Language Development

Question 0

Communicative competence

Answer 0

• knowledge of grammar vocab discourse in specific situations
• knowledge of orthography
• understanding cultural context

Question 1

English sentence patterns

Answer 1

Subject+verb
Subject+verb+object
Subject+verb+complement
Subject+verb+indirect object+direct object
Subject+verb+object+complement

Question 2

Social functions of language

Answer 2

• Maintain control
• persuade,
• to amuse others,
• to inform

Question 3

Evolution of language variation

Answer 3

Language can change and evolve according to social class, political group, location, geographical areas, and different cultures.

Question 4

Influencing factors on discourse

Answer 4

• gender
• culture, education,
• age,
• location,
• social class,
• context of the discourse.

Question 5

Idiomatic expressions

Answer 5

A figure of speech in which the actual literal meaning of the word is not intended. Rather the expression is something that has evolved or entered common usage.

Example: kick the bucket means to die

If idiomatic expressions are translated directly into another language it probably doesn’t make any sense. To avoid confusion or offense idiomatic expressions must be taught or avoided when speaking to ELL’s.

Question 6

Language Registers

Answer 6

Conventionalized modes of creating meaning.

Question 7

Verbal/nonverbal sociolinguistic competence

Answer 7

Recognizing the appropriate language and or nonverbal communication for specific contexts

Question 8

Skill Acquisition Theory

Answer 8

Skill Acquisition Theory proposes that language learning, like other types of learning, develops in three phases of knowledge. Declarative knowledge is explicit, self-conscious knowledge about a topic, often rule-based. Procedural knowledge is implicit, and understands behavior when doing the action. Automatic knowledge arrives with near- perfect fluency, and is unconscious

Question 9

Code switching

Answer 9

When bilingual speakers move between two languages while speaking.

Question 10

Positive Affect

Answer 10

Positive affect includes confidence, motivation, low- levels of anxiety.

Question 11

Positive Transfer

Answer 11

Rules that applied to the native language can be applied to the second language.

Question 12

Negative Transfer

Answer 12

Rules that are used in a native language cannot be used or applied to the second language.