Second Language Acquisition (Krashen)

Language learners improve in a language when they are given language input that is slightly more advanced than their current level.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Negative emotions, like embarrassment or fear, make a person less able to acquire a language. This notion belongs to the low affective filter.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Comprehensible input is more important in language acquisition than the language input being compelling.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Creating classroom environments that act intentionally to lower the affective filter will increase language development.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Jackson is from Korea, he enrolled in an English Academy in the Philippines. The academy was very rigid on using English only in school. Do you think language teaching and learning is effective for Jackson to acquire the English language?

• YES

• NO

Jennie (who is a Fil-Am) needs to take a Filipino 101 class as part of her curriculum. She was given a Filipino class intended only for foreigners. Do you think she will be an effective learner in this class where in fact Filipino is her second language at home?

• YES

• NO

Language Teaching can supply unconscious learning or implicit teaching.

• TRUE

• FALSE

If a student is only exposed to classroom drills and dialogues, they may acquire substantial mastery of classroom communication skills but can struggle to communicate in a natural language environment

• TRUE

• FALSE

The brain is especially ready to learn language in early childhood.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Over time, language learning simply becomes easier as one gets older it only requires more effort.

• TRUE

• FALSE