Developmental Sequence
Transfer/
Interference
Overgeneralizations/
Simplification
Cognates
100
The order in which certain features of a language are acquired in language learning. Also called stages.
What is developmental sequence?
100
The influence of a learner's first language knowledge in the second language.
What is transfer?
100
The result of trying to use a rule in a context where it doesn't not belong.
What is overgeneralization?
100
A word in one language that resembles a word in another language and has the same meaning.
What is a cognate?
200
T or F: All children move through the developmental sequence at the same pace and in the same order.
False
200
A learner developing a second language who still has characteristics of their first language evident when using the second language.
What is interlanguage?
200
Leaving out elements of a sentence.
What is simplification?
200
Occurs when words in one language appear similar to words in another language, but have different meanings.
What is a false cognate?
300
Name a type of developmental sequence.
What is Questions, Negation, Possessive determiners, Relative clauses, Reference to past, and Grammatical morphemes
300
T or F: When learners reach a certain stage and perceive a similarity to their first language, they may linger longer at the stage.
True
300
Learner's perception that a feature in the target language was so distant and different from their first language that they preferred not to try it.
What is avoidance?
400
If a child said: "He don't like it. I don't can sing." What type of developmental sequence is this?
What is negation?
400
A hypothesis that assumes that errors are the result of transfer from the learner's first language.
What is contrastive analysis hypothesis?
400
If a child said: "buyed" instead of "bought". What is this an example of?
What is overgeneralization?
500
If a person said: "Me working long time. Now stop." What type of developmental sequence is this?
What is reference to past?
500
If a child said: "I no me like see television." What is this an example of?
What is transfer?
500
If a child said: "I go today. He go yesterday." What is this an example of?
What is simplification?
500
Words that are "borrowed" and have been adapted from other languages.
What is international vocabulary?
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