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Objective Questions

1. What are the four basic skills for communication?
2. What is a quick reading to get the essence called?
3. What is the fifth skill necessary for communication?
4. What is the ability to speak more than two languages called?
5. In which stage of writing do you brainstorm your ideas?
6. Give an example of a formal request.
7. What kind of a conversation is this?
Tom: Hey, wassup?

John: I am dog-tired

8. What is the type of listening that needs voluntary effort from the part of the
listener called?
9. Which is the final stage of writing?
10. Name the process of converting a text from a source language to a target lan-
guage.

Answers

1. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
2. Skimming
3. Cultural awareness
4. Multilingualism
5. Prewriting
6. I would be grateful if you could lend me your book.
7. Informal
8. Active listening
9. Publishing
10. Translation

Assignments

1. Read a story or poem of your choice. Prepare comprehension questions for the
same.
2. Listen to a novel in audio format, and write down the major themes in it.
3. Construct a dialogue between friends who have been in far off places for study.
Enact the scene with the help of a friend.

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