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Writing is usually ...
- planned, static and conservative
- planned, static and innovative
- planned, dynamic and conservative
- unplanned, static and conservative
Using chunks of language in speaking aids ...
- grammatical accuracy
- the listener
- fluency
- appropriacy
Speaking is usually dynamic but writing is usually ...
- permanent
- conservative
- formal
- static
Speaking is usually ...
- unplanned, dynamic and decontextualised
- unplanned, dynamic and contextualised
- planned, dynamic and contextualised
- unplanned, static and contextualised
Something like 'Now, let me think about that for a minute' is a ...
- false start
- language chunk used as a filler
- hesitation technique
- colloquialism
Saying 'Good morning' to a shop assistant is ...
- transactional
- interactional
- informal
- formal
Writing an email to arrange a party time is a ...
- response task
- transaction
- interaction
Writing is conservative but speaking is often very ...
- innovative
- contextualised
- informal
- dynamic
Speakers use fillers and hesitation techniques because of ...
- audience pressure
- unfamiliarity with style
- preparation pressure
- time pressures
If I am on a ship and use the word 'starboard' instead of 'right', I am using language affected by ...
- register
- formality
- informality
- style