WorksheetsLinguistics of SLA
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
lexicon
vocabulary
phonology
sound system
morphology
word structure
syntax
grammar
A false cognate or "false friend" is a word that:
Has a similar meaning but different form
Has a similar form but different meaning
Stabs you in the back
Has the same form and meaning
Error Analysis differs from Contrastive Analysis by (choose 3)
looking at actual errors learners make
trying to predict errors that learners will make
less emphasis on teaching concerns
greater emphasis on underlying rules of languages
Noam Chomsky's grammar rules were
descriptive (what native speakers say)
prescriptive (what native speakers should say)
Reorder the following steps for analyzing learner errors
collect a sample of learner language
identify the errors
describe the errors
explain the errors
evaluate the errors
Which is not a problem with error analysis as a procedure?
It doesn't show what L2 learners have acquired
Learners may avoid using difficult structures
It is hard to know for certain why an error was made
It only works when languages are closely related
What is the "logical problem of language learning"?
learners have to have input before they are able to produce langauge
learners use the same processes to learn their L2 as their L1
learners are able to produce more than they've ever heard or been taught
learners have to take a foreign language to graduate high school
Which factors are important in L2 acquisition, but don't matter for L1 acquisition?
attitude
social context
gold stars
motivation
Which two interfaces are the most challenging for L2 learners?
lexical
pragmatic
grammatical
semantic
How are Functional Approaches different from the earlier approaches and Universal Grammar?
Functional approaches focus on how language is used
Functional approaches focus on vocabulary and grammar
Functional approaches focus on how learners learn
Functional approaches focus on differences between L1 and L2
