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Chapter 10 Quiz
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According to your textbook, which of the following best describes texts that report on inquiry tasks?
texts that combine language and image using digital technologies
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texts that students read in order to prepare for experiments and other hands-on tasks
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texts that are produced in response to extended tasks that have the overall purpose of inquiry
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texts that represent macrogenres and that are found in textbooks
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Texts that require students to research a topic or site in depth using a variety of sources are referred to as
problem-solution reports
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investigative reports
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fair tests
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design reports
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A text with the following structure - Introduction, Aim, Hypothesis, Equipment & Materials, Method, Results and Conclusion - is likely to be an example of a:
experimental report
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investigative report
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fair test
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problem-solution report
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According to your textbook, language for expressing field can be represented as three tiers. These are:
language for questioning, researching and analysing
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language for expressing abstraction, generalisation and classification
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language for recounting events, persuading others and explaining why phenomenon occurs
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everyday, conversational language, high utility language related to all subjects and technical and specialised language related to particular disciplines
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Vocabulary items such
as multiply, divide, partition, solve
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calculate
are likely to belong to which of the following language tier:
Tier 1 – everyday, conversational language that students tend to 'pick-up'
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Tier 2 – high-utility language related to school contexts across all subjects
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Tier 3 – technical and specialised language specific to particular disciplines
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None of the above
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TEXT A
Since 1980,
the population of the world
has increased by 30%, and will continue to grow. With this
increase
in population has come an
increase
in numbers of forest products needed, forcing more areas of rainforest to be cut down.
In Text A, the underlined words are an example of:
an abstract noun
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dense noun groups
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modality
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tier 1 vocabulary
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Which of the following tenor-related language features are relevant to inquiry genres?
Mood
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Attitude
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Engagement
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all of the above
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Engagement refers to language resources used for:
making statements, asking questions, giving commands and making offers
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sharing feelings, expressing evaluation and judging human behaviour
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engaging with others or with alternative perspectives and possibilities
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expressing a degree of commitment, ranging from low to high
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The process in which an idea or event (represented by a clause or clause) is downgraded to a thing (represented by a noun group) is referred to as:
deconstruction or modelling
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nominalisation
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clause complexing
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attribution
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Text B
Unfortunately, the gradual clearing of the land of forests or trees for a variety of reasons has increased since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. This deforestation has led to vast areas of rainforest around the world being cut down.
In Text B, the nominalisation
deforestation
represents which group of words from the previous sentence represents the process or series of events that have been nominalised?
the gradual clearing of the land of forests or trees for a variety of reasons
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Unfortunately, the gradual clearing of the land of forests or trees for a variety of reasons has increased since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution
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the gradual clearing
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the gradual clearing of the land of forests or trees
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