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Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 3 (25 MCQs)

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1. It gave birth to stimulus-response (S-R) theory which strives to explain L2 learning as the acquisition of a set of structures through the process of habit formation
2. What is the running discourse style of speech used by children where no listener is directly addressed and the talk is focused on the child's activities called?
3. Stephen Krashen (1982) developed a series of hypotheses. The most relevant are:
4. Who coined this term?
5. A hypothesis claiming that the innate language faculty guiding L1 acquisition is no longer available after a certain age, making L2 learning fundamentally different.
6. The Interdependence Hypothesis made the case that L1 literacy was closely correlated with L2 _____
7. Who suggests children learn by imitating adults?
8. Juan Carlos an English teacher designed his lesson plan according, in the initial part, under two processes:assimilation and accomodation then he introduced the cognitive conflict. He applied the theory of Cognitive development by:
9. NCLB wanted ELLs to make adequate progress learning the language, learning content through the language and learning _____ the language
10. A difference between language acquisition and language learning is
11. Who is not a language acquisition theorist?
12. Which theorist coined a new set of functions for children?
13. It is an approach to language development that focuses on the relationship between language form and social meaning.
14. "I want" is an example of what function of language?
15. What ate the two kind of reinforcement?
16. Past the age of three, in this final stage of language acquisition, children now learn to use functional morphemes to change the meaning of the words they use.
17. It is the primary method of human communication
18. Which of the following statements best describe acculturation?
19. What is the first language level children learn?
20. Language is a system of conventional or written symbols through which human beings as members of social groups and participants in its culture, communicate.
21. Halliday's function for language that develops social relationships and ease the process of interaction _____ concerned with the phatic dimension of talk
22. Noam Chomsky and his theory about first language acquisition are around two main points. These are:
23. "Students do well in exams but face difficulty when using the language in everyday conversation"is the drawback of which method?
24. Which theory places significant importance on child directed speech?
25. "A change in human disposition or capability that persists over a period of time and is not simply ascribable to processes of growth."
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