Language and Literacy Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
Language is a form of what? - ANS Communication
What are the different forms of communication? - ANS Verbal - Spoken
- written
Non-verbal - vocal (sounds)
- visual (gestures, facial expressions)
Can verbal communication be past, present or future? - ANS It can be all past, present,
future
Can non-verbal communication be past, present or future? - ANS It is instant - Only in the
present
What are the different genre types? - ANS Imaginative
Informative
Persuasive
What are the different patterns that take place in classroom talk? - ANS Student - Student -
st-st
teacher - student - t-st
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, Phonemes - ANS Speech sounds (spoken communication) m-oo-n (3sounds)
Graphemes - ANS The letters we use (written)
Phonology - ANS Study of speech sounds
Semiotics - ANS Study of signs and the way they are used to communicate meaning
Signifier - ANS The sign (image) eg. colours of traffic lights
Signified - ANS Meaning of the sign eg. our response to each of the colours
Iconic signs - ANS Close to being a direct picture of what the signs refer to
Symbolic signs - ANS these signs are symbols of what they refer to / do not present a direct
picture, only something we associate with it.
What is arbitrary? - ANS There is no reason why the word = it's meaning eg. there is no
reason why a green traffic light is GO and red traffic light is STOP.
What are the characteristics of language? - ANS - Systematic
- Arbitrary
- Conventional
- Symbolic
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and Answers
Language is a form of what? - ANS Communication
What are the different forms of communication? - ANS Verbal - Spoken
- written
Non-verbal - vocal (sounds)
- visual (gestures, facial expressions)
Can verbal communication be past, present or future? - ANS It can be all past, present,
future
Can non-verbal communication be past, present or future? - ANS It is instant - Only in the
present
What are the different genre types? - ANS Imaginative
Informative
Persuasive
What are the different patterns that take place in classroom talk? - ANS Student - Student -
st-st
teacher - student - t-st
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, Phonemes - ANS Speech sounds (spoken communication) m-oo-n (3sounds)
Graphemes - ANS The letters we use (written)
Phonology - ANS Study of speech sounds
Semiotics - ANS Study of signs and the way they are used to communicate meaning
Signifier - ANS The sign (image) eg. colours of traffic lights
Signified - ANS Meaning of the sign eg. our response to each of the colours
Iconic signs - ANS Close to being a direct picture of what the signs refer to
Symbolic signs - ANS these signs are symbols of what they refer to / do not present a direct
picture, only something we associate with it.
What is arbitrary? - ANS There is no reason why the word = it's meaning eg. there is no
reason why a green traffic light is GO and red traffic light is STOP.
What are the characteristics of language? - ANS - Systematic
- Arbitrary
- Conventional
- Symbolic
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