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Applied Linguistics: Second Language Acquistion (Part 1)
Test Description: Take this test to find out how well you understand the Second Language Acquisition Theories by Skinner, Chomsky, and Lenneberg.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What questions are SLA researchers interested in answering?
A
What role does a learner's first language play in learning a second language?
B
How do people learn second languages and what factors influence their learning?
C
Both questions are ones that SLA researchers are interested in answering.
D
Neither question expresses something SLA researchers are interested in answering.
2) What is the problem linguists who study Second Language Acquisition trying to figure out?
A
They try to figure out how people learn L2s & which factors help or hinder language learning.
B
They try to figure out the cultural dimensions of language learning.
C
They try to figure out how people learn their L1.
D
They rank & recommend the best language learning software programs available to date.
3) What did the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis postulate?
A
People learn to speak in a new language by participating in conversations.
B
Societal forces influence the outcome of language learning.
C
There are a number of structural aspects common to all languages across the world.
D
A learner's L1 could either facilitate or hamper learning sounds and grammar of a second language.
4) Identify the definition of positive transfer.
A
when a LL predicts how the TL works based on similarities bt. L1 and TL and prediction is correct.
B
when grammar or sounds of L1 get in the way of producing the TL's grammar or sounds.
C
an error that has become almost impossible to correct.
D
an error occurs because the LL predicts how the TL works w/o realizing that the TL and L1 differ.
5) Cognates
A
is the name of a pre-writing graphic organizer that shows two wheels with cogs working together.
B
are pieces of information students have learned and understood because they were ready to
C
are pieces of information students recognize.
D
are words that are related in form and in meaning to ones in another language.
6) What did the Universal Grammar Theory suggest?
A
A learner's L1 could either facilitate or hamper learning sounds and grammar of a L2.
B
Societal forces influence the outcome of language learning.
C
There are a number of structural aspects common to all languages across the world.
D
People learn to speak in a new language by participating in conversations.
7) When is the critical period or window of opportunity in the Critical Period Hypothesis?
A
both statements define the critical period
B
up to puberty for error-free grammar
C
up to about 6 years old for pronunciation without an accent
D
neither statement defines the critical period
8) Identify the definition of negative transfer.
A
when L1 is different from L2 i n some way, the difference hinders L2 learning
B
how L1 and L2 interact
C
when L1 is similar to L2 in some way, the similarity helps L2 development
D
An ELL whose native language is German thinks MUSIC in English is the same as MUZIK in German.
9) What is parameter re-setting?
A
a First Language Acqusition Theory concept
B
the brain expands its language parameters to include the marked and unmarked features of the L2
C
the act of going to another country and learning the language of that country there
D
learning a language as a youth, and then re-studying it in college
10) Identify the definition for marked features.
A
basic patterns or principles shared by all languages
B
language characteristics that are consistent with language universals
C
the language a LL produces during all stages of proficiency from beginning level up to fluency
D
language characteristics that differ from language universals
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