Foreign Language Acquisition Strategies

Question 1

Metacognitive strategies (3)

Answer 1

Indirect strategies that require conscious control of the learning process by the individual.

A) planning
B) self-management
C) self-monitoring

Question 2

Cognitive strategies

Answer 2

Strategies that define how our cognitive resources are used when we undertake certain tasks, such as those associated with translation.

A) repetition
B) grouping
C) resourcing
D) summarization
E) substitution
F) elaboration
G) note-taking
H) inferencing
I) transfer
J) translation

Question 3

Other basic concepts in translation studies (5)

Answer 3

Formal and dynamic equivalence

Semantic and communicative translation

Adequacy and acceptability

Foreignization and domestication

Skopos = the principle governing the relationship between the ST and the TT is purpose or function of the TT in target culture

Question 4

Three categories of foreign language acquisition strategies, compiled by O’Malley & Chamot

Answer 4

1) metacognitive
2) cognitive
3) socioaffective