SLA Basics

By what age do most babies only recognize (and babble in) the sounds of their speech community?

• 6-8 months

• 8-10 months

• 10-12 months

_______ is what happens when a child uses her analytic system to apply a rule which results in non-target-like language use.

• Grammar Translation

• Behaviorism

• Overgeneralization

According to Chomsky, why must humans have a "Language Acquisition Device"?

• Because ALL children learn their L1 completely at about the same speed.

• Because children know things about their language that nobody taught them.

• Because "motherese" is not a good, grammatical model.

• All of the above.

Which of these is probably the most common language-teaching method?

• The Silent Way

• The Audiolingual Method

• Total Physical Response

• Grammar Translation

Which of these does Japanese not have?

• Adjectives

• Prepositions

• Postpositions

• Adverbs

Different L1s (first languages) will affect the __________ of an L2 (second language).

• interlanguage

• affective filter

• order of acquisition

• speed of acquisition

Which of these is (generally) TRUE about adult L2 learners?

• They don't learn from corrective feedback.

• They don't require interaction in order to learn language.

• They have well-developed metacognitive strategies.

• They don't mind being corrected.

In general, children learn 2nd languages faster than adults.

• True

• False