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WorksheetsMidterm 1, Language acquisition
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
This term is used to define any language that is the aim or goal of learning.
Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
Second Language Learning (L2)
Target Language (TL)
The scope of Second Language Acquisition includes informal L2 learning and formal L2 learning
True
False
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.
True
False
The underlying knowledge of a language is called:
linguistic performance
linguistic competence
linguistic development
This type of language is not widely used in the learner's immediate social context but can be used for future travel contexts
second language
foreign language
library language
auxiliary language
Acquisition of more than one language during early childhood is called
simultaneous multilingualism
sequential multilingualism
This type of language is one which learners need to know for some official functions in their immediate political setting.
second language
foreign language
library language
auxiliary language
Psycholinguists emphasize the mental or cognitive processes involved in acquisition.
True
False
This occurs when a high school Guatemalan student takes a class in English as part of the pensum.
formal L2 learning
informal L2 learning
Second Language Acquisition is studied from which of the following perspectives:
linguistic and emotional
linguistic and speech development
linguistic, psychological and social
