First Language: Insights from Developmental Pyschology
First Language: Insights from Linguistics
Second Language Acquisition
We are Krashen some knowledge!
Schumann's Acculturation Model
100
What do children learn during the first year of language development?
Either the physical capacity for speech
or begin to babble
100
True/False:
Chomsky claimed that humans have a language acquisition device, a specialized area of the stomach designed for language.
FALSE
a secialized area of the BRAIN
100
True/False:
Second Language is acquired just like First Language
FALSE:
Second Languages are learned
100
How many interrelated hypotheses did Krashen have for his Monitor Model?
5
100
How many factors influence social distance?
8
200
At what year do children being to start developing individual words?
around 1 years old
200
Can you state one of the three "facts" about first language acquisition?
1) most children acquire a first language rapidly and without formal instruction.
2) They do this with a limited amount of evidence
3) They do it with limited feedback
200
What are the two keys of acquiring a second language?
1) regular contact with people who speak other languages
2) a need to communicate with those people
200
True/False:
According to Krashen, Learning is a subconscious process in which we focus on various aspects of the language.
False!
Learning is CONSCIOUS
200
Name 4 of the 8 factors that influence social distance:
At what age does a child start to put together two-word utterances? ie "Fish Swim"?
18 months
300
Complete the sentence:
Children never make the kinds of errors that would be __________? (Stromswald made this statement)
logical
300
Who would have investigated this question in regards to SLA?
"What role does previous knowledge, such as the first language, play in second language acquisition?"
psycholinguists
300
What does the Natural Order Hypothesis say?
Language is acquired in a natural order
300
What are the three factors that determine psychological distance?
Motivation, Attitude, and Culture Shock
400
True/False:
Infants that are exposed to sign language go through the same stages as babies exposed to oral language
True
400
What is the main claim Chomsky is trying to make in this section?
Chomsky claims that most of language is innate.
400
What is the definition of a morpheme?
smallest parts of words that carry meaning
400
Out of all Krashen's hypotheses, which one is considered to be his "key hypothesis"?
input hypothesis
400
True/False:
Assimilation involves losing one's primary culture and becoming "similar to " those of the target culture
True
500
During what age span do children's sentences become longer and more complex as their language approximates adult speech?
Between 2 and 3 years old
500
Although humans continue to learn vocabulary throughout their life, what are two things that are acquired early?
structures of phonology and syntax
500
Who was one of the biggest contributors to SLA in this chapter?
Krashen
500
Which theory is considered to be the most important for teachers?