Stages of second language acquisition
What is one of the Five stages of second language acquisition?
Silent/receptive, Early production, Speech emergence, Intermediate fluency, or Continued language development/advanced fluency.
What does the nativist theory suggest?
suggests that we are born with something in our genes that allows us to learn language.
What is another way of looking at language learning?
Another way to look at language learning is to treat it like learning a new skill.
The interactionist approach (sociocultural theory) combines ideas from ______ and _______ to explain how language is developed.
sociology and biology
What is two of the Five stages of second language acquisition? (ones not listed already)
Silent/receptive, Early production, Speech emergence, Intermediate fluency, or Continued language development/advanced fluency.
True or False:
Is the nativist theory the most well-known theory about language aquisition?
True
What does the learning theory of language acquisition suggest?
The learning theory of language acquisition suggests that children learn a language much like they learn to tie their shoes or how to count; through repetition and reinforcement.
In this theory how do children learn language?
Children learn language out of a desire to communicate with the world around them.
how long does the stage of Early production last in the 5 stages of second language acquisition?
About 6 months
It proposes that there is a theoretical language acquisition device somewhere in our brains that is responsible for what?
responsible for learning a language the same way the hypothalamus is responsible for maintaining your body temperature.
language arises from ______ and _____ response
stimuli, stimuli
What does language emerge form and is dependent upon?
Social interaction
During the 6 moths in early production what occurs during this stage?
during which language learners typically acquire an understanding of up to 1,000 words. They may also learn to speak some words and begin forming short phrases, even though they may not be grammatically correct.
If language was partly biological, it could explain what?
why humans seem to have far more complicated communication patterns than any other species .
What is one rule that a child is born with?
One rule that child is born with is that you can combine a noun and a verb to make a very simple sentence.
What does the interactions approach claim?
The Interactionist approach claims that if our language ability develops out of a desire to communicate, then language is dependent upon whom we want to communicate with.