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Applied Liinguistics 2004

Question 1 of 50

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01. The phenomenon of carrying over the previously acquired knowledge to a subsequent learning situation is referred to as

Select one of the following:

  • A. interference

  • B. transfer

  • C. inhibition

  • D. overgeneralization

Explanation

Question 2 of 50

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02. According to behaviourist theories, what is the main obstacle to learning a foreign language?

Select one of the following:

  • A. avoidance

  • B. pattern imitation

  • C. habit formation

  • D. proactive inhibition

Explanation

Question 3 of 50

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03. Language used by native speakers when communicating with second language learners is called

Select one of the following:

  • A. baseline speech

  • B. modified input

  • C. caretaker speech

  • D. foreigner talk

Explanation

Question 4 of 50

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04. Which component of communicative competence is included in the models proposed by both Hymes (1970) and Canale and Swain (1980)?

Select one of the following:

  • A. grammatical competence

  • B. sociolinguistic competence

  • C. strategic competence

  • D. none of the above

Explanation

Question 5 of 50

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05.Which of the following is not a part of the model of communicative competence by Hymes?

Select one of the following:

  • A grammatical competence

  • B sociolinguistic competence

  • C strategic competence

  • D They are all included in the model

Explanation

Question 6 of 50

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06. Which of the following is not a part of the model of communicative competence by Canale and Swain?

Select one of the following:

  • A. grammatical competence

  • B. sociolinguistic competence

  • C. strategic competence

  • D. They are all included in the model.

Explanation

Question 7 of 50

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07. Krashen’s approach to L2 learning can be described as

Select one of the following:

  • A. the interface position.

  • B. a discourse theory.

  • C. a homogeneous competence model.

  • D. a dual competence hypothesis.

Explanation

Question 8 of 50

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08. Which of the following factors is a part of Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis?

Select one of the following:

  • A. anxiety

  • B. inhibition

  • C. risk-taking

  • D. none of the above

Explanation

Question 9 of 50

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09. . Krashen claims that the necessary condition to effectively monitor the L2 output is

Select one of the following:

  • A. lowering the anxiety level

  • B. focusing on form

  • C.focusing on meaning

  • D. overcoming inhibition

Explanation

Question 10 of 50

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10. The Group Embedded Figure Test (GEFT) measures the degree of

Select one of the following:

  • A. spatial intelligence

  • B. inductive language learning

  • C. field dependence/independence

  • D. cognitive analytic language proficiency

Explanation

Question 11 of 50

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11. The capacity to understand and produce language is concentrated for most children in

Select one of the following:

  • A. the left brain hemisphere

  • B. both brain hemispheres.

  • C. the right brain hemisphere

  • D. brain areas not yet investigated

Explanation

Question 12 of 50

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12. The capacity to understand and produce language is concentrated for most adults in

Select one of the following:

  • A. the left brain hemisphere

  • B. A. the left brain hemispheres

  • C. the right brain hemisphere

  • D. brain areas not yet investigated

Explanation

Question 13 of 50

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13. In relation to which factor does the Critical Period Hypothesis explain language acquisition?

Select one of the following:

  • A. age

  • B. aptitude

  • C. intelligences

  • D. cognitive style

Explanation

Question 14 of 50

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14. Which personality feature is not a part of the Affective Filter Hypothesis?

Select one of the following:

  • A. anxiety

  • B. self-image

  • C. motivation

  • D. inhibition

Explanation

Question 15 of 50

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15. According to Gardner and Lambert, the primary determinant of L2 proficiency is

Select one of the following:

  • A. aptitude

  • B. cognitive style

  • C. motivation

  • D. personality

Explanation

Question 16 of 50

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16. The way in which people perceive, conceptualize, organize, and recall information is called

Select one of the following:

  • A. cognitive style

  • B. learning strategies

  • C. hypothesis testing

  • D. field (in)dependence

Explanation

Question 17 of 50

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17. Krashen claims that the Monitor is the device that learners use most successfully when they have enough time to focus on form and

Select one of the following:

