L1 and L2 Language Acquisition

Question 1

L1 and L2 Language Acquisition

Answer 1

L1 will refer to native languages, while L2 will refer to non-native or target languages,

Question 2

Natural Approach

Answer 2

Communicative approach that: Uses comprehensible input; Stresses low affective filter and uses meaningful, authentic communication/activities.

Question 3

Memorization

Answer 3

Memorization is the process of establishing information in memory. Relying on it for acquiring language skills will not give productive results.

Question 4

Categorization

Answer 4

Categorization is the act of sorting and organizing objects/things into different groups or categories by like attributes. Categorization is a critical foundational skill to work on with your verbal and non-verbal students for them to begin to understand similarities and differences.

Question 5

Generalization

Answer 5

A generalization is a statement made about a group of people or things. Some generalizations are valid, while others aren’t.

Question 6

Metacognition

Answer 6

It simply refers to an awareness or understanding of one’s own thought process in order to learn more successfully.

Question 7

First and second language effect

Answer 7

It has been found that the use of first language in the second-language classroom helps students make connections with their existing knowledge of the mother tongue, facilitating the process of understanding.

Question 8

Idiomatic expressions

Answer 8

An idiom is defined as “a phrase or an expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning”
Example: raining cats and dogs

Question 9

First language interference

Answer 9

Interference from a student’s native language is mostly in the form of pronunciation and sentence structure errors. Pronunciation mistakes are because spoken sounds or phonemes differ from language to language