7) Second language acquisition

Question 1

What does the term “second language” refer to?

Answer 1

any language learned after one’s first language, no matter how many others have been learned

Question 2

What is the difference between second language learning and foreign language learning?

Answer 2

SLL is the process of acquiring a non-native language that is spoken by the community where the learner is living (e.g. native speaker of Japanese comes to US to study English), FLL is when the learner is not surrender by the community that speaks that language (e.g. American studies Japanese in US)

Question 3

What are the theories of second language acquisition?

Answer 3

behaviorism, comprehensible input + the natural order hypothesis, the interaction hypothesis, socioculturalism, universal grammar

Question 4

What is contrastive analysis hypothesis and to which theory does it belong?

Answer 4

it belongs to behaviorism, it says that differences between learner’s L1 and the L2 are the main source of difficulty for L2 learners

Question 5

What is the one area where contrastive analysis continues to be used?

Answer 5

when predicting pronunciation problems

Question 6

What is comprehensible input?

Answer 6

input in the target language that is slightly more advanced than the learner’s current level of ability; L2 learners need to be exposed to a special kind of input in order to learn the target language

Question 7

What is the natural order hypothesis about?

Answer 7

all learners, regardless of their L1, progress through the same stages of second language development and in the same order

Question 8

What is the interaction hypothesis?

Answer 8

suggests that second language development can be faciliated when learners attempt to communicate with other speakers in the L2

Question 9

What is “Universal Grammar”?

Answer 9

focus on innate linguistic knowledge, known as nativism, a work of Noam Chomsky

Question 10

Name some of the idnividual differences in second language acquisition

Answer 10

first language, age, gender, working memory, motivation, context of second language learning

Question 11

What are some process-related factors that all learners have in common?

Answer 11

attention, development sequences, fossilization

Question 12

Name same of the teaching methods of SLA

Answer 12

Grammar Translation approach, Direct Method, Audiolingual Methos, Community Language Learning, Silent Way, Natural Approach

Question 13

Which method of SLA was traditionally used to teach Greek and Latin and the end goal was not oral communication?

Answer 13

Grammar Translation approach

Question 14

Which SLA method emphasizes spontaneous oral interaction, inductive approach to grammar and emphasis on everyday vocabulary?

Answer 14

direct method

Question 15

Which SLA method emphasizes spoken language, inductively thaught grammar, and little or no explicit grammar explanation?

Answer 15

audiolingual method

Question 16

Which SLA method focuses on the social interaction and teachers are seen as counsellors rather than instructors providing warm, empathetic and nonthreatening environment?

Answer 16

community language learning

Question 17

Which SLA method sees learning language as a problem-solving and the teacher speaks only when necessary?

Answer 17

silent way