Chapter 14: second language

What is second language learning?

• the process of developing ability in another language, after L1 acquisition
• the gradual development of ability in a first or second language by using it naturally in communicative situations
• The experience with an L2 is fundamentally different from their L1 experience and it is hardly conducive to acquisition.
• emotional reactions such as self-consciousness or negative feelings that may influence learning

what does the grammar- Translation Method mean?

• the traditional form of language teaching, with vocabulary lists and sets of grammar rules
• a mid-twentieth century approach to language teaching, with repetitive drills used to develop fluent spoken language as a set of habits
• approaches to language teaching that are based on learning through using language rather than learning about language

what does the audiolingual method mean?

• the traditional form of language teaching, with vocabulary lists and sets of grammar rules
• a mid-twentieth century approach to language teaching, with repetitive drills used to develop fluent spoken language as a set of habits
• approaches to language teaching that are based on learning through using language rather than learning about language

what does communicative approaches method mean?

• the traditional form of language teaching, with vocabulary lists and sets of grammar rules
• a mid-twentieth century approach to language teaching, with repetitive drills used to develop fluent spoken language as a set of habits
• approaches to language teaching that are based on learning through using language rather than learning about language

''using sounds, expressions and structures from the L1 while performing in an L2'' is called...?

• Transfer
• Interlanguage
• Motivation

''the language produced by L2 learners contains a large number of “errors” that seem to have no connection to the forms of either the L1 or L2'' is called...?

• Transfer
• Interlanguage
• Motivation

''the use of a feature from the L1 that is similar to the L2 while performing in the L2, in contrast to negative transfer'' is described as?

• Negative Transfer
• Instrumental motivation
• Positive transfer
• Integrative motivation

''the use of a feature from the L1 (that is really different from the L2) while performing in the L2, in contrast to positive transfer'' is described as?

• Negative Transfer
• Instrumental motivation
• Positive transfer
• Integrative motivation

''the desire to learn an L2, not to join the community of L2-users, but to achieve some other goal, in contrast to integrative motivation'' is described as?

• Negative Transfer
• Instrumental motivation
• Positive transfer
• Integrative motivation

''the desire to learn an L2 in order to take part in the social life of the community of L2-users, in contrast to instrumental motivation '' is described as?

• Negative Transfer
• Instrumental motivation
• Positive transfer
• Integrative motivation