The linguistics of Second Language Acquisition

How are the sounds we produce when we are speaking organized?

• They are systematically organized in ways we are completely unaware of.

• They are organized from the highest to the lowest.

• They are not organized

• None of the above.

What is language?

• Spanish

• The science that studies the mouth.

• The capability of working in a call center.

• Expressive dimension of culture

What are phonemes?

• An old phone.

• Speech sounds that make a difference in meaning.

• Speech sounds that do not make a difference in meaning.

• He was the father of morphemes.

(CA) is an approach to the study of SLA which predicts and explains learner problems based on a comparison of L1 and L2

• True

• False

Spanish: la paloma blanca ‘the dove white’; English: the white dove. Based on the previous comparison, select the right interference.

• Same form and meaning, different distribution

• Different forms, partial overlap in meaning

• Similar form, different meaning

• None of the above.

Error Analysis (EA) is not the first approach to the study of SLA which includes an internal focus on learners.

• True

• False

Who was called the professor of modern linguistics?

• CHOMSKY

• LADOS

• RAISA

• GREGORIO MENDEL

What do children commonly do when conjugating an irregular verb?

• Children overgeneralize the past tense, EXAMPLE: Goed, eated

• Have issues with additions.

• They do it correctly.

• Children overgeneralize the past tense, Example: Went, Ate, Gone

UG is the theory of the innate biological component of the language faculty?

• True

• False

Halliday's seven functions of language are also known as:

• Developmental functions

• 7 deadly sins

• The seven awesome functions.

• None