2026 LANGUAGE PLANNING AND POLICY EXAM
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. What is the main goal of language planning?
A. To teach new languages in schools
B. To influence the function, structure, or acquisition of
languages within a community
C. To translate documents into official languages
D. To promote only indigenous languages
Answer: B
2. Which of the following best describes status planning?
A. Developing new vocabulary
B. Choosing which language will serve a specific function in
society
C. Teaching foreign languages
D. Promoting minority languages only
Answer: B
3. What is corpus planning primarily concerned with?
,A. Deciding which language to use
B. Modifying the internal structure of a language (grammar,
spelling, vocabulary)
C. Promoting a language in the media
D. Translating government documents
Answer: B
4. Which of the following is an example of acquisition
planning?
A. Deciding on a national language
B. Developing school curricula to teach a language
C. Simplifying spelling rules
D. Codifying grammar
Answer: B
5. Which type of planning deals with increasing the number
of speakers of a language?
A. Status planning
B. Corpus planning
C. Acquisition planning
D. Prestige planning
Answer: C
,6. Which of the following terms refers to a language used for
government or legal purposes?
A. National language
B. Official language
C. Vernacular language
D. Minority language
Answer: B
7. The process of developing a written form of a previously
unwritten language is called:
A. Language modernization
B. Orthography development
C. Standardization
D. Translation
Answer: B
8. What is the main aim of language policy?
A. To describe languages
B. To regulate and guide language use within a nation or
institution
C. To preserve dying languages only
D. To promote linguistic diversity globally
Answer: B
, 9. Which of the following is an example of status planning in
South Africa?
A. Translating the Bible into isiZulu
B. Recognizing 11 official languages in the Constitution
C. Developing isiXhosa grammar books
D. Creating new isiZulu terminology
Answer: B
10. Who first introduced the distinction between status and
corpus planning?
A. Joshua Fishman
B. Einar Haugen
C. Bernard Spolsky
D. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Answer: B
11. The process of making a language more suitable for
modern communication is known as:
A. Modernization
B. Standardization
C. Codification
D. Naturalization
Answer: A
| COMPLETE QUESTION BANK WITH OVER 150
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. What is the main goal of language planning?
A. To teach new languages in schools
B. To influence the function, structure, or acquisition of
languages within a community
C. To translate documents into official languages
D. To promote only indigenous languages
Answer: B
2. Which of the following best describes status planning?
A. Developing new vocabulary
B. Choosing which language will serve a specific function in
society
C. Teaching foreign languages
D. Promoting minority languages only
Answer: B
3. What is corpus planning primarily concerned with?
,A. Deciding which language to use
B. Modifying the internal structure of a language (grammar,
spelling, vocabulary)
C. Promoting a language in the media
D. Translating government documents
Answer: B
4. Which of the following is an example of acquisition
planning?
A. Deciding on a national language
B. Developing school curricula to teach a language
C. Simplifying spelling rules
D. Codifying grammar
Answer: B
5. Which type of planning deals with increasing the number
of speakers of a language?
A. Status planning
B. Corpus planning
C. Acquisition planning
D. Prestige planning
Answer: C
,6. Which of the following terms refers to a language used for
government or legal purposes?
A. National language
B. Official language
C. Vernacular language
D. Minority language
Answer: B
7. The process of developing a written form of a previously
unwritten language is called:
A. Language modernization
B. Orthography development
C. Standardization
D. Translation
Answer: B
8. What is the main aim of language policy?
A. To describe languages
B. To regulate and guide language use within a nation or
institution
C. To preserve dying languages only
D. To promote linguistic diversity globally
Answer: B
, 9. Which of the following is an example of status planning in
South Africa?
A. Translating the Bible into isiZulu
B. Recognizing 11 official languages in the Constitution
C. Developing isiXhosa grammar books
D. Creating new isiZulu terminology
Answer: B
10. Who first introduced the distinction between status and
corpus planning?
A. Joshua Fishman
B. Einar Haugen
C. Bernard Spolsky
D. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Answer: B
11. The process of making a language more suitable for
modern communication is known as:
A. Modernization
B. Standardization
C. Codification
D. Naturalization
Answer: A
