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