This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Language Acquisition > Language Acquisition Theories – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 12 (11 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This theory claims that children's minds are not blank slates A) Nativism. B) Behaviourism. C) Cognitive. D) Interactionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nativism. 2. The principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture. A) Language. B) Language Acquisition. C) First Language Acquisition. D) Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language. 3. Which language skills develop first? A) There is no standard progression. B) Listening and Speaking. C) Reading and Writing. D) Listening must develop first. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listening and Speaking. 4. This stage takes place from eighteen to twenty-four months old. Once children have developed single word speech, they begin to pair groups of words together into mini-sentences and phrases. A) Two-word. B) Babbling. C) Holophrastic. D) Pre-talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two-word. 5. What is the first development stage of children's communication. A) Cooing and gurgling. B) Crying. C) Waving. D) Babbling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crying. 6. Bobby understands his world by grasping and sucking on readily available objects. Bobby is in Piaget's ..... A) Preoperational stage. B) Sensorimotor. C) Concrete operational. D) Formal operational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensorimotor. 7. What is the conclusion about the RIGHT theory of language acquisition? A) Only interactionism is accepted. B) There is only one correct theory. C) The theories are all incorrect. D) They all play an important role in the explanation of how language is acquired. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They all play an important role in the explanation of how language is acquired. 8. Stage from 24-36 months; when a toddler produces 3+ word sentences that don't have bound morphemes or function words A) Telegraphic Stage. B) Holophrastic Stage. C) 2-word stage. D) Protoword stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telegraphic Stage. 9. How many type of motivations are there? A) 1. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 10. Chomsky said that ..... A) Punishments influence the acquisition of language. B) Imitation and asociation influence the acquisition of language. C) Stimulus and reinforcement influence the acquisition of language. D) Nature and Nurture influence the acquisition of language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature and Nurture influence the acquisition of language. 11. How many factors are there in second language learning? A) 2. B) 6. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. ← PreviousRelated 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