Key Concepts 1
Key Concepts 2
Key Concepts 3
Key Concepts 4
Surprise Questions
100

The sequence of first language development.

What is L-S-R-W?

100

Abbreviation for the Critical Period Hypothesis.

What is CPH?

100
To be more content than others to entertain and even internalize contradictory propositions.
What is Ambiguity Tolerance?
100

The argument that one's language is not merely a reproducing instrument for voicing ideas but rather is itself the shaper of ideas, the program and guide for the individual's mental activity.

What is Whorfian Hypothesis (Cultural relativism)?

100
Understanding the meaning of the message. "What" is said, not simply "How" it is said.
What is Language Acquisition?
200

The study of the system of sounds.

What is phonology?

200

Inserting words or phrases of one language into another. Example "Spanglish"

What is Code-Switching?

200

Putting yourself into someone else's shoes.

What is empathy?

200
This means Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills
What is BICS?
200

The ability to listen and understand the meaning through reading/listening vs. the ability to produce language through speaking/writing.

What is comprehension vs. production?

300

Your internal dictionary.

What is Lexicon?

300
Pre-Production - Silent Period Early Production -1 to 2 words Speech Emerges - Telegraphic Speech Intermediate Fluency - full sentences/engages in dialogue
What are the four stages of the Natural Approach?
300
Abbreviation for Content-Based Instruction; use of all resources avalible to teach language skills.
What is CBI
300
Means Cognitive/Academic Language Profeciency.
What is CALP?
300
Three conditions that are in place allowing students to "acquire" a language best.
What is Comprehensible Language, Stress Free Environment, and No Pressure?
400
The abbreviation for the Grammar Translation Method.
What is GTM?
400
Relating new information to already known material in a meaningful way.
What is Ausubel's Meaningful Learning Theory?
400
Tension, nervousness, uneasiness, self-doubt.
What is Anxiety?
400

A displayed sign that the teacher understood what a learner is trying to communicate.

What is cognitive feedback?

400

Memorizing multiplication facts vs. engaging with the content.

What is Rote Vs. Meaningful

500

A hypothetical brain mechanism that N. Chomsky postulated to explain how humans acquire language.

Language Acquisition Device (LAD)

500
Learning 10% of what we read only, 20% of what we hear only, 30% of what we see only, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what is discussed with others, 80% of what we experienced personally, and 90% of what we taught to someone else.
What is Glasser's View of Learning?
500
Introversion vs. Extroversion Sensing vs. Intuition Thinking vs. Feeling Judging vs. Perceiving
What is the Myers-Briggs four contrast styles of functioning?
500
Permanent incorporation of incorrect linguistic forms into L2.
What is Fossilization?
500
Two elements that make younger children better language learners than older students.
What is they are unaware of their mistakes and they are allowed to be silent?
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