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Question 1

Self esteem

Answer 1

Belief in one’s own abilities and worth as a person.

Question 2

American English

Answer 2

The variety of English spoken by people in the United States of America.

Question 3

Heurism

Answer 3

Learning through experience; heuristic language is language which enables a child to learn and to explore their environment.

Question 4

Nature

Answer 4

In this context, the inherited genetic and physical makeup of a person - for example gender and thin city are inherited and almost always fixed.

Question 5

Nurture

Answer 5

In this context, the sum total of all the environmental influences a person experiences - things like family environment and schooling are important features in nurture.

Question 6

Conditioning

Answer 6

A process whereby behaviour is changed or modified due to the repeated presence of a stimulus - repetition of the stimulus over time triggers a specific form of behaviour.

Question 7

Language Acquisition Device (LAD)

Answer 7

An innate system in the brain which allows the spontaneous development of language in a child from birth. NOAM CHOMPSKY

Question 8

Language Acquisition support system (LASS)

Answer 8

System of support from caregivers to children that helps them to acquire language and become sociable, according to BRUNER.

Question 9

Egocentric

Answer 9

Thinking only about oneself

Question 10

Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)

Answer 10

The gap between what a child can do by themselves and what they can do with the appropriate support.

Question 11

Initiation - Response - Feedback (iRf)

Answer 11

A pattern of discussion between teacher and student in which the teacher asks the student a question, the student responds, and then the teacher provides feedback on their answer.