LANGUAGE 1 QNS
ACSEE-2015
         INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE
A) Describe the importance of Kiswahili in Tanzanian community by 5 points
b) Distinguish the following linguistic concepts
Bilingualism and multilingualism
Second language and foreign language
Sociolect and diglossia
Lear4ning and acquiring a language
Recording and identifying function of language
A) “language is a system” substantiate this statement by giving 5 points
b) appraise five factors which led to Kiswahili to rapidly become the first language in urban areas in Tanzania
A)  what is the communicative functions of each of the following utterances?
Down you go
What can I do for you?
I am fed up with you
A giraffe is a very beautiful animal with a long neck and a long front legs to enable it to reach the tallest branches of trees when feeding itself
The car wont start
I plead no guilty
You be Edna and I’m Odili
Andrew, stop
I bet you ten dollars
The stupid car wont start
b) explain how each of the following variables affects language use
Environment
Sex
Age
Medium
Status
LANGUAGE USE
A)  Elaborate on six important things that the interviewee has to know and do
b) state for qualities of a good interviewer
A) briefly describe 5 things that can cause barriers to listening
b) interpret the following phrasal verbs and make a meaningful sentence for each
Hold on
Crop up
Pull through
Get by
Book in
WORD FORMATION
A) distinguish extended morphemes from no extended morphemes
b)state the meaning of the following prefixes and compose one sentences for each
fore-
re-
tri
a-
arch-
sur
ex-
in
a)  Use the given words below to form five compound words and then make one sentence out of each: grind, colored, covered, reading, easy, glass, going, stone, acting, gold, plated, quick, silver, slow, talking, thinking, walled, working
b)point out the affixes  from the following words and say whether they are suffixes or prefixes, and then use each affix to form a different word
disloyal
decoration
illegal
decode
admitant
LANGUAGE USE

A)  Identify and elaborate on three types of translation methods
b) translate the following sentences into Kiswahili language by using communicative translation.
Juma is a lion
No gains without pain
All that glitters is not gold
A friend in need Is a friend in deed
Time is money
She kicked the bucket
Never leave a stone un turned
a)  elaborate on five characteristics of scientific translated text
b) describe five procedures for translating scientific texts