Category 1
A child learns English at school but continues to speak Spanish at home. What is this an example of?
Additive bilingualism
What is the group of theorists that believes humans are born with the ability to learn languages?
Innatists
What term describes the spoken and written language that learners are exposed to during their learning?
Input
What do we call the predictable stages learners follow when learning grammar structures?
Developmental sequences
Which is one of the most difficult skills to master after the critical period?
Pronunciation
There is a biologically determined time period during (theory) which language acquisition occurs most easily and naturally.
Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH)
A hypothesis that the foundations of and what you know about your L1 interfere negatively with the acquisition of your L2.
Contrastive analysis hypothesis (CAH)
What are the smaller units that are added to words to alter their meaning?
Grammatical morphemes
What is the area of linguistics studies how sounds are organized in a language and helps learners with pronunciation and understanding speech?
Phonology
What is the use of language in a natural polite manner? Teachers need to not only teach vocab but teach students how to use language in a social context?
Pragmatics
The psychologist known for his theory of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
Lev Vygotsky
What represents a learner's developing L2 knowledge, and this can include elements of their L1 as well. They are systematic as well as dynamic, changing as the learner gets more information.
Interlanguage
What concept describes why older kids (or adults) may benefit from more explicit grammar instruction?
Cognitive maturity
What is the motivation to learn a second/new language based on a personal desire to become more knowledgeable about the culture or community of a certain linguistic group?
Integrative Motivation
What is the term for using/adding a pattern that is learned to a context where it doesn't belong?
Overgeneralization
A student asks, “What kind of music eh you like?” And the teacher replies, “What kind of music do I like?” This is an example of what type of error correction?
Recast
What is the term for being able to use language differently depending on the person one is talking to or the environment they are in.
Communicative Competence
According to Krashen, what does the affective filter do?
obstructs language learning due to anxiety or tension
Second language instruction in which lessons are organized around subject matter rather than language points, is called?
content-based language teaching (CBLT)
I boughted you a gift yesterday. Is an example of…?
overgeneralization
What is the word for the pronunciation of words through rhythm and intonation most likely to affect someone’s ability to communicate and understand one another?
Suprasegmentals
Name the perspective each of the following are associated with: B.F. Skinner, Norm Chomsky, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotsky.
B.F. Skinner – The behaviourist perspective
Norm Chomsky – The innatist Perspective
Jean Piaget- Interactionist/developmental perspective
Lev Vygotsky - Interactionist/developmental perspective
A person who says it is always wrong to use a double negative in a sentence because that is a violation of the rules of English. Would be described as having what type of view of grammar?
A descriptive view
A baby is born into a family where both parents speak English and Farsi, and the child grows up speaking both languages. What term best represents this statement?
sequential bilingualism
Which theorist would say that we are all born innate linguistic knowledge. Consisting of a set of principles common to all languages (universal grammar).
Norm Chomsky