blank_end] when they occur so that they start [blank_start]listening[blank_end] for them.
Students need to realize that the wrong [blank_start]intonation[blank_end] can lead to misunderstanding- Aconversations
- Bsignals
- Clistening
- Dintonation
28Body language is a complicated area since speakers adopt [blank_start]gesture[blank_end] and [blank_start]body[blank_end] language according to their culture.
But it is worth [blank_start]observing[blank_end] your students and [blank_start]giving[blank_end] them feedback on how they appear to others.- Agesture
- Bbody
- Cobserving
- Dgiving
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- Magisterio (Educación) Quiz on Conversation, created by Gabriela Pérez Martínez on 15/02/2021.
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