SLA Presentation

Multiple Choice

“The meanings of symbols in a language come through the tacit agreement of a group of speakers” refers to which nature of language:

• Symbolic

• Systematic

• Social

• Complicated

Multiple Choice

What information shows that Languages are social:

• Languages consist of recurrent elements that occur in regular patterns of relationships

• Languages have an infinite number of possible sentences

• Capacity for first language acquisition can not developed without interaction

Multiple Select

Which element presents the systematic characteristic of language? Choose two:

• the expressive dimension of culture

• rules or principles

• recurrent elements

• tacit agreement

Multiple Select

Which of the following areas of knowledge belong to syntax? Choose more than one.

• word meaning

• word order

• intonation

• agreement between sentence elements

Multiple Choice

inflections, prefixes, morphemes, and suffixes are the elements of ____________.

• lexicon

• morphology

• syntax

• discourse

Match

Match the following

• 1- Spanish: las palomas blancas ‘the (pl) doves whites’

  English: the white doves

• 2- Spanish: iré ‘(I) will go’

  English: I will go

• 3- Spanish: agua ‘water’ (as noun only)

  English: water (as noun “a glass of water”, verb “water the garden”, modifier noun “water meter”)

• 4- Spanish: pierna ‘leg of humans’; pata ‘leg of animals or furniture’; etapa ‘leg of a race or trip’

  English: leg (covers the scope of three different words in Spanish)

• 5- Spanish: asistir ‘to attend’

  English: assist

e- Same form and meaning, different dist

c- Same meaning, different form

a- Same meaning, different form and dist

b- Different form, partial overlap in me

d- Similar form, different meaning

• e- Same form and meaning, different dist

• c- Same meaning, different form

• a- Same meaning, different form and dist

• b- Different form, partial overlap in me

• d- Similar form, different meaning

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Collect a sample of learner language

• Identify errors

• Describe errors

• Explain errors

• Evaluate errors

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

CA was influenced by ...

• Structuralism and Metalism

• Behaviorism and Mentalism

• Structuralism and Behaviorism

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a characteristic of Interlanguage?

• Dynamic

• Complex form

• Systematic

• Variable

Multiple Choice

According to Morpheme Order Studies, the natural order in the grammatical development of L2 learners might differ due to different L1 backgrounds (e.g., Spanish, Chinese).

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT the Key Principle of Universal Grammar?

• Language-specific settings

• Innate Knowledge

• Shared Structures

• Learning Without Explicit Teaching

Multiple Choice

Who proposed the theory of “Universal Grammar”?

• M. A. K. Halliday

• Noam Chomsky

• Robert Lado

• Stephen Krashen

Multiple Choice

Is the statement “Language faculty is a set of pre-wired principles and limitations that shape the grammar of all possible human languages.” true or false?

• True

• False

Drag and Drop

Parameters are language-specific settings that ​

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across different languages, allowing for the diversity and variation observed in grammatical structures across languages.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

vary

stay unchanged

Multiple Choice

Is the question of “Why some language learners are more successful than others?” relevant for basic L1 acquisition?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Which pragmatic function of language is observed in infants who use language to fulfill their needs and desires, such as asking for food or comfort?

• Regulatory

• Interactional

• Instrumental

• Heuristic

Multiple Choice

What is the primary purpose of the regulatory function of language?

• To build and maintain social relationships

• To express individuality and personal identity

• To fulfill needs and desires

• To control or regulate the behavior of others

Multiple Choice

A child asking "Why is the sky blue?" is demonstrating which function of language?

• Interactional

• Heuristic

• Imagination

• Representational

Multiple Choice

Using language to create fictional scenarios, such as saying "Let's pretend we're pirates," is an example of which function?

• Regulatory

• Representational

• Interactional

• Imagination

Match

Match the following

• Nonlinguistic Stage -

• L2 Formula or Memorized Routine - Interactional

• Single L2 Word - Regulatory

• L2 Phrase or Clause - Interactional

• Complex L2 Construction - Regulatory

Pointing at an object

"Hi!"

"He! (Pointing out behavior)"

"You me play?"

"The teacher say that wrong!"

• Pointing at an object

• "Hi!"

• "He! (Pointing out behavior)"

• "You me play?"

• "The teacher say that wrong!"

Multiple Choice

According to the concept of markedness, which of the following statements is true?

• The word order SOV (subject–object–verb) is more common and thus unmarked compared to SVO (subject–verb–object).

• The preposition into is unmarked compared to the preposition in because it denotes location and directionality.

• The CV (consonant–vowel) syllable structure is unmarked because it occurs frequently in the languages of the world.

• Responding to the greeting "How are you?" with detailed information about one’s health is unmarked.

Multiple Choice

Which linguistic level is illustrated by the example of 'in' being unmarked and 'into' being marked?

• Phonology

• Vocabulary

• Syntax

• Discourse

Multiple Choice

Which level of information organization involves learners adding grammatical morphemes to the verb?

• Nominal Utterance Organization (NUO)

• Infinite Utterance Organization (IUO)

• Finite Utterance Organization (FUO)

• Proficient Utterance Organization (PUO)

Multiple Choice

As language skills advance, what tends to happen to the ratio of nouns to verbs in speech?

• It remains the same.

• Nouns increase over verbs.

• Verbs increase over nouns

• Nouns and verbs decrease.

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