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factors affecting language learning

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

L1and L2 are compared and examined together to be able to predict learning difficulties in ... hypothesis

a)

interlanguage

b)

critical period

c)

contrastive analysis

d)

natural order

2.

... means an utterance that belongs neither L1 nor L2.

a)

contrastive analysis

b)

u shaped learning

c)

interlanguage

3.

as an example of ..., a child begins to use the verb ‘spoke’, subsequently, she may use instead ‘speaked’, and, later and finally, she again uses ‘spoke’.

a)

u-shaped learning

b)

interlanguage

c)

contrastive analysis

4.

Applying L1 rules to the target language can cause ... errors.

a)

interlingual

b)

intralingual

5.

when you learn sth wrong or incomplete ... errors can occur.

a)

interlingual

b)

intralingual

6.

In ... , some learners may consistently use simpler verb tenses in place of more challenging tenses. past cont. instead of using past perfect cont.

a)

simplification

b)

avoidance

c)

omission

7.

if someone adds "-s" to the word "man" to make it plural this would be an error of ...

a)

overextension

b)

overgeneralization

c)

misordering

d)

underextension

8.

... (also called “induced errors”) occurs when students have been over corrected, ironically pushing them to make new errors like a student who chooses not to use "the" as an article this occurs.

a)

false analogy

b)

overgeneralization

c)

hypercorrection

d)

misordering

9.

... occur when something has been around for a long time and that thing has been repeated over and over , which makes it hard to get rid of.

a)

mistakes

b)

errors

c)

fossilization

d)

interlingual error

10.

Children sometimes use words as ...; “fish ,” for instance, may refer to a variety of animals in the water as well as to fish

a)

underextension

b)

overextension

c)

overgeneralization

d)

addition

11.

... occurs when a categorical term (a word used to describe a group of things) is used in language improperly by only using it for one object instead of all objects that belong in that category.

a)

misordering

b)

overextension

c)

underextension

d)

misanalysis

12.

as in the example "The team is practicing now at the moment" .... error occurs

a)

addition

b)

misanalysis

c)

overextension

d)

overgeneralization

13.

There are children in that hospital here. is an example of error ...

a)

addition

b)

misordering

c)

substitution

d)

overgeneralization

14.

We need peaceful somewhere

a)

misordering

b)

misanalysis

c)

substition

d)

underextension

15.

When you use not exact word but a similar word for something ... occurs e.g for nudge to use touch

a)

coinage

b)

approximation

c)

circumlocution

16.

to make up a new word means...

a)

coinage

b)

approximation

c)

circumlocution

17.

When you want to say the word cardigan but you dont know and describe it like it has long sleeves and looks like a sweater ...

a)

circumlocution

b)

approximation

c)

coinage

18.

When you translate the word it is ... and when you just use the word as it is in native language it is ...

a)

literal translation- coinage

b)

language switch- literal translation

c)

language switch-coinage

d)

literal translation- language switch

19.

Student: I have came to school late yesterday.

Teacher: you came to school yesterday.

Choose the way the teacher corrects students mistake.

a)

repetition

b)

recast

c)

reformulation

d)

elicitation

20.

Student: I have came to school late yesterday.

Teacher: you HAVE CAME to school yesterday.

Choose the way the teacher uses to correct students mistake.

a)

Echo

b)

repetition

c)

recast

d)

reformulation

21.

Student: I have came to school late yesterday.

Teacher: you ... to school yesterday.

Choose the way the teacher uses to correct students mistake.

a)

echo correction

b)

elicitation

c)

recast

d)

clarification request

22.

Student: I have came to school late yesterday.

Teacher: not have came, with yesterday we need to say "came"

Choose the way the teacher uses to correct students mistake.

a)

recast

b)

metalinguistic feedback

c)

explicit correction

d)

clarification request

23.

Student: I have came to school late yesterday.

Teacher: Remember to use past simple with past time adverb like yesterday.

Choose the way the teacher uses to correct students mistake.

a)

explicit correction

b)

clarification request

c)

recast

d)

metalinguistic feedback

24.

Student: I have came to school late yesterday.

Teacher: Sorry?

Choose the way the teacher uses to correct students mistake.

a)

metalinguistic feedback

b)

clarification request

c)

explicit correction

d)

echo

25.

... learners often work well in teams as they tend to be better at interpersonal relationships. In the classroom

Activities that connect different parts of a lesson are useful for these learners. For example, learners can discuss what they know about a topic, predict content, or look at and listen to related material.

a)

field dependent

b)

field independent

26.

a ... learning style, which is defined by a tendency to separate details from the surrounding context. they tend to rely less on the teacher or other learners for support.

In the classroom, activities such as extensive reading and writing, which learners can carry out alone, are useful for them.

a)

field-independent

b)

field-dependent

27.

... motivation comes from within, while ... motivation arises from outside.

a)

extrinsic- intrinsic

b)

intrinsic-extrinsic

28.

Instrumental motivation refers to a practical or pragmatic reason for language study, for language learning include passing a language requirement, getting a monetary reward such as an increase in pay grade for language competence

a)

extrinsic

b)

intrinsic

c)

instrumental

d)

integrative

29.

... motivation refers to a favorable attitude toward the target language community, possibly a wish to integrate and adapt to a new target culture through use of the language

a)

extrinsic

b)

intrinsic

c)

instrumental

d)

integrative

30.

... are students who are by nature solitary, prefer to avoid groups, independent and confident in their own abilities; They are analytic and can impose their own structures on learning while ... are the students who prefer to emphasise learning about language over learning to use it and need an external source such as a handout or teacher to depend on.

a)

conformists- convergers

b)

convergers- conformist

31.

.. learners like to act independently and take risks as well as learning inductively and out of the class like everywhere while ... learners are classroom oriented and communicate in groups.

a)

concrete- communicative

b)

communicative concrete

32.

Feeling objects in the environment and sensing words through a writing instrument are appropriate for ... learners

a)

visual

b)

reflective

c)

tactile

d)

auditory

33.

Using gestures to represent key vocabulary words. Making puppets and presenting puppet shows. Designing graphics and creating artwork to represent story concepts are the activities for ... learners.

a)

kinesthetic

b)

visual

c)

reflective

d)

auditory