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2nd Language Acquisition

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Noam Chomsky is the mastermind of...

a)

Generative linguistics

b)

Structuralism

c)

Social Studies

d)

Media and politics studies

2.

Principles & Parameters Theory emerged due to...

a)

Mathematical theory questions unanswered

b)

Solving an engineering equation

c)

The logical problem of language acquisition

d)

None of the options

3.

Language architecture consists in...

a)

theorizing how language is structured

b)

mind's well functioning

c)

imaginary skills

d)

how we understand verbs

4.

Language as a capacity of communicating effectively using finite means to create infinite statements is inherent to...

a)

All living beings

b)

Humans and some plants

c)

All animals

d)

Human beings alone

5.

The difference between Structuralism and Generativism is...

a)

The first focuses on describing languages so as the second

b)

The second focuses on explaining language behaviour as the first describes them

c)

Both approaches focus on social behaviour

d)

Generativism is older than Structuralism

6.

Linguistics principles are...

a)

Different among languages

b)

Common characteristics over all languages

c)

Not connected to language theory at all

d)

An old psychology theory

7.

Linguistics parameters are...

a)

not connected to language at all

b)

the same for all languages

c)

what differs among languages

d)

the ideal psychology theory

8.

The logical problem of language acquisition is...

a)

acquiring language is a problem

b)

how can a speaker know a language the way she knows?

c)

language is an easy thing to acquire

d)

not connected to language theory at all

9.

In Generative theory, innatism means..

a)

language is not a difficult task in second language acquisition

b)

language is something that only a part of humans can acquire

c)

we know everything

d)

every human being is genetically gifted with language acquisition capacity

10.

Knowing what differs among languages may help teachers to...

a)

focus on what learners need to acquire language

b)

to teach happily

c)

persuade students to study linguistics

d)

not teach language at all

11.

Native grammar in generative linguistics is...

a)

A theory about phonetics

b)

A grammar from a singular country

c)

The biological gift that enables humans to acquire a language

d)

A gramar book

12.

Linguistic Parameters are marked in languages and it may be as it follows:

a)

Positively/negatively

b)

They are not marked at all

c)

It depends on the theory

d)

Languages do not have parameters