Does culture shock have a negative or positive influence on the psychological distance of a second language learner?
Negative influence
100
A SLA theory developed by Long (1983) that is reception-based.
Interaction Hypothesis
100
Involves identifying different parts of speech, such as nouns and verbs, and the rules of combining them into sentences. (Language as ....)
Language as Structure
100
What does SLA stand for?
Second Language Acquisition
200
What hypothesis claims that people acquire language in only one way - when they receive oral or written messages they understand?
The Input Hypothesis
200
Name one of the three main factors that determine the psychological distance of a second language learner.
Motivation, Attitude, and Culture Shock
200
Is focusing on meaning (semantic level) related to input or output?
Input
200
In one sentence, explain the Language as Mental Faculty approach to grammar.
Humans have an innate ability to construct rules that allow them to comprehend and produce utterances in any language. (Language is a built-in mental ability)
200
What does ELL stand for?
English Language Learner
300
What are two factors that may "clog" the affective filter that needs to be down in order to acquire language?
Anxiety, boredom, nervousness, being embarrassed, lack of focus.
300
What are three of the eight factors that influence the social distance of and ELL?
Social dominance, integration pattern, enclosure, cohesiveness, size, cultural congruence, attitude, and intended length of residence.
300
Is focusing on putting together sentences (syntax level) related to input or output?
Output
300
What are the three components of Language as a Functional Resource?
1. Field (what we are talking about)
2. Tenor (who we are talking to)
3. Mode (means of communication -writing, speech, etc)
300
Developmental psychologists focus on:
a) The Child
b) The Language
c) The Environment
a) The Child
400
Krashen's monitor model of second language acquisition is based on the theoretical linguistic research of what person?
Noam Chomsky
400
Does Schumann's theory focus on the external, social factors that lead to language acquisition or the internal, psychological processes?
External, social factors
400
What are two conditions and two outcomes of Van Lier's model of SLA?
Teaching only a few grammar rules that students can use to monitor output is associated with which approach to grammar?
Language as Mental Faculty
400
Sociologists, Anthropologists and Educators focus on:
a) The Language
b) The Child
c) The Environment
c) The Environment
500
The plural "s" morpheme is added to a word like "girl" to form "girls" comes earlier than the third-person "s" added to the word walk in "He walks."
What hypothesis is this an example of?
The Natural Order Hypothesis
500
What factor of social distance "refers to the power relationships between two groups. Social distance is greatest when one group dominates the other. Social distance diminishes if the two groups have roughly equal power in society."
The factor of social dominance
500
What is Krashen's argument about output in relation to SLA?
That output can't help us acquire new vocabulary or grammatical structures. One can't learn a new word simply by talking.
500
Who proposed the approaches to grammar (Language as Structure, Mental Faculty and Functional Resource) that are provided in the Freeman text?
Derewianka (2007)
500
True or False: Chomsky claims that humans have a language acquisition device, a specialized area of the brain designed for language.