SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION1

Question 1

What is the theory in which the learner discovers the potential meaning of language by participating in communication?

Accepted Answer

Discourse theory

Question 2

Did Swain develop the "Monitor Model"??

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

This theory talks about children come into this world with very specific innate knowledge of the nature of language.

Accepted Answer

Nativist.

Question 4

The Generativism studies??

Accepted Answer

Sentence structure

Question 5

How many main theories have been proposed to explain the acquisition of the L1?

Accepted Answer

Three

Question 6

This theory talks about children come into the world as blank slates and are influenced by the environment.

Accepted Answer

Behaviourist

Question 7

Who of these authors belong to the "Sociolinguistic Model"??

Accepted Answer

Shumann, Andersen, Giles and Byre

Question 8

This theory joins the role of the environment with the learner's innate knowledge.

Accepted Answer

Developmental

Question 9

The Pragmatics studies??

Accepted Answer

Communication.

Question 10

The Structuralism studies??

Accepted Answer

Word structure.

Question 11

According to Krashen "Learning" is a(n)

Accepted Answer

conscious process

Question 12

Are "input" and "intake" similar??

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Generative paradigm is focused on?

Accepted Answer

Grammatic rules.

Question 14

Which of the next conceps is not related to "strcturalism"?

Accepted Answer

Generativism

Question 15

"Acculturation" is a definition made by??

Accepted Answer

Schumann (1978)

Question 16

Who developed the "Generativism"??

Accepted Answer

Noam Chomsky

Question 17

The "Neurofunctuonal Theory" refers to the function and actual anatomy of the brain??

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

According to Krashen "Acquisition" is a(n)

Accepted Answer

unconscious process

Question 19

Ferdinand de Saussure is considered the founder of modern linguistics.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Are "L1" and the "Mother Tongue" the same??

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 20