This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Language Acquisition > Language Acquisition Theories – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to Krashen, ..... is a subsconscious process while learning is conscious. A) Learning. B) Communication. C) Acquisition. D) Production Activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acquisition. 2. Which statement is TRUE about gestures? A) Gestures are used with spoken and written skills only. B) Gestures are a collection of body movements with little syntax. C) Gestures are specific to certain culture only. D) Gestures do form a true and complex language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gestures are a collection of body movements with little syntax. 3. It is best to learn a second language: A) In a classroom where you can focus on the grammar and receive help from a teacher. B) Through constant contact with native speakers in their own society. C) Both of the above approaches to learning are equally effective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through constant contact with native speakers in their own society. 4. He asserted that language development is related to cognitive development. The development of the child's thinking determines when the child can learn to speak and what the child can say. A) Ivan Pavlov. B) Noam Chomsky. C) BF Skinner. D) Jean Piaget. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jean Piaget. 5. The Zone of Proximal Development is between A) What the learner can do with help and what the learner cannot do. B) What the learner can do on their own and what they can do with help. C) What the learner can do with help and what the learner cannot do. D) Stress and calm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What the learner can do with help and what the learner cannot do. 6. This stage takes place from two to three years old. Over time, children begin to expand their two-word phrases into short sentences. A) Telegraphic. B) Holophrastic. C) Two-word. D) Babbling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telegraphic. 7. Acquisition is facilitated by A) Communication and not grammatical form. B) Grammatical rules. C) Topics. D) Reading Books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communication and not grammatical form. 8. 'Cat' being the name for the family pet, but not for other cats is known as: A) Semantic underextension. B) Morphological undergeneralisation. C) Semantic overgeneralisation. D) Morphological overextension. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semantic underextension. 9. The concept of automaticy best relates to whose theories? A) Trump. B) Piaget. C) Krashen. D) Cummins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Krashen. 10. The nonsense word bliply in the sentence "The plogs glorped bliply" must be which word class? A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 11. Which of the following is an example of a child modifying consonants to simplify pronunciation? A) Gog. B) Rabbit. C) Turtle. D) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gog. 12. It is the common language spoken by average citizen of a particular place. A) Vernacular. B) Lingua franca. C) Dialect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vernacular. 13. The following are factors that affect the Stages of Language Acquisition for ELLs, except ..... A) Age. B) Setting. C) Immersion Level. D) Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Technology. 14. This theory claims that the only requirement for L2 acquisition is access to comprehensible L2 input. A) Interaction Hypothesis. B) Input Hypothesis. C) Critical Period Hypothesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Input Hypothesis. 15. "Learning a language that is not generally spoken in the surrounding community"is the definition of ..... A) Learning in a 'foreign language' (EFL). B) Learning in a 'second language' (ESL). C) Acquisition. D) Acquisition Barriers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learning in a 'foreign language' (EFL). 16. What's different between first language correction and second language correction? A) Adults enjoy being corrected. B) Children see it as a game. C) Children are reluctant to be corrected. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Children are reluctant to be corrected. 17. The most useful term for describing the linguistic input to the language learning child is ..... A) Motherese. B) Infant-directed speech. C) Child-directed speech. D) Caregiver speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Child-directed speech. 18. The time frame where in Cognitive Psychology was created A) 1700s and 1800s. B) 1960s & 1970s. C) Early 1900s & 1940s & 1950s. D) 1980s, 1990s & early 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1960s & 1970s. 19. In this stage, children begins to connect two words together, perhaps three or four at a time. A) One-word stage. B) Teow-word stage. C) Telegraphic stage. D) Later Multi-word stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telegraphic stage. 20. Which statement is true about output? A) The language produced by an acquirer/learner. B) The language that the learner is exposed to. C) The general ability to use language accurately, appropriately and flexibly. D) The ability to use words and structures accurately. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The language produced by an acquirer/learner. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesLanguage Acquisition Theories Quiz 1Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 2Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 3Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 4Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 5Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 6Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 7Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 8Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 9Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books