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Midterm 1, Language acquisition

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This term is used to define any language that is the aim or goal of learning.

a)

Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

b)

Second Language Learning (L2)

c)

Target Language (TL)

2.

The scope of Second Language Acquisition includes informal L2 learning and formal L2 learning

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Formal learning happens when a foreign child goes to an English speaking country and "picks up" the language by playing and attending school with native speakers.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The underlying knowledge of a language is called:

a)

linguistic performance

b)

linguistic competence

c)

linguistic development

5.

This type of language is not widely used in the learner's immediate social context but can be used for future travel contexts

a)

second language

b)

foreign language

c)

library language

d)

auxiliary language

6.

Acquisition of more than one language during early childhood is called

a)

simultaneous multilingualism

b)

sequential multilingualism

7.

This type of language is one which learners need to know for some official functions in their immediate political setting.

a)

second language

b)

foreign language

c)

library language

d)

auxiliary language

8.

Psycholinguists emphasize the mental or cognitive processes involved in acquisition.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

This occurs when a high school Guatemalan student takes a class in English as part of the pensum.

a)

formal L2 learning

b)

informal L2 learning

10.

Second Language Acquisition is studied from which of the following perspectives:

a)

linguistic and emotional

b)

linguistic and speech development

c)

linguistic, psychological and social