Vocabulary
SLA
The Monitor Model
Shift in thinking
Other
100
This is the term for when speech consists only of the necessary, basic words for communication.
What is telegraphic?
100
An example of this would be when a child uses the word bear to refer to a stuffed cow, lion, bunny or pig.
What is overextension?
100
This theory states that language is acquired in a predictable order whether or not instruction is present.
What is the Natural Order Hypothesis?
100
This theory states that child SLA is similar to child L1 acquisition.
What is the L1=L2 hypothesis?
100
This is the number of years that it takes a child to acquire a second language.
What is 5-7 years?
200
This is the process in which children gradually reconstruct rules for speech they hear.
What is the Creative Construction Hypothesis?
200
When children are learning this their speech may be telegraphic (like a telegram).
What is syntax?
200
This theory states that learners can either acquire or learn language.
What is the Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis?
200
During the transition period, the field of SLA moved from a behaviorist approach to a more __________ approach
What is cognitive?
200
This was the focus of Jean Piaget's work
What is child development?
300
This test consists of 7 colored pictures. Questions are asked about the pictures. The test determines use of grammatical morphemes.
What is the BSM or Bilingual Syntax Measure?
300
“Neither THIS nor reinforcement is a sufficient explanation of a child's linguistic behavior.”
What is imitation?
300
This model says that language is both acquired and learned. The acquired part is responsible for speech. The learned part helps monitor what is said.
What is the monitor hypothesis?
300
The same theoretical explanations can explain many components of both of these fields of study.
What are language acquisition and second language acquisition?
300
When a child knows that a tree with no leaves is a tree but not that a tree with leaves is called a tree
What is under-extension?
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