  • A. they know the rule

  • B. their level of anxiety is low

  • C. they use their acquired knowledge

  • D. they control the utterance before it is uttered

Explanation

Question 18 of 50

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18. Motivation that derives from the learner’s inherent interest in the learning task is called

Select one of the following:

  • A. integrative

  • B. instrumental

  • C. extrinsic

  • D. resultative

Explanation

Question 19 of 50

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19. Keefe describes cognitive, affective, and physiological behaviours that serve as relatively stable indicators of how learners perceive, interact with, and respond to the learning environment. This is a definition of

Select one of the following:

  • A. foreign language aptitude

  • B. learning style

  • C. personality domains

  • D. visual-spatial abilities

Explanation

Question 20 of 50

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20. Core rules are those that can be arrived at through the application of general, abstract principles of language structure. Core rules can be

Select one of the following:

  • A. only marked

  • B. only unmarked

  • C. both marked and unmarked

  • D. neither marked nor unmarked

Explanation

Question 21 of 50

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21. Carroll distinguished the four components of FL aptitude. Which type of ability is not a part of his definition of aptitude?

Select one of the following:

  • A. phonetic coding ability

  • B. rote learning ability

  • C. inductive learning ability

  • D. deductive learning ability

Explanation

Question 22 of 50

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22. Reid distinguished four perceptual learning modalities. One of them is called

Select one of the following:

  • A. interactional

  • B. sensory

  • C. kinaesthetic

  • D. receptive

Explanation

Question 23 of 50

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23. Which of the following learner cognitive factors/processes is characterized by the CALP/BISC distinction?

Select one of the following:

  • A. cognitive style

  • B. language style

  • C. language processing

  • D. learning ability

Explanation

Question 24 of 50

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24. The ability to notice and identify similarities and differences in grammatical form and meaning is referred to as

Select one of the following:

  • A. grammatical sensitivity

  • B. inductive ability

  • C. deductive ability

  • D. strategic competence

Explanation

Question 25 of 50

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25. Which of the following individual learner factors is modifiable?

Select one of the following:

  • A. intelligence

  • B. age

  • C. motivation

  • D. field (in)dependence

Explanation

Question 26 of 50

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26. A type of instruction designed to make a learner aware of specific linguistic features is called

Select one of the following:

  • A. cognitive awareness

  • B. consciousness raising

  • C. learner-centred instruction

  • D. pattern practice

Explanation

Question 27 of 50

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27. Tolerance of ambiguity is a dimension of

Select one of the following:

  • A. field dependence/independence

  • B. rote learning ability

  • C. language aptitude

  • D. cognitive style

Explanation

Question 28 of 50

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28. Borrowings from other languages (e.g. sauerkraut, sauna, saute) are referred to as

Select one of the following:

  • A. marked forms

  • B. unmarked forms

  • C. substantial universals

  • D. peripheral universals

Explanation

Question 29 of 50

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29. The learner replaces one L2 form with another (rose --> flower). This is an example of the achievement strategy referred to as

Select one of the following:

  • A. paraphrase

  • B. code switching

  • C. word coinage

  • D. substitution

Explanation

Question 30 of 50

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30. One item in L1 becomes two items in L2 (pożyczać --> borrow/lend). This is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • A. parallel distribution

  • B. coalescence

  • C. convergent phenomena

  • D. divergent phenomena

Explanation

Question 31 of 50

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31. Most L2 learners fail to reach target language competence because they stop learning at some point. This is referred to as

Select one of the following:

  • A. regression

  • B. backsliding

  • C. fossilization

  • D. inhibition

Explanation

Question 32 of 50

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32. Expressions which are learnt as unanalyzable chunks and employed on particular occasions are referred to as

Select one of the following:

  • A. simplification

  • B. formulaic speech

  • C. transitional constructions

  • D. idiosyncrasies

Explanation

Question 33 of 50

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33. Language directed at the learner is called

Select one of the following:

  • A. discourse continuum

  • B. primary data

  • C. input

  • D. intake

Explanation

Question 34 of 50

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34. Which theory explains SLA in terms of the degree of social and psychological distance between a learner and the target language group?

Select one of the following:

  • A. Accomodation Theory

  • B. Discourse Theory

  • C. The Acculturation Model

  • D. The Universal Hypothesis

Explanation

Question 35 of 50

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35. Which theory attempts to explain SLA in terms of the adjustments which speakers make to their speech during interactions?

Select one of the following:

  • A. Discourse Theory

  • B. Affective Filter Hypothesis

  • C. Accommodation Theory

  • D. Variable Competence Model

Explanation

Question 36 of 50

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36. Which view of SLA minimizes the role of the input?

Select one of the following:

  • A. behaviourist

  • B. mentalist

  • C. interactionist

  • D. none of the above

Explanation

Question 37 of 50

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37. Which view of SLA emphasizes the role of the input?

Select one of the following:

  • A. behaviourist

  • B. mentalist

  • C. interactionist

  • D. none of the above

Explanation

Question 38 of 50

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38. The knowledge a learner is unaware of and therefore cannot verbalize is referred to as

Select one of the following:

  • A. implicit

  • B. explicit

  • C. declarative

  • D. metacognitive

Explanation

Question 39 of 50

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39. In which of the following theories were grammaticality judgments the chief source of data?

Select one of the following:

  • A. Monitor Model

  • B. Variable Competence Model

  • C. Interlanguage Theory

  • D. Universal Grammar

Explanation

Question 40 of 50

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40. How do Dulay and Burt describe errors which do not reflect the first language structure but can be found in first language acquisition data?

Select one of the following:

  • A. as interference errors

  • B. as developmental errors

  • C. as ambiguous errors

  • D. as unique errors

Explanation

Question 41 of 50

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41. Tarone claims that we can predict that the L2 use of a particular linguistic feature (e.g. the 3rd person singular -s) will be the most frequent in the following contexts:

Select one of the following:

  • A. simple and careful

  • B. A. simple and vernacular

  • C. complex and careful

  • D. complex and vernacular

Explanation

Question 42 of 50

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42. Utterances such as ‘What you are doing?’ contain an intralingual error classified as

Select one of the following:

  • A. false concept hypothesized

  • B. ignorance of rule restriction

  • C. incomplete application of rules

  • D. overgeneralization

Explanation

Question 43 of 50

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43. In a surface structure taxonomy the utterance ‘What you are doing?’ is described as an error of

Select one of the following:

  • A. omission

  • B. addition

  • C. misinformation

  • D. misordering

Explanation

Question 44 of 50

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44. Utterances that are superficially well-formed but do not mean what the learner wanted to express are called

Select one of the following:

  • A. ambiguous errors

  • B. unique errors

  • C. covert errors

  • D. overt errors

Explanation

Question 45 of 50

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45. The term ‘local errors’ is used to refer to errors that affect

Select one of the following:

  • A. single elements in a sentence

  • B. overall sentence organization

  • C. the structure of a paragraph

  • D. overall coherence of the message

Explanation

Question 46 of 50

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46. In Bialystok’s model of SLA, implicit linguistic knowledge can be derived from explicit linguistic knowledge through

Select one of the following:

  • A. inferencing

  • B. language exposure

  • C. functional practising

  • D. formal practicing

Explanation

Question 47 of 50

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47. Ellis’s and Tarone’s models of SLA are based on the notions of

Select one of the following:

  • A. 'acquisition' and 'learning'

  • B. 'input' and 'interactions'

  • C. ‘attention’ and ‘planning’

  • D. 'declarative' and 'procedural knowledge'

Explanation

Question 48 of 50

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48. ‘Capability continuum’ is a set of

Select one of the following:

  • A. overlapping stages of interlanguage development

  • B. structures in the sequence of the U-shaped behaviour

  • C. morphemes that reflect the natural order of acquisition

  • D. speech styles ranging from formal to vernacular

Explanation

Question 49 of 50

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49. Conscious application of rules to understand or produce the second language is the strategy of

Select one of the following:

  • A. inferencing

  • B. deduction

  • C. induction

  • D. resourcing

Explanation

Question 50 of 50

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50. Inferencing is a strategy used in the process of

Select one of the following:

  • A. simplification

  • B. overgeneralization

  • C. hypothesis formation

  • D. hypothesis testing

Explanation