ELT - UNIT 1

 In order for a child to acquire a language, there should be _____________________________

• high affective filter

• interaction between the child and the caretaker

• no other language available for daily communication

 Why are children less constrained by affective filter?

• they are less self-conscious than adults

• they acquire language through imitation

• they lack empathy with L2 speakers

 A child tells her mother, "Grandpa comed home." The mother replies, "Grandpa came home?" And the child restates, "Yes, grandpa camed home." This example shows that _____________________

• a child acquires a language only through imitation

• adult correction in language acquisition may not be effective

• a child acquires a language only through imitation and reinforcement

 The simplified models of child-directed language produced by the adult interacting with the child is referred to as ______________________

• cooing

• interlanguage

• motherese

 The multiple word utterances produced by the child between 2 and 3 years of age are referred to as telegraphic speech because the child's speech at this stage ______________________

• has only content words

• has only function words

• has no grammatical inflexions

 A child acquiring many words used in building social relationships such as sorry, please, thank you, love you is said to have a/an_____________________

• referential style

• expressive style

• strategic competence

 _____________________ is the product of direct instruction of rules in a language.

• language acquisition

• language learning

• interlanguage

 Sometimes, a student of L2 develops a certain repertoire of L2 containing errors in L2 forms such as saying "I can't able to do it"  instead of "I am not able to do it". The student never corrects these errors and does not improve any longer. It can be said that ________________

• the student's interlanguage is fossilized

• the student has a strong element of unwillingness to produce L2

• the student is self-conscious and has a fear of embarrassment

 A second language learner of English aims to become a radio jockey in an English radio channel. So, she has a strong desire to achieve the proficiency required. This is an example of ______________

• integrative motivation

• instrumental motivation

• communicative competence

 According to Chomsky, humans are born with a _____________, an innate, biologically based capacity to acquire language.

• Language Acquiring Device

• Language Acquisition Device

• Language Acquisitive Device