SLA - Language distance & Attitude Factor

Based on the language syntax , which learner would have it easier to acquire English as their L2?

• Chinese

• Indian

• Korean

Choose the correct pairing for the language and syntax .

• Chinese - SOV

• Tamil - SOV

• English - OSV

• Korean - SVO

All of these are correct about the language distance factor in acquiring L2, except for …

• The farther the distance between the L2 with L1, the more difficult it becomes for the learner to acquire the L2.

• Languages differ structurally to a certain degree and characterised by different degrees of linguistic distance.

• It is easy to determine the language distances between the languages.

• Languages may be similar in some aspects and differ in other aspects.

Learners will find it hard to study a language with comparable sentence structure and characters such as Malay and English.

• True

• False

Ellis (1985, p. 292) defines attitude as a collection of ideas regarding things such as the target language culture, their own culture, and, in the case of classroom learning, their teachers, as well as the learning task assigned to them.

• True

• False

Positive attitudes help language learners continue in learning new languages, but negative attitudes hinder learning.

• False

• True

Learners who learn effectively will not develop positive attitudes but learners with good attitudes obviously learn more.

• True

• False