Second Language Learning improves a child's understanding of his/her own native language.
Fact
100
Learning to arrange the ? in the correct order is probably one of the most important and useful things you'll learn after pronunciation and vocabulary.
Words
100
What does the Mexican holiday "El cinco de mayo" mean in English?
The fifth of May
100
What Indian group lived in Mexico?
Aztec, or Maya, or Toltec, or Olmec
100
Which of the following is true about language learning:
-It changes your personality
-Enriches and enhances a child's mental development
- Adult cannot learn language at all
Enriches and enhances a child's mental development
200
Second Language Learning is easier for smarter people.
False: Sure, it doesn't hurt, but Most language learning skills, are habits, which can be formed through a bit of discipline and self-awareness.
200
In Spanish the verb tells the action and often times ______________ performed the action.
Who
200
The holiday "El cinco de mayo" is a celebration of the Mexican army defeating what country?
France
200
Who claimed all of Central America for Spain?
Christopher Colombus
200
In what two ways does language learning help a person to grow:
-socially
-mentally
-physically
-emotionally
Socially and Mentally
300
Personal Prejudice does slow down language learning.
True:
A Canadian study found that Anglophones (English) holding prejudices against French Canadians often did poorly in French language learning, even after studying French for years as a mandatory school subject.
300
In Spanish the _____________ almost always comes before the adjective.
Noun
300
What is the largest Spanish speaking city in the world?
Mexico City
300
The ____________Canal is completed in 1914.
Panama
300
The ability to hear a second language is sharpest before the age of _____ .
three
400
People who are most comfortable with consistent grammar rules do best in language learning.
FALSE:
Language learning involves a lot of uncertainty – students will encounter new vocabulary daily, and for each grammar rule there will be a dialectic exception or irregular verb.
400
In Spanish the suffix "cion" follows root words that in English end with "_____"
What is "tion"
400
How do the seasons of the Northern Hemisphere compare to the seasons of the Southern Hemisphere?
They are reversed
400
In 1520 there were 300 _________ brought to Cuba to mine gold for Spain.
Slaves
400
Adults who learn second languages usually can speak the second language, but they almost always will have some recognizable non-native ______.
accent
500
Any small child will acquire native fluency in any language if exposed to it on a consistent basis, but this ability diminishes with time.
True:
In the overwhelming majority of individuals this natural ability to acquire spoken language without deliberate effort begins to diminish sharply at about the age of puberty (12-14 years of age).
500
In Spanish there never are _______________ in verbs because verbs are never joined this way.
apostrophes
500
How many countries speak Spanish as their principle language?
21
500
In 1531 Pizarro seeks to invade the ____________kingdom of South America.
Inca
500
Which of the following is not a benefit of language learning:
• Has a positive effect on intellectual growth.
• Leaves students with more flexibility in thinking, greater sensitivity to language, and a better ear for listening.
• Improves a child's understanding of his/her native language.
• Gives a child the ability to communicate with people s/he would otherwise not have the chance to know.
• Improves a child's emotional stability.