EDU 551 W2 Review of Key Terms

The endpoint of second (additional) language learning is highly variable depending on what two factors? (select two items below)

• personal characteristics of the learner

• observable effects of climate change on weather

• conditions of the learning environment

• marital status of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck

What is the comparative study of language structures in order to predict learner difficulties?

• relative clauses

• critical period hypothesis

• contrastive analysis

What is the name used to describe the evolving set of grammar rules inside the head of a language learner?

• sound discrimination

• interlanguage

• false cognates

This technique has been used since the 1970s as a way to analyze learner errors in usage in pursuit of gaining insights into learner interlanguage.

• sound production

• error analysis

• hooked on phonics

When applying error analysis, what term is used to describe student production errors that reflect differences between distinct languages?

• interlingual errors

• learner characteristics

• intralingual errors

When applying error analysis, this term refers to learner errors that are not tied to language differences but more reflect developmental stages to SLA.

• intralingual errors

• interlingual errors

• happy mistakes

These are reduced clauses (i.e., subject + predicate) that serve supporting functions in sentences such as adjectival, adverbial, etc.

• Santa claus

• Independent clauses

• Relative clauses

This is the learner's ability to perceive a sound difference that is phonemic (i.e., relevant) in the new language.

• sound production

• sound discrimination

• language acquisition device

This is the learner's ability to produce a sound distinction that is phonemic to speakers of the new language

• sound production

• phonics

• minimal pairs

These are two words that appear identical across languages but actually express very different meanings

• synonyms

• second cousins

• false cognates