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    CA Sample End Term Test 2016

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    This document appears to be an end-of-term test for a contrastive analysis course covering objectives of contrastive analysis, terminology for comparison steps, filling in blanks about positive and negative transfer, analyzing semantic features of terms in a semantic field, comparing explicitness between English and Vietnamese sentences, and identifying errors of transfer. The test contains short answer and fill-in-the-blank questions to evaluate students' understanding of contrastive analysis concepts and ability to apply contrastive analysis to compare linguistic elements between languages.

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    CA Sample End Term Test 2016

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    This document appears to be an end-of-term test for a contrastive analysis course covering objectives of contrastive analysis, terminology for comparison steps, filling in blanks about positive and negative transfer, analyzing semantic features of terms in a semantic field, comparing explicitness between English and Vietnamese sentences, and identifying errors of transfer. The test contains short answer and fill-in-the-blank questions to evaluate students' understanding of contrastive analysis concepts and ability to apply contrastive analysis to compare linguistic elements between languages.

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    This document appears to be an end-of-term test for a contrastive analysis course covering objectives of contrastive analysis, terminology for comparison steps, filling in blanks about positive and negative transfer, analyzing semantic features of terms in a semantic field, comparing explicitness between English and Vietnamese sentences, and identifying errors of transfer. The test contains short answer and fill-in-the-blank questions to evaluate students' understanding of contrastive analysis concepts and ability to apply contrastive analysis to compare linguistic elements between languages.

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    CA Sample End Term Test 2016

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    This document appears to be an end-of-term test for a contrastive analysis course covering objectives of contrastive analysis, terminology for comparison steps, filling in blanks about positive and negative transfer, analyzing semantic features of terms in a semantic field, comparing explicitness between English and Vietnamese sentences, and identifying errors of transfer. The test contains short answer and fill-in-the-blank questions to evaluate students' understanding of contrastive analysis concepts and ability to apply contrastive analysis to compare linguistic elements between languages.

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    SAMPLE END-TERM TEST 2015-2016

    Course: Contrastive Analysis


    Test code: ENDCA102
    Course code: 4112002
    Credits: 02
    Date: 14/3/2016
    Time allocation: 45
    ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
    SCORE

    Name: ...............
    Class: ...
    ID number:..............

    EXAMINER

    Code number

    1. State the major objectives of contrastive analysis suggested by Lado (1957) (1m)

    2. Write the term of the steps in column A with the definition in column B, then fill in
    the blanks in columm B. (1m)
    Name of the
    step

    What is done
    A. This step includes the selection and preliminary characterization of
    the items under comparison in the ..... of languageindependent theoretical model
    B. This is a step where one decides what is to be .. with what.
    It involves a search for, and identification of cross/interlinguistic/cultural equivalent
    C. This step evaluates the degree and types of correspondence
    between items under the ..
    D. This step generate the .. basing on the identification of
    the similarities and differences of the language systems of the two
    contrasted languages

    3. Please fill in the blanks of the following sentences with a word or group of words
    (2m)
    a) Positive Transfer (also known as 1), which occurs where there is a
    2
    . between L1 and L2, leading to something correct. This kind of transfer
    would assist the 3.
    b) Negative Transfer (also known as 4..), which occurs where there is
    5
    between L1 and L2, leading to something incorrect. This kind of
    transfer would 6. the acquisition process.
    1.

    2.

    3.

    4.

    5.

    6.

    4. Please consider the list 6 members in the field of eat in English and answer the
    following questions (2 ms)
    i) Make a matrix of the semantic features of each of the members of eat with +
    ii) Then match each members of the group in the two languages as the semantic
    or/and translational equivalence, e.g. devour (n) ngu nghin
    Members in the field of eat in English
    semantic
    feature
    Members

    makes
    a lot of
    noise

    small
    amoun
    ts of
    food

    swallowi
    ng in big
    pieces

    taking
    very
    small
    bites

    quickly

    becaus
    e you
    are
    very

    not
    conside
    r polite

    without
    interest

    of eat

    hungry

    wolf
    munch
    nibble
    devour
    gobble
    pick at
    English

    devour

    wolf

    munch

    nibble

    gobble

    pick at

    Vietname
    se
    5. Juxtapose the pair of sentences below and compare to state how explicit
    Vietnamese is compared to English in the translationally-equated pair of sentences in
    rank of sentence, clause, phrase, word, morpheme. (2 ms)
    Ti qua ti ng chc ca trc nga k trm.
    Yesterday I locked the door tightly to prevent burglaries.
    i) Use the figure below for the comparison of the two sentences in terms of rank scale
    Contrasted ranks
    Contrasted sentences

    Cl.

    Phr.

    Wd.

    Morph.

    Ti qua ti ng chc ca
    trc nga k trm.
    Yesterday I locked the door
    tightly to prevent burglaries.
    ii) Make a comment about about the explicitness of English sentence and the
    Vietnamese one:

    Ti /qua/ ti/
    /ng/ chc /ca /trc/ / nga /k /trm/.
    Yester/day/ I/ lock/ed/ the/ door/ tight/ly/ to/ pre/vent/ burglar/i/es
    English is more synthetic
    Vietnamese is more analytic
    6. Examine the sentences in the box on the box below and answer the following
    questions. (2ms)
    i) Identify the cause of error of transfer (lexical or structural) in the each of the
    following sentences;
    ii) Write the intended correct sentences in the box on the right.
    Erroneous sentences

    Cause of error of transfer

    Intended Correct
    Sentences

    My family has five people.

    Kind of error: lexical error


    C
    has

    There are five


    members/persons in my
    family.

    Although he was so tired,


    but he still kept working.

    -kind of
    error: ................................

    I lost two hours to finish


    this work.

    -kind of
    error: ................................

    I forgot my book at home.

    -kind of
    error: ................................

    I very like Coca Cola.

    -kind of
    error: ................................

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