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01. The view of first language acqusition (FLA) as represented in a model by Chomsky (1965) is the following: ? -> LAD -> G - What is the missing component?
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02. The capacity to understand and produce language is concentrated for most children in
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A. the left brain hemisphere
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B. both hemispheres
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C. the right brain hemisphere
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D. brain areas not investigated yet
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03. Interference is thought to be the result of
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A. Negative transfer
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B. Fossilization
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C. Backsliding
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D. Proactive inhibition
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04. Which personality feature is part of the Affective Filter Hypothesis?
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A. Anxiety
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B. Empathy
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C. Risk-taking
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D. Inhibition
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05. According to the Capability Continuum Model of SLA (Tarone 1988), we can predict that the use of the third person singular -s will be most frequent in the following contexts
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06. Chunks of language that are stored as complete or partially analysed units are called:
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07. A model of language that views L2 acquisition as involving a complex network of interconnections between units rather than rules is referred to as
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08. The process by which learners utilise discourse to help them construct structures which remain outside learners' competence is described as
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A. inferencing
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B. scaffolding
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C. paraphrasing
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D. hypothesis-testing
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09. Which theory of language acquisition accepts the notion of 'poverty of the stimulus'?
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A. Humanist
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B. Error Analysis
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C. Mentalist
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D. Neurofunctional
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10. The use of 'writed' in place of 'wrote' is an example of
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A. transfer
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B. interference
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C. overgeneralization
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D. overuse
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11. The vernacular is the style in which
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A. minimum attention is given to monitoring speech
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B. maximum attention is given to monitoring speech
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C. a learner uses the most comples linguistic forms
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D. a learner uses the least complex linguistic forms
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12. Speech patterns of New Yorkers were examined by Labov (1970). Which of the following models of competence did he use?
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A. homogeneous
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B. heterogeneous
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C. dual
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D. none of the above
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13. Indicate the one individual learner factor which can be modified?
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A. aptitude
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B. age
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C. learning style
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D. motivation
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14. Rate and success of SLA seem to be strongly influenced by the age of the learner. Snow and Hoefnagel-Hohle (1978) found out that Duth L2 learners who learnt most rapidly were in the following age group:
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A. 4 to 11 years
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B. 12 to 15 years
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C. 16 to 21 years
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D. over 21
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15. A field-dependent person can be characterised as
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16. A sort of defensiveness associated with increased self-consciousness which discourages risk-taking necessary for obtaining input is referred to as
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A. anomie
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B. alienation
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C. empathy
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D. inhibition
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17. Which of the following statements about the nature of "motherease" is not true?
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A. The way mothers talk to their children influences how correctly they use the language
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B. The way mothers talk to their children influences how rapidly they acquire the language
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C. Parents have a general idea of their child's linguistic ability
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D. One of the main functions of 'motherease' is language teaching
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18. In the process of inferencing a new rule is
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A. derived by means of transfer
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B. derived by means of overgeneralisation
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C. induced from the input
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D. induced from the output
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19. When the learner has a problem locating the required item but decides to persevere (waiting, using semantic field or other languages), he uses:
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20. Which of the following adjectives are marked?
(1) fast (2) slow (3) young (4) old
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A. (1) and (2)
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B. (3) and (4)
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C. (2) and (3)
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D. (1) and (4)
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21. Which of the following is not one of the typological universals?
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A. substantive
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B. implicational
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C. functional
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D. formal
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22. What prediction can you make about the transfer from L1 to L2? (M) Marked (U) unmarked. What is X and Y?
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A (X=U, Y=U)
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B (X=M, Y=U)
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C (X=U, Y=M)
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D (X=M, Y=M)
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23. Consciousness-raising is a type of instruction designed to make a learner aware of
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A. specific linguistic features
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B. the setting of the target language
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C. learners' needs
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D. the nature of language learning
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24. Carroll distinguishes four components of foreign language aptitude. These are the following abilities: phonemic coding, inductive language learning, rote learning and
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25. In Krashen's view aptitude pertains to
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26. According to Cummins (1979), cognitive academic language proficiency is part of
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A. LAD
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B. verbal intelligence
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C. FL aptitude
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D. cognitive organizer
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27. Conscious application of rules to produce and understand the L2 is referred to as
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A. induction
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B. elaboration
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C. deduction
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D. association
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28. The learner replaces one L2 form with another (poodle>dog). This is the example of an achievement strategy referred to as
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A. paraphrase
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B. substitution
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C. word coinage
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D. convergence
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29. Memory strategies are usually classified as
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A. direct
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B. indirect
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C. implicit
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D. explicit
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30. Which of the following statements is not true?
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A. Teachers low down their rate of speech when talking to learners
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B. Teachers use more self-repetitions with beginning learners
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C. Formal adjustments occur at all language levels
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D. Ungrammatical speech modifications occur at all language levels
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31. The error in the sentence 'The boy broked the window' is an example of
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A. omission
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B. addition
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C. misinformation
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D. misordering
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32. Which theory explains SLA in terms of the degree of social nad psychological distance between a learner and the target language group?
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33. Which of the following linguists views second language acquistion in terms of conversational strategies used to negotiate meaning in constructing a discourse?
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A. Corder
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B. Hatch
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C. Rutherford
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D. Ellis
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34. Which of the following linguists views second language acquistion in terms of a 'non-interface position'?
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A. Tarone
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B. Long
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C. Krashen
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D. Ellis
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35. Which of the following linguists views second language acqusition in terms of a 'variable competence model'?
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A. Chomsky
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B. Selinker
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C. Larsen Freeman
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D. Ellis
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36. The speaker-hearer's internalised grammar, according to Chomsky (1965), consists of
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A. a genetically endowed acquisition device
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B. a general cognivite mechanism
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C. mental representation of linguistic rules
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D. comprehension and production of language
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37. In mentalist theories of language acquisition, a set of innate linguistic principles which control the form which the sentences of any language can take are referred to as
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38. In which of the following statements is the incremental nature of child's language acquistion evident?
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A. Only homo sapiens is capable of language learning
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B. Language exists as an independent faculty
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C. The process of acquistion consists of hypothesis-formation
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D. Knowledge of the grammatical system is build up in steps.
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39. The term interlanguage is also described as
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40. According to Selinker (poprawione na Lenneberg), adult learners successfully achieve native-speaker proficiency by
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A. reactivating the latent language structure
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B. overcoming the age of resonance
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C. avoiding proactive inhibition
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D. employing communiaction strategies
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41. Language-learner language is permeable (Corder 1967), which means that it is
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A. predictable
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B. open to improvement
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C. idiosyncratic
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D. static
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42. The comprehension of the system of beliefs and values shared by the TL group participants is part of
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A. pragmatic competence
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B. acculturation
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C. situational context
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D. pidginization
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43. When a speaker uses a rule that belongs to an earlier stage of development, he is using a strategy know as
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A. evasion
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B. backsliding
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C. back-formation
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D. discourse repair
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44. The learner's ability to recover rules from memory and to use them spontaneously while processing utterances is known as
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A. channel capacity
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B. projection device
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C. cognitive style
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D. processibility device
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45. Which of the following statements about cognitive organizer is not true?
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A. It is part of the learner's processing system
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B. It is responsible for turning intake into output
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C. It operates subconsiously
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D. It is responsible for organising input into a system
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46. Some learners cease to develop while still short of target-language competence. This phenomenon is called
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A. amnesia
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B. atrophy
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C. aphasia
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D. fossilization
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47. Strategies that children use in L1 acquistion such as 'avoidance of exceptions' and 'rearrangement of linguistic units' (Slobin 1973) are referred to as
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A. item acquisition
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B. system learning
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C. operating principles
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D. parallel development
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48. What is accessibility hierarchy?
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A. The ranking of grammatical morphemes according to the accuracy with thich they occur.
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B. The ranking of grammatical morphemes according to when each morpheme is acquired
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C. The identification by the learner of a function performed by means of a particular form
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D. An implicational ordering of relative pronoun functions in terms of their degree of markedness
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49. The L2 knowledge of which a learner is unaware and which he cannot verbalise is called
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A. implicit
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B. explicit
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C. implied
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D. metacognitive
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50. The process by which speakers make their speech similar to their interlocutors' speech is referred to as
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A. divergence
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B. accommodation
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C. assimilation
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D. convergence