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Language Acquisition

This document contains a 12 question quiz about language acquisition theories. The questions cover various perspectives on how children learn language like behaviorism, constructivism and cognitivism. They also address debates around innate abilities and the role of environment in language learning. Key theorists discussed include Chomsky, Bruner and Krashen. Concepts like implicit/explicit learning and comprehensible input are also assessed.

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Language Acquisition

This document contains a 12 question quiz about language acquisition theories. The questions cover various perspectives on how children learn language like behaviorism, constructivism and cognitivism. They also address debates around innate abilities and the role of environment in language learning. Key theorists discussed include Chomsky, Bruner and Krashen. Concepts like implicit/explicit learning and comprehensible input are also assessed.

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NAME :

CLASS :
Language Acquisition
12 Questions DATE :

1. Children learn a language by imitating adults.

A Constructivist view B Behaviorists view

C Cognitivist view

2. Children can imitate sentence well due to the unaware vocabulary and structure,
so language acquisition cannot be alleged as a pure imitating.

A False B True

3. He came to the conclusion that children’s minds are not blank slates to be filled
by imitating language they hear in the environment.

A Stephen Krashen B Jerome Bruner

C Noam Chomsky D Jeremy Harmer

4. An example of a natural language acquisition is when kids are with an explicit


inherent ability able to discover the important rules of a language.

A False B True

5. Some scholars, innatists and interactionists, think language needs to be


unaltered to be acquired.

A False B True
6. Children need to hear sentences that they can understand without knowing a lot
about the language they’re trying to learn. This view can be refered to that

the language has to be meaningful the language must be adaptable for


A B
for the child. toddlers.

the language needs to be useful for a


C
kid.

7. We acquire a second language the same way we acquire our mother tongue.

A True B False

8. Some scholars have given fundamental importance to learner’s innate capacity


for language acquisition, while others insinuated the role of the environment.
What does innate mean?

A incidental B intuitive

C acquired D learned

9. Language acquirers are not usually aware of the fact that they are acquiring
language but are only aware of the fact that they are using the language for
communication. This can be best described as…

A All of the above B Knowing about

C Explicit learning D Picking-up a language

10. The natural environment, in which the acquisition appears, can be favorably
simulated by using real life activities taught in the target language.

A False B True

11. Teachers have to provide a comprehensible input to be able to facilitate the


successful acquisition. One of the necessary conditions for the input is that it has
to be beyond comprehensible level of acquirer’s competence (I + 1).

A True B False
12. Affective Filter Hypothesis deals with affective variables that influence second
language acquisition. Which of the following is not part of the variable?

A self-confidence B certainty

C motivation D anxiety
Answer Key

1. b 2. a 3. c 4. b

5. a 6. a 7. a 8. b

9. d 10. b 11. a 12. b

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