Theories of language learning- UAB summer course. Masats &Mont

1. 1. According to the video, Behaviorism suggests that language development is:

• a. innate and biologically programmed

• b. a process of receiving reinforcement and punishment

• c. a combination of nature and nurture

• d. primarily influenced by the environment

2. The nativist view, as described in the video, proposes that:

• a. language is learned through imitating parents

• b. there are universal features common to all languages

• c. language development is shaped by child-directed speech

• d. the environment plays a significant role in language acquisition

3. The video mentions that evidence supporting the nativist view includes:

• a. the speed at which children learn Language

• b. the similarities in language development milestones across different languages

• c. the existence of specific brain areas for language

• d. all three previous answers are correct

4. Interactionism suggests that:

• a. language is learned solely through reinforcement and punishment

• b. language development is innate and does not require interaction

• c. language development is a combination of biological and environmental factors

• d. All previous answers are not correct

5. According to the video, the interactionist view of language development is a "happy marriage" between the behaviorist and nativist views because:

• a. it believes that both nature and nurture continuously interact

• b. it ignores the role of the environment

• c. it focuses only on the biological factors

• d. it suggests that language can be learned without any exposure to one-to-one interaction

6. 6. Who believes that language develops as a result of the complex interplay between the uniquely human characteristics of the child and the environment in which the child develops and therefore children who are exposed to language in the absence of one-to-one interaction do not develop language normally?

• 6. Innatists

• 6. Interactionists

• None of them

• 6. Behaviourists

8. 7. Who believes that the acquisition of complex language seems to depend on children’s possession of some knowledge which permits them to process the language they hear and to go well beyond these and even beyond simple generalisation?

• 8. Interactionists

• 8. Innatists

• Constructivists

• 8. Behaviourists

7. 8. Who believes that children imitate the sounds and patterns which they hear around them until they form “habits” of correct language use thanks to receiving positive reinforcement (which could take the form of praise or just successful communication) for doing so?

• Constructivists

• 7. Behaviourists

• 7. Innatists

• 7. Interactionists

9. 9. Who believes that learners’ input should be unstructured, but made comprehensible by the teacher?

• 9. Behaviourists

• 9. Interactionists

• 9. Innatists

• Constructivists

10. 10. Comprehensible input is...