Acquiring Knowledge for L2 use

Type of activity which only functions in processing input is

• Receptive activity

• Productive activity

• supportive activity

• Cooperative activity

The first priority for second language activities in interpersonal competence is

• Speaking

• Writing

• Reading

• Listening

Here are the types of knowledge contribute to effective use of context for vocabulary learning according to Nagy (1997) EXCEPT...

• Linguistics knowledge

• World knowledge

• Strategic knowledge

• Social knowledge

Here are the examples of derivational affixes, EXCEPT…

• Unkind

• Friendly

• Gives

• Happiness

Which of the following shows an example of different syllable and word positions between English and other languages?

• English speakers often reduce vowels in unstressed syllables to an indistinct schwa may find it difficult differentiating between the final unstressed vowel of hermano ‘brother’ and hermana ‘sister’ in Spanish.

• An initial consonant /sk/ in English school is not found in Spanish syllable structure, so Spanish L1 speakers may pronounce the word as two syllables, /es-kul/,

• European L1 speakers have trouble perceiving and producing distinctive tones in Chinese words because they use different voice pitches in a sentence and phrase intonation.

• Arabic L1 speakers produced a longer duration between /p/ and /b/ in English L2 even though Arabic does not have a similar /p/ and /b/ distinction.

The grammatical structures between interpersonal competence and written academic text differ in several characteristics. Which of the following are the types of interpersonal competence, EXCEPT?

• The use of simple sentence

• The use of contracted forms

• Mostly written in complex sentence with formal vocabulary

• The use of interjection

___________ competence encompasses knowledge required of learners who will use the L2 mostly in face-to-face contact with other speakers, whereas ____________ competence encompasses the knowledge required of learners who will use the L2 mostly as a tool for learning, research, and scholarly exchange.

• Speaking/academic

• listening/interpersonal

• Academic/personal

• Interpersonal/academic

Receptive activities, such as ____________ and_____________, function primarily in processing input. The ability for productive activities, such as ____________ and ____________, usually follows the development of receptive ability.

• listening, reading/speaking, writing

• listening, speaking/reading, writing

• writing, listening/reading, speaking

• academic, linguistic/interpersonal

Which is not a component of language knowledge.

• lexicon

• word structure

• sound system

• integrative

Draw a timeline of the process to understand L2 (listening)