Download OU BA 2nd Year 3rd Sem 4020 Conversational English 2019 Dec Question Paper

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B.A. (Vocational) II-Year III-Semester (CBCS) Examination, December 2019

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Subject: Communicative English

Paper - III: Conversational English

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

PART - A (20 Marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following questions

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1. Define 'Dialect'? Give examples
2. What are the different styles in communication?
3. What do you understand by 'Hieroglyphics'? Give examples.
4. Explain the process of communication?
5. What are the characteristics of a Dialogue?

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6. What is 'Regional Dialect'?
7. What are Registers in language?
8. Define 'Language'.

PART - B (60 Marks)

Answer the following questions.

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1. (a) Explain Mutual Intelligibility with relevant examples.
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   (b) Explain 'Code Switching' with relevant examples.
2. (a) Discuss 'Field of Discourse' in Register Variation.
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   (b) Explain 'Style of Discourse' in Register Variation.
3. (a) What, according to Charles Hockett, are the features of human communication?
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   (b) Attempt a brief history of Alphabetic writing.
4. (a) Explain the various aspects of visual communication.
   

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   OR
   (b) Explain audio-visual Communication with relevant examples.
5. Attempt a dialogue on the following topic
   a) You lost your passport. Request the passport officer to issue you a duplicate.
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   b) Discuss with your friend the precautions to be taken against viral infections.

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