T/F

Question 0

Children learn correct adult speech through correction and reinforcement

Answer 0

False

Question 1

Children learn correct adult speech by modelling their parents’ speech

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Without Motherese, children do not acquire fluent language

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Language development always follows a set biological and chronological pattern

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Second-language learners still have access to universal grammar

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The learning of a language and the acquisition of a language are, linguistically speaking, the same process/accomplishment

Answer 5

False

Question 6

For the average L2 learner, the monitor approach is of great benefit

Answer 6

False

Question 7

L2 acquisition follows a consistent natural order, just like L1 learning

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Aphasia is primarily the result of damage to the right hemisphere of the brain

Answer 8

False

Question 9

A “silent period” is a necessary and positive stage in L2 acquisition

Answer 9

True

Question 10

People “age out” and, at a certain age, become to old to learn an L2

Answer 10

False