4240 Quiz 1 Review

Chapter 12/13

100

True/False: A piece of evidence that children do not learn their first language by imitation alone is that they can resist correction by their caregivers.

true

200

Genie's case is cited as evidence for what phenomena?

-the monitor hypothesis

-the critical period

-overextension

-interlanguage

the critical period

300

There are two requirements for first language acquisition to successfully occur (p. 170). What are these requirements?

-physiological capability

-input and interaction

400

True/False: The Critical Period states that language is easier to acquire after a certain point in development.

False

SLA 1

100

Students studying English in Japan would best be described by which of the following acronyms: ESL/EFL

EFL (English as a Foreign Language)

200

Immigrants learning English in the US would best be described by which of the following acronyms:

ESL/EFL

ESL (English as a Second Language)

300

A language learner wants to learn a second language in order to take part in the social life of a community using that language and to become an accepted member of that community. This kind of motivation is called ________ motivation.

Integrative

400

In communicative language teaching, errors by second language learners are:

•  Always the effect of improper teaching
•  Always to be avoided
•  A natural result of the language learning process
•  Always to be corrected

A natural result of the language learning process

SLA 2

100

An immigrant has been living and working in the United States for several years. They use English on a daily basis at work. Despite ample opportunities to hear and speak English, they consistently fail to produce the third-person singular -s in their speech resulting in sentences like She work at the school and He wake up early every day. Which term best describes the situation above?

Fossilization

200

True / False: The grammar-translation method is currently supported by second language acquisition practitioners for developing communicative competence in second language learners.

False

300

_________ refers to using sounds, expressions, or structures from the first language while performing in the second language.

Transfer

400

In Spanish, plurals are marked by ­-s (e.g., 1 gato vs. 2 gatos) as they are in English (e.g., 1 cat vs. 2 cats). Spanish speakers learning English as a second language using -s to produce plural nouns is best described by which of the following terms:

Positive Transfer  /  Negative Transfer

Positive Transfer

SLA 3

100

In French, adjectives usually follow the noun they describe.   A French speaker learning English as a second language says, *The house green is beautiful. With respect to the placement of the adjective green, this is an example of what SLA phenomenon?

Positive Transfer   /   Negative Transfer

Negative Transfer

200

Regarding the components of communicative competence, we can say that sociolinguistic competence in second language learning is:

• The accurate use of words and structures
• The appropriate use of language based on the social context
• is the knowledge of how to produce and comprehend oral or written texts in the modes of speaking/writing and listening/reading respectively
• The ability to organize a message effectively and to compensate for communication breakdowns by means of communication strategies

• The appropriate use of language based on the social context

300

According to Krashen, motivation, anxiety, and self-consciousness are some factors that can impact the second language learning process. Which of the following hypothesis best describes the factors mentioned above? 

- Input Hypothesis

-Natural Order Hypothesis

-Monitor Hypothesis

-Affective Filter Hypothesis

Affective Filter Hypothesis

400

According to Krashen, there is only one thing required for fully acquiring a second language:

-comprehensible input

-living in a country where the L2 is spoken

-learning the language before the Critical Period

-grammatical competence

-comprehensible input