Acronyms
TBLT
Task Based Language Teaching
Associated with UG
Chomsky
What are two types of learning that is in the scope of SLA?
Formal and informal learning
What is one principle of IP?
first noun principle
What are two components of communicative competence?
linguistic competence, sociocultural competence, pragmatic competence etc.
CLT
Communicative Language Teaching
Monitor Hypothesis
Krashen
What fields of research inform SLA?
linguistics, psychology, neuroscience,education
what are important principles within behaviorism?
stimulus and response, frequency, rapid error correction.
what is one method to collect data for SLA research?
corpus, eye-tracking, in class field research, surveys etc.
ESL
English as a second language
Input Processing
Van Patten
What is communicative competence?
the knowledge of language and how to use it in different situations
i (learner's current proficiency)
i+1 (a level just beyond learner's proficiency)
basic units of language representation. This is related to Usage Based Approach.
constructions
TL
Target language
This researcher defines practice as "repeated performance of the same (or closely similar) routines"
Dekeyser
How does motivation relate to SLA?
Answers may vary
exemplar based learning is related to which approach?
Usage based
What is an affective filter and why is this important for language learning?
the students' attitude and level of comfort. Low affective filter=more access to comprehensible input.
What is the difference between ESL and EFL?
ESL is the spoken language of the country, i.e. USA or UK.
EFL is when English is the foreign language of the country, i.e. China, Germany
Pavlov
Behaviorism
How is identity related to SLA?
Answers may vary
Which theory consists of three stages?
Skill Acquisition Theory
What is one method when researching IP? Why is this method used.
eye-tracking to see if participants eye movement is similar to native speakers.