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Applied Linguistics: First Language Acquisition (Part 2)
Test Description: How do people learn their native languages? Test your knowledge of three major First Language Acquisition Theories. ~~Mrs. Acevedo
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The Latin term TABULA RASA means
A
empty slate
B
set the table
C
raise your tablature
D
tablets at the ready
2) According to the Behavioral Theory,
A
language is an experiment.
B
language development is the result of imitation and feedback given by a teacher.
C
language simply emerges.
D
language development is directly related to cognitive development and social interactions.
3) BF Skinner and his followers are best known for insisting that
A
language learners do not need input from outside sources in order to learn a language.
B
children learn languages best through stimulus/response activities.
C
students pass through 4 competencies, collectively known as
D
students must learn how to monitor themselves so they can correct their own mistakes.
4) The linguist who suggested that children possess an innate ability to acquire language and termed it LAD was
A
Jean Piaget.
B
BF Skinner.
C
Noam Chomsky.
D
Dell Hymes.
5) The most important point of the Social Interactionist Theory of first language acquisition is that
A
at birth, one's brain is a tabula rasa.
B
children respond to stimuli provided by caregivers, so caregivers must interact with them.
C
learning is both biological and social.
D
langauge simply emerges because children's brains are programmed to learn via a LAD.
6) The Behavioral Theory of Learning tell us that, at birth,
A
babies cannot yet associate a stimulus to a response.
B
one's brain is completely empty, waiting for someone to input information, including language.
C
one's brain is completely full, containing all language structures from all languages.
D
babies can speak immediately if brought up under the correct conditions.
7) The Nativist Theory of First Language Acquisition tells us that, at birth,
A
one's brain is completely full, containing all language structures from all languages.
B
one's brain is completely empty, waiting for someone to input information, including language.
C
a person copies everything his caretakers say and do.
D
a person is not ready to form language.
8) The term NOVEL UTTERANCES means
A
certain words and phrases that are required for human communication.
B
new vocabulary a parent teaches a baby.
C
words, phrases, & sentences a language learner produces without ever hearing them before.
D
words a baby says correctly for the first time after extensive practice with the caretaker.
9) The flaw of Skinner's Behavioral Theory is
A
it couldn't explain how children come up with
B
critics have proven that LAD does not exist.
C
habits were not being formed.
D
it couldn't explain why people deprived of linguistic interactions can't fully develop language.
10) The flaw of Chomsky's Nativist Theory is
A
it couldn't explain how children come up with
B
it couldn't explain why people deprived of linguistic interactions can't fully develop language.
C
critics have proved that LAD does not exist.
D
habits were not being formed.
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