Deck 11: Language, Interculturality, and Global Citizenship

Question 1

Citizenship is linked to an individual's rights and obligations within a particular state or nation.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Global citizenship entails an awareness and commitment to societal justice.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Social responsibility entails concern for the environment and other people.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Concern about the welfare of the earth is referred to as global competence.

Question 5

Global citizens are not troubled by social injustice.

Question 6

Economic justice is concerned with the right to life and liberty.

Question 7

Protesting air pollution is a form of global citizenship activism.

Question 8

Language extinction refers to a process whereby endangered languages are saved.

Question 9

Global competence is sometimes known as multilingual competence.

Question 10

Intercultural communication skills include cross-cultural awareness and empathy.

Question 11

Cognitive flexibility is a trait associated with globally competent individuals.

Question 12

Intercultural effectiveness is sometimes referred to as intercultural competence.

Question 13

Personality strength is defined as the understanding of how people from different cultures behave.

Question 14

Culture-specific intercultural education broadly centers on the development of intercul-tural communication skills rather than the skills needed in a particular context.

Question 15

An intercultural speaker is basically an individual who can communicate with second language speakers using his or her first language.

Question 16

Intercultural citizenship promotes equality and multiculturalism.

Question 17

The notion of 'appropriate' intercultural communication is linked to how one's behavior is perceived by one's communication partners.

Question 18

In Byram's conception of intercultural communicative competence, discourse competence refers to one's ability to understand the social practices of people who have a different cultural background.

Question 19

Behavioral adroitness refers to the message skills and interaction management strategies employed by successful intercultural communicators.

Question 20

Most interculturalists maintain that attitude plays a very minor role in intercultural competence.

Question 21

Define global citizenship and discuss the traits and characteristics of global citizens.

Question 22

Identify and briefly explain the core elements in the global competence model.

Question 23

Define the term 'intercultural communicative competence' and describe the components associated with this construct.

Question 24

Explain what is meant by 'the intercultural speaker' or 'intercultural mediator'. Provide examples.

Question 25

Explain the difference between 'culture-specific' and 'culture-general' approaches to inter-cultural education. Provide examples of each.

Question 26

Briefly discuss the relationship between second language proficiency and intercultural competence.

Question 27

Several models of intercultural competence/sensitivity are discussed in the text. Choose one and describe its components.

Question 28

Identify and describe five requisite competencies for individuals in today's global society.

Question 29

Describe four ways to enhance one's intercultural competence and intercultural/global citizenry.

Question 30

Explain why intercultural competence is best viewed as a lifelong process.

Question 31

Within democratic states, _______________ involves _________________.

A) citizenship; a sense of belonging to a community
B) citizenship; the right to vote
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 32

In Morais and Ogden's conceptual model of global citizenship, the core elements are_____________.

A) global civic engagement, second language proficiency, and global competence
B) social responsibility, global civic engagement, and global competence
C) global consciousness, second language proficiency, and global mindedness
D) social responsibility, intercultural competence, and environmental awareness

Question 33

Instead of perceiving themselves as solely connected to a(n)________________, global citizens have _________________.

A) particular region or nation; a sense of belonging to a world community
B) specific country; no anxiety about how the world works
C) world community; an imaginative empathy for people far away
D) global community; no interest in local affairs

Question 34

The attributes of a global citizen include _______________.

A) respect for cultural difference
B) the wisdom to recognize the interconnectedness of all human beings
C) compassion for people who are suffering in other lands
D) all of the above

Question 35

______________ are concerned with the right to choose the language one speaks in public places, whereas _________ encompasses the shared values and attitudes necessary for peaceful coexistence among humans.

A) Linguistic rights; global ethics
B) Language rights; racial intolerance
C) Linguistic rights; economic justice
D) Language right; social justice

Question 36

Cassandra has decided to work for OXFAM after she graduates as she hopes to make a dif-ference in the world. Actively taking part in this developmental organization is an example of ______________.

A) intercultural competence
B) global citizenship activism
C) multiculturalism
D) global competence

Question 37

The process whereby a language that was once commonly used in a speech community gradually disappears is referred to as_________________.

A) linguistic extension
B) language death
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 38

Lily possesses ___________________, that is, she possesses an appreciation of the com-plexity in the world, has effective intercultural conflict management skills, and under-stands the interconnectedness between humans.

A) perceptual understanding
B) global competency
C) second language fluency
D) cultural knowledge

Question 39

Effective intercultural communicators display _______ (the ability to adapt to new situations), ______________(a strong sense of self and are socially relaxed), and _____________ (an understanding of how people of different cultures think and act).

A) personality strength; cultural awareness; psychological adjustment
B) cultural awareness; psychological adjustment; personality strength
C) psychological adjustment; cultural awareness; personality strength
D) psychological adjustment; personality strength; cultural awareness

Question 40

Max, a second language speaker of English from Botswana, is conversing appropriately and effectively in the language with Sam, an Australian first language speaker of English. According to Michael Byram, Max possesses __________________.

A) intercultural competence
B) intercultural communicative competence
C) global competence
D) global mindedness

Question 41

Isabella is taking an intercultural communication course in New York that focuses on Spanish culture since all of the participants will go to Madrid near the end of the semester. This is an example of ___________ to intercultural education.

A) a culture-specific approach
B) a culture-general approach
C) a holistic approach
D) a language-oriented

Question 42

A(n) _________________ is a foreign language learner who is able to successfully estab-lish an intercultural relationship with someone from another culture while using his or her second language.

A) intercultural mediator
B) intercultural speaker
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 43

________________ entails _________ with an international dimension and __________________ dimension in second or foreign language education.

A) Intercultural sensitivity; second language education; a social
B) Intercultural political competence; citizenship education; a political/citizenship
C) Global competence; second language education; a behavioral
D) Intercultural political competence; mobility; a multicultural

Question 44

Margarita, a second language speaker, possesses an advanced degree of intercultural com-petence. She is able to _________ with individuals who have a different cultural back-ground and she recognizes that all people are __________ and ___________.

A) interact; unilingual; globally minded
B) communicate effectively; complex; multidimensional
C) communicate appropriately; multilingual; diverse
D) interact appropriately; dynamic; unitary

Question 45

______________ refers to what a child needs to learn to be able to use his or her language appropriately in specific sociocultural settings.

A) Bilingual competence
B) Multilingual competence
C) Communicative competence
D) Intercultural competence

Question 46

For Byram, _______________ refers to an ability to use explicit criteria to evaluate prac-tices and products in one's own and other cultures.

A) skills of interpreting and relating
B) critical cultural awareness
C) intercultural attitudes
D) discourse competence

Question 47

_______________ requires positive emotion that allows people to be sensitive enough to respect cultural differences.

A) Affective sensitivity
B) Intercultural sensitivity
C) Both a and b
D) Neither a nor b

Question 48

An ______________refers to an orientation that is capable of understanding from within and from without one's own culture and other ways of being.

A) ethnocentric mindset
B) intercultural mindset
C) defensive mindset
D) sociocultural mindset

Question 49

Within the context of adult education, _______________ posits that adults who engage in __________ and ___________ may experience personal expansion.

A) the process model of intercultural competence; second language learning; tourism
B) transformational learning theory; critical reflection; self-examination
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 50

____________ in another country does not ensure ______________.

A) Spending a semester; interculturality
B) Education; interculturality
C) Second language learning; interculturality
D) all of the above