This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Language Acquisition > Language Acquisition Theories – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Halliday's function for language used to influence the behaviour of others A) Regulatory. B) Interactional. C) Personal. D) Representational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regulatory. 2. When do children learn to ask questions? A) One word. B) Two word. C) Telegraphic. D) Post telegraphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telegraphic. 3. Chomsky's theories inspired psycholinguists to record and describe the developing grammars on A) Behaviorist Theory. B) The Acquisition and Learning Hypothesis. C) Innatist Perspective Language. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Innatist Perspective Language. 4. It is concerned with the acquisition, perception, and production of language. A) Linguistics. B) Sociolinguistics. C) Psycholinguistics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psycholinguistics. 5. It is the teaching about language use and its structure so that the student can speak the target language. A) Language acquisition. B) Grammatical competence. C) Language learning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language learning. 6. It explains the commonality of how children acquire language by learning rules in L1 which are presumed to be universal A) First Language Acquisition. B) Universal Grammar. C) Second Language Acquisition. D) Language Acquisition Device. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Universal Grammar. 7. Instructional material that contains meaning to the students is known as ..... A) Target language. B) Language Objectives. C) Scaffolding. D) Comprehensible Input. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comprehensible Input. 8. Who among the following proponents in language acquisition developed the Language Acquisition Support System or LASS? A) Jerome Bruner. B) Jean Piaget. C) B.F. Skinner. D) Noam Chomsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jerome Bruner. 9. "Learning is a process by which behavior is originated or change through practice or training." A) Cronbach. B) Kingsley and Garry. C) Pavlov, Ivan. D) C. E. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kingsley and Garry. 10. What is meaning relation? A) Two words together. B) The relationship between two words. C) The relationship between words in creating a sentence. D) Linking lexis and pragmatics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The relationship between words in creating a sentence. 11. The critical period for a person ranges from A) 2 to 7 years old. B) 5 to 18 years old. C) 5 to 12 years old. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 to 18 years old. 12. Which language level can we start studying at the two word stage? A) Lexis. B) Grammar. C) Phonology. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grammar. 13. According to Krashen, ..... is a subconscious process . A) Learning. B) Communication. C) Input. D) Acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acquisition. 14. There are ..... proficiency levels in the TESOL/WIDA Standards A) 2. B) 4. C) 6. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 15. How many types of behaviorism are there? A) There are 3. B) There are 5. C) There are 2. D) There are 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are 3. 16. What is parentese? A) The language caregivers and adults use around a baby. B) Mother Teresa's new charity. C) The language only a mother or father speaks to a baby. D) High rising terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The language caregivers and adults use around a baby. 17. Which statement is NOT the stage of child syntactic development? A) One-word stage. B) Two-word stage. C) Concrete operational stage. D) Telegraphic stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concrete operational stage. 18. Labeling, packaging, network building belong to this researcher's theory A) Vygotsky. B) Aitchison. C) Crystal. D) Piaget. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aitchison. 19. This theory holds that children learn their mother's tongue through their natural ability to organize the laws of language, but are only able to fully utilize this talent with the aid of other humans. A) Nativist. B) Cognitive. C) Behavioristic. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nativist. 20. The students' role is to construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences. A) Constructivism. B) Behaviorism. C) Functionalism. D) Structuralism. 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