Complete the sentence
Guess the term
True or false
Answer
100

Some of the variables at play in SLA are ..... ( 3 at least)

AGE

COGNITIVE MATURITY

ENVIRONMENT

AFFECTIVE FACTORS/PERSONALITY

CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK

100

SYSTEMATIC COMPARISON OF THE LINGUISTIC SYSTEMS OF L2 AND L1 TO PREDICT POSSIBLE INSTANCES OF INTERFERENCE

CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS

100

Learners come to the task of SLA as blank slates

FALSE

100

Are interference and cross-linguistic influence the same?

No

Inteference is negative

200

Negation and question formation in SLA are.....................

almost identical to FLA. Where there are differences they can be attributed to L1

200

AVOIDANCE AND OVERUSE  are two examples of .................

NEGATIVE TRANSFER MISTAKES

200

The logical problem of language acquisiton is still an issue in SLA

NO- 

Fossilization

200

how do I+1 and modified input differ? 

modified input: changes in intonation, pace of delivery, lexis, simple grammar, etc


300

FOSSILIZATION happens when.............

the interlanguage stops developing 

300

The............................................contends that the nature of language in natives is fundamentally different from the nature of language in nonnatives , because the process of language acquisition is different in both cases.

FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE HYPOTHESIS

300

Krashen's model of SLA consists of 5 hypotheses that can be tested empirically

FALSE

300

What analogy do cognitivists use when refering to learning/ learning a language?

CAR


400

Some of the questions that researchers ask themselves when they study SLA are...................( mention 2 at least)

Are there developmental sequences in SLA too?

What role does the environment play in SLA? 


How much influence does the amount of exposure to target language have?How does instruction help SLA?

How much influence does error correction have? When/how much  should teachers correct ?

400

 .....................is the type of linguistic system used by second language learners who are in the process of learning a target language.

INTERLANGUAGE

400

The difference between SLA and FLA for cognitivists lies in the conditions under which language acquisition take place

TRUE

500

Some of the similarities between FLA and SLA are....................................( mention 2 at least)

Learners don’t acquire language overnight: STAGES/ DEVELOPMENTAL

There's a creative component in SLA too

Learners construct grammars along the process

500

In cognitivism, ......................refers to knowledge about a language, while ........................refers to knowledge of the language 

DECLARATIVE KNOWLEDGE

PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE

500

During the process of SLA learners first pay attention to form, not to meaning, because the processing capacity is limited. 

FALSE ( first meaning- then form)