Characteristics of L2 Learning & Acquisition
What are the four orientations of teaching?
Grammar-based orientation
Communicative orientation
Empiricist orientation
Rationalist orientation
What was the grammar-based orientation founded by? (2 answers apply)
Psychology and traditional grammar
What is the purpose of language learning?
communication
TRUE or FALSE- This orientation is one of the oldest orientations.
False. It is one of the two current orientations.
These three methods have been used primarily with adults during the rationalist orientation.
What is Silent Way, Community Language Learning, Problem Posing?
This orientation comes from Chomsky's work.
What is rationalist orientation?
TRUE or FALSE-
Learning the grammar of a new language helps students learn the grammar of their primary language.
True
The communicative orientation gave rise to the ______________ of teaching.
Direct Method
The process of systematically showing differences between the phonology, morphology, and syntax of two languages.
What is contrastive analysis?
In this method, the teacher facilities interaction month the students in the same way that a counselor would work with a counseling group.
What is Community Language Learning?
These THREE factors claim that there is a critical period for language acquisition.
Neurological
Cognitive
Affective
Grammar-based orientation believed that it was important to excercise what?
What is different parts of the brain?
TRUE or FALSE- Children can acquire a first language naturally. Therefore, the classroom should focus on providing intense interaction in the second language.
TRUE
What method was based on empiricist orientation? (Two answers may apply)
Audio-lingual Method (ALM)
Notional Functional Approach
In this method, the teacher listens to the students to find out their concerns and problems.
What is problem posing?
TRUE or FALSE- the social context does not affect the level of language acquisition.
FALSE. The social context DOES affect the level of language acquisition.
What method is associated with grammar-based orientation?
Grammar Translation Method
Cummins and Garcia argue that language acquisition and bilingualism are promoted by...
A lesson that might be on time expression, or on making apologizes rather than present tense is an example of which method of empiricist?
What is silent way?
The presence of certain kinds of errors that persist in the speech of adults second language learners is called...
What is Fossilization?
Students study the _______ and _______ of a language during the grammar translation method.
Grammar, Vocabulary
In a direct method class, is translation allowed?
No
The empiricist orientation is based on _______ and ________ linguistics.
behaviorist psychology, structural linguistics
These two methods are used to teach k-12 emergent bilingual students.
What is Total Physical Response and Natural Approach?