Second Language Acquisition Theories

BEHAVIORIST PERSPECTIVE IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION is the theory related to

• Record and describe the developing grammars

  of young first language learners

• Memorize, followed by pattern

  drills for practicing verb forms and sentence structures.

• Language learning, in contrast, refers to the formal and conscious study of language forms and functions

• All the above

Stephen Krashen (1982) developed a series of hypotheses. The most relevant are:

• The Acquisition and Learning language.

• English pluralization.

• Learning creatively construct language.

• Behaviorist hypotheses.

Chomsky’s theories inspired psycholinguists to record and describe the developing grammars on

• Behaviorist Theory

• The Acquisition and Learning Hypothesis

• Innatist Perspective Language

• None of the above

What does comprehensible input mean?

• Extralinguistic information

• Challenging language in real and complex context

• Understanding language in natural communication

• Focusing on grammar

INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION works on

• The importance of output

• The importance of input

• Listening and understanding

• Natural conversations between native and non-native speakers

Acquisition is facilitated by

• Communication and not grammatical form

• Grammatical rules

• Topics

• Reading Books

What of the following theories are not part of "Second Language Acquisition Theories"

• BEHAVIORIST PERSPECTIVE IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

• INNATIST PERSPECTIVE IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

• KRASHEN’S FIVE HYPOTHESES

• GRAMMAR AND TRANSLATION HYPOTHESES

• INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

This image could be related to

• Output

• Input

• Speaking

• Reading

This image shows how the output language is developed

• True

• False

Chomsky and Khrashen developed important hypotheses about learning and language acquisition

• False

• True