Applied linguistic 2001

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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
  • A. Primary Linguistic Data
  • B. Universal Grammar
  • C. General Cognitive Mechanism
  • D. Linguistic Competence

Pregunta 2

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02. The capacity to understand and produce language is concentrated for most children in
Respuesta
  • A. the left brain hemisphere
  • B. both hemispheres
  • C. the right brain hemisphere
  • D. brain areas not investigated yet

Pregunta 3

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03. Interference is thought to be the result of
Respuesta
  • A. Negative transfer
  • B. Fossilization
  • C. Backsliding
  • D. Proactive inhibition

Pregunta 4

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04. Which personality feature is part of the Affective Filter Hypothesis?
Respuesta
  • A. Anxiety
  • B. Empathy
  • C. Risk-taking
  • D. Inhibition

Pregunta 5

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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
Respuesta
  • A. simple and careful
  • B. simple and vernacular
  • C. complex and careful
  • D. complex and vernacular

Pregunta 6

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06. Chunks of language that are stored as complete or partially analysed units are called:
Respuesta
  • A. formulas
  • B. prototypes
  • C. illocutionary acts
  • D. vertical constructions

Pregunta 7

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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
Respuesta
  • A. processibility theory
  • B. the Modularity Model
  • C. parallel distibuted processing
  • D. Parameter-setting model

Pregunta 8

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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
Respuesta
  • A. inferencing
  • B. scaffolding
  • C. paraphrasing
  • D. hypothesis-testing

Pregunta 9

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09. Which theory of language acquisition accepts the notion of 'poverty of the stimulus'?
Respuesta
  • A. Humanist
  • B. Error Analysis
  • C. Mentalist
  • D. Neurofunctional

Pregunta 10

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10. The use of 'writed' in place of 'wrote' is an example of
Respuesta
  • A. transfer
  • B. interference
  • C. overgeneralization
  • D. overuse

Pregunta 11

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11. The vernacular is the style in which
Respuesta
  • A. minimum attention is given to monitoring speech
  • B. maximum attention is given to monitoring speech
  • C. a learner uses the most comples linguistic forms
  • D. a learner uses the least complex linguistic forms

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
12. Speech patterns of New Yorkers were examined by Labov (1970). Which of the following models of competence did he use?
Respuesta
  • A. homogeneous
  • B. heterogeneous
  • C. dual
  • D. none of the above

Pregunta 13

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13. Indicate the one individual learner factor which can be modified?
Respuesta
  • A. aptitude
  • B. age
  • C. learning style
  • D. motivation

Pregunta 14

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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:
Respuesta
  • A. 4 to 11 years
  • B. 12 to 15 years
  • C. 16 to 21 years
  • D. over 21

Pregunta 15

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15. A field-dependent person can be characterised as
Respuesta
  • A. analytic
  • B. inhibited
  • C. holistic
  • D. more successful in naturalistic SLA

Pregunta 16

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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
Respuesta
  • A. anomie
  • B. alienation
  • C. empathy
  • D. inhibition

Pregunta 17

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17. Which of the following statements about the nature of "motherease" is not true?
Respuesta
  • A. The way mothers talk to their children influences how correctly they use the language
  • B. The way mothers talk to their children influences how rapidly they acquire the language
  • C. Parents have a general idea of their child's linguistic ability
  • D. One of the main functions of 'motherease' is language teaching

Pregunta 18

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18. In the process of inferencing a new rule is
Respuesta
  • A. derived by means of transfer
  • B. derived by means of overgeneralisation
  • C. induced from the input
  • D. induced from the output

Pregunta 19

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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:
Respuesta
  • A. co-operative strategies
  • B. non-cooperative strategies
  • C. reduction strategies
  • D. retrieval strategies

Pregunta 20

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20. Which of the following adjectives are marked? (1) fast (2) slow (3) young (4) old
Respuesta
  • A. (1) and (2)
  • B. (3) and (4)
  • C. (2) and (3)
  • D. (1) and (4)

Pregunta 21

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21. Which of the following is not one of the typological universals?
Respuesta
  • A. substantive
  • B. implicational
  • C. functional
  • D. formal

Pregunta 22

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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?
Respuesta
  • A (X=U, Y=U)
  • B (X=M, Y=U)
  • C (X=U, Y=M)
  • D (X=M, Y=M)

Pregunta 23

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23. Consciousness-raising is a type of instruction designed to make a learner aware of
Respuesta
  • A. specific linguistic features
  • B. the setting of the target language
  • C. learners' needs
  • D. the nature of language learning

Pregunta 24

Pregunta
24. Carroll distinguishes four components of foreign language aptitude. These are the following abilities: phonemic coding, inductive language learning, rote learning and
Respuesta
  • A. language processing
  • B. grammatical sensitivity
  • C. verbal intelligence
  • D. associative learning

Pregunta 25

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25. In Krashen's view aptitude pertains to
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  • A. acquisition
  • B. learning
  • C. acquisition and learning
  • D. neither acquistion nor learning

Pregunta 26

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26. According to Cummins (1979), cognitive academic language proficiency is part of
Respuesta
  • A. LAD
  • B. verbal intelligence
  • C. FL aptitude
  • D. cognitive organizer

Pregunta 27

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27. Conscious application of rules to produce and understand the L2 is referred to as
Respuesta
  • A. induction
  • B. elaboration
  • C. deduction
  • D. association

Pregunta 28

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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
Respuesta
  • A. paraphrase
  • B. substitution
  • C. word coinage
  • D. convergence

Pregunta 29

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29. Memory strategies are usually classified as
Respuesta
  • A. direct
  • B. indirect
  • C. implicit
  • D. explicit

Pregunta 30

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30. Which of the following statements is not true?
Respuesta
  • A. Teachers low down their rate of speech when talking to learners
  • B. Teachers use more self-repetitions with beginning learners
  • C. Formal adjustments occur at all language levels
  • D. Ungrammatical speech modifications occur at all language levels

Pregunta 31

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31. The error in the sentence 'The boy broked the window' is an example of
Respuesta
  • A. omission
  • B. addition
  • C. misinformation
  • D. misordering

Pregunta 32

Pregunta
32. Which theory explains SLA in terms of the degree of social nad psychological distance between a learner and the target language group?
Respuesta
  • A. Accommodation Model
  • B. The Acculturation Theory
  • C. Interface Position
  • D. Neurofunctional Theory

Pregunta 33

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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?
Respuesta
  • A. Corder
  • B. Hatch
  • C. Rutherford
  • D. Ellis

Pregunta 34

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34. Which of the following linguists views second language acquistion in terms of a 'non-interface position'?
Respuesta
  • A. Tarone
  • B. Long
  • C. Krashen
  • D. Ellis

Pregunta 35

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35. Which of the following linguists views second language acqusition in terms of a 'variable competence model'?
Respuesta
  • A. Chomsky
  • B. Selinker
  • C. Larsen Freeman
  • D. Ellis

Pregunta 36

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36. The speaker-hearer's internalised grammar, according to Chomsky (1965), consists of
Respuesta
  • A. a genetically endowed acquisition device
  • B. a general cognivite mechanism
  • C. mental representation of linguistic rules
  • D. comprehension and production of language

Pregunta 37

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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
Respuesta
  • A. primary lingusitic data
  • B. Language Acquistion Device
  • C. the Universal Grammar
  • D. Lingusitic Competence

Pregunta 38

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38. In which of the following statements is the incremental nature of child's language acquistion evident?
Respuesta
  • A. Only homo sapiens is capable of language learning
  • B. Language exists as an independent faculty
  • C. The process of acquistion consists of hypothesis-formation
  • D. Knowledge of the grammatical system is build up in steps.

Pregunta 39

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39. The term interlanguage is also described as
Respuesta
  • A. regressive competence
  • B. restructuring device
  • C. trnasitional competence
  • D. capability continuum

Pregunta 40

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40. According to Selinker (poprawione na Lenneberg), adult learners successfully achieve native-speaker proficiency by
Respuesta
  • A. reactivating the latent language structure
  • B. overcoming the age of resonance
  • C. avoiding proactive inhibition
  • D. employing communiaction strategies

Pregunta 41

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41. Language-learner language is permeable (Corder 1967), which means that it is
Respuesta
  • A. predictable
  • B. open to improvement
  • C. idiosyncratic
  • D. static

Pregunta 42

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42. The comprehension of the system of beliefs and values shared by the TL group participants is part of
Respuesta
  • A. pragmatic competence
  • B. acculturation
  • C. situational context
  • D. pidginization

Pregunta 43

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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
Respuesta
  • A. evasion
  • B. backsliding
  • C. back-formation
  • D. discourse repair

Pregunta 44

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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
Respuesta
  • A. channel capacity
  • B. projection device
  • C. cognitive style
  • D. processibility device

Pregunta 45

Pregunta
45. Which of the following statements about cognitive organizer is not true?
Respuesta
  • A. It is part of the learner's processing system
  • B. It is responsible for turning intake into output
  • C. It operates subconsiously
  • D. It is responsible for organising input into a system

Pregunta 46

Pregunta
46. Some learners cease to develop while still short of target-language competence. This phenomenon is called
Respuesta
  • A. amnesia
  