Language acquisition

Question 1

three types of bilingualism

Answer 1

Simultaneous
Child successive
adult second language learning

Question 2

bilingual receive

Answer 2

quantitatively less input but qualitatively different input

Question 3

At 6 years

Answer 3

most infants can understand when a language is foreign

Question 4

0-6 months

Answer 4

cooing= nasal with typically palatal velar closure

Question 5

6-12 months

Answer 5

babbling= repetition of syllable like patterns

Question 6

10-months

Answer 6

word production starts

Question 7

Advantage of know a word in two languages

Answer 7

it becomes easier to accept that there may be more than one word for an object in a single language

Question 8

Bilingual children are

Answer 8

better at learning another language
earlier readers
better metalinguistic awareness
understand other points of view 
better focused attention
switch between tasks better

Question 9

By 9 months

Answer 9

Babies can recognise sound combinations in their own language

Transitive verbs express relationships between two things

Question 10

Around 2 years

Answer 10

Infants can learn with little prior knowledge

Question 11

Adult feedback

Answer 11

usually about the message not the language
children resist instruction most of the time
many aspects of language are too hard to explain

Question 12

children can learn a language due to two factors

Answer 12

nature and nurture (environment)

Question 13

Why is interaction the best form of learning a language

Answer 13

It involves keeping awareness on two things but also paying attention

Question 14

Caregivers speech involves

Answer 14

motherese involves: slow speech rate
wider pitch range
hyper articulation
repetition

Question 15

Imitation can help with

Answer 15

learning utterances and words

Question 16

Imitation doesn’t help with

Answer 16

productive application of grammatical patterns

Question 17

Error patterns show what?

Answer 17

That children learn through a structures rule based system

Question 18

I you learn a second langauge at 0

Answer 18

you are a 2L1

Question 19

…AT 1

Answer 19

early successive

Question 20

…4

Answer 20

L2 child

Question 21

L2

Answer 21

8 years old

Question 22

In L2 acquisition

Answer 22

learners are cognitively more mature
already have a language in place
may fossilise
may experience attrition ie lose properties of their L1

Question 23

Critical period hypothesis

Answer 23

There is a biological basis for learning a language; the ability to learn a language develops within a fixed perios

Question 24

Some languages are…

Answer 24

easier to learn than others

Question 25

Spontaneous language acquisition

Answer 25

engaging implicit learning processes

adult learners don’t get as much data

Question 26

Conscious language acquisition

Answer 26

engages explicit leanring mechanisms

adults get metalinguistic explanations