SLL - Unit 1

It has no immediate or necessary practical application, might be used later for travel or be required for school.

• foreign language

• first language

• second language

• target language

It is acquired during childhood

• target language

• second language

• first language

• foreign language

Which of the following properties is not related to "acquisition"?

• Natural communication

• Implicit

• L1

• Unconscious

Which of the following is a facilitating condition to learn an L2?

• Maturation

• Feedback

• L1 Knowledge

• Multilingual competence

___________ is defined as an individual's ability to acquire an L2. Like most cognitive attributes, it is hypothesized to be innate and relatively fixed.

• Working memory

• Social factors

• Motivation

• Language aptitude

Bilingualism is a cognitive phenomenon that does not affect the general cognitive development.

• True

• False

According to the Critical Period hypothesis, there is ______________ for learning a mother tongue, that is, a certain period within which it must be learned. After that point, the child will have serious difficulties acquiring the language.

• no time limit

• a time limit

What theory of learning do you associate to Pavlov?

What theory of learning do you associate to Chomsky?

What theory of learning do you associate to Piaget?