Second Language Acquisiton Flashcards
1
Q
What are monolingual?
A
Knowing one language
2
Q
Stat on languages known?
A
More bi than mono 1999
2000 Chinese 5%
2009 Chinese 20%
3
Q
Outline some uk government policies
A
- MFL optional in English schools 2003
- when MFL not compulsory only 44% taken at GCSE 2009 (alevel 5%)
- 2014 MFL compulsory
4
Q
Critical period hypothesis?
A
After a certain age biologically impossible to learn L2 the same way as L1
L2 teaches reasoning and problem solving
5
Q
4 elements of language acquisition?
A
Input
Acquisition
Intake
Output
6
Q
What is input?
A
Linguistic data for processing
7
Q
What is acquisition?
A
Process of acquiring capacity for language
8
Q
What is intake?
A
What learners processes
9
Q
What is output?
A
What learners can say or write
