SLA Theories & Teacher Education
Picking up a second language through exposure, spontaneous process of rule internalisation resulting from natural language use
Language acquisition
What is the international framework that describes language proficiency levels from A1 to C2?
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - CEFR
What is the concept in second language acquisition that suggests learners acquire language most effectively when input is just slightly above their current level?
i+1
What is the mental store of words and their meanings that a language learner has in their mind?
Mental lexicon
Which are the two skills that are of central importance in PELT?
Listening and Speaking
Which model of teacher education includes practice and reflection?
The Reflective Model
A method with a strong focus on form and translation
Grammar Translation Method
What is the evolving linguistic system that language learners develop, which is neither their first language nor the target language?
Interlanguage
This 3-step approach is used to support listening, viewing and reading comprehension. It helps to activate pre-knowledge, guides the receptive process and then goes beyond the text.
pre-, while- and post-activites
What is the belief in one’s own ability to succeed in specific learning tasks, including language learning?
Self-efficacy
This Learning Theory is based on habit formation and conditioning, imitation and practice, stimulus and response.
Behaviourist Theory
What is the language teaching method that uses only the target language in the classroom and was useds by Berlitz?
Direct Method
What is a corrective feedback technique where a teacher subtly reformulates a learner’s error without directly pointing it out?
Recast
What are the three dimensions of lexical knowledge (knowing a word)?
Meaning, Form, Use
What is a classroom activity where students must communicate with each other to complete a task because each has different pieces of information?
Information gap activity
What is the language acquisition theory that argues humans are born with a Language Acquisition Device?
Innatist Theory
What is the teaching method that emphasizes repetition, drills, and habit formation
Audiolingual Method
The hypothesis describes that we need to use the language in order to notice gaps, test hypotheses or automize language.
Output Hypothesis
A process in which you use background knowledge, context, and expectations to understand the meaning of what you read or hear.
top-down processing
What is the teaching framework where the teacher presents new language, students practice it in controlled activities, and then use it freely in communicative tasks?
PPP
It describes the gap between what a learner can do alone and what they can do with help from a more knowledgeable person. It’s where the most effective learning happens.
The zone of proximal development
What are the 4 dimensions of aims / competences in Thuringia's curricula?
Sach-, Methoden-, Selbst- und Sozialkompetenz
What is the position that claims explicit knowledge can become implicit knowledge through practice?
Interface Position (DeKeyser)
What is the teaching approach in which learners infer grammatical rules from examples rather than being given the rules explicitly by the teacher?
Inductive Approach
What are the three main stages in the process of oral speech production?
conceptualising - formulating - acticulating