Topic 6

By 19th century linguistic excellence was based on

• written language

• oral language

• both written and oral language

Audio-lingualism belongs to the

• Traditional grammar

• Generative grammar

• Structural grammar

• Functional grammar

The current approach on language involves

• Audio-lingualism

• Grammar-translation method

• The communicative language teaching

"Children learn by copying"

• Imitation and reinforcement

• Innateness or innatism

• Cognition

Who stated that "children are born with an innate capacity for language development thanks to their "Language acquisition device" (LAD)"

• Skinner

• Chomsky

• Piaget

• Krashen

The natural order hypothesis was stated by

• Krashen

• Skinner

• Piaget

• Chomsky

Usually, L1 is learnt under _______ conditions, while L2 is learnt under _______ ones.

• natural ; artificial

• natural ; natural

• artificial ; natural

• artificial ; artificial

Repetition model takes place in both L1 and L2 acquisition

• True

• False

Errors in L1 are as common as errors in L2.

• True

• False

Both learners (L1 & L2) need to be exposed to as much comprehensible input as possible.

• True

• False