Children are born with a

language acquisition device

Learning is understood in terms

 of habit formation (imitation,

repetition, practice, reinforcement)

Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis has been

criticised as many mistakes in the L2 cannot

be explained based on the mother tongue

Behaviorism was a prominent theory of

language learning from the 1930 to the

1960s with B. F. Skinner as a central

representative

All languages share common

features (principles). Parameters

distinguish languages from each other

Chomsky’s Theory has been criticised

for ignoring needs and attitudes of

individual learners

Language learning = active and

creative process of analysing

language and inferring

rules supported by the LAD

Children learn language

through copying

True

False

It is an emotional barrier

that can affect learning

You can lower a learner‘s affective

filter by creating a relaxed learning

atmosphere

If someone’s filter is low, the input

will not reach the LAD

If someone’s filter is high, the input

will not reach the LAD

Part of the lesson which focuses

on imitation and repetition

The difference between the functions

 individuals can carry out by themselves

and those they carry out with the help of

an expert

Area in the brain where language

learning takes place

Current proficiency in a

foreign language

Point out what is important

Model other ways of doing the task

Simplify the task by

breaking it down into smaller steps

All of them

True

False