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What part of speech names a person, place, or thing?
Is it Noun?
What figure compares two unlike things directly?
What is Metaphor?
Language is learned through imitation and repetition.
Is it Behaviorism?
“Learners are not parrots.”
What is Behaviorism?
The inborn system that makes language possible is called ________.
What is Universal Grammar?
What part of speech describes a noun?
Is it Adjective?
What figure uses like or as?
Is it Simile?
Humans are born with an innate capacity for language.
Is it Innatism?
“Rules alone cannot explain creativity in language.”
Is it Structuralism?
The “black box” proposed by Chomsky for language learning is the ________.
What is Language Acquisition Device (LAD)?
What part of speech shows action?
What is Verb?
What figure gives human qualities to non-human things?
What is Personification?
Language is a system of patterns that must be mastered.
What is Structuralism?
“Language cannot develop without social input.”
Is it Innatism?
Language learners must be exposed to language. This exposure is called ________.
Is it Input?
What part of speech replaces a noun?
What is Pronoun?
What figure uses exaggeration for effect?
What is Hyperbole?
Meaning is more important than correctness in communication.
What is Functionalism?
“Communication without form can lead to misunderstanding.”
What is Functionalism?
Krashen’s idea that input must be slightly above the learner’s level is called ________.
Is it Comprehensible Input (i+1)?
What part of speech describes a verb?
What is Adverb?
What figure combines opposite ideas?
What is Oxymoron?
Language learning is shaped by social interaction.
What is Interactionism?
“Too much focus on interaction ignores internal processes.”
What is Interactionism?
This explains how learners know which rules are possible and impossible
even without being taught explicitly.
What is Universal Grammar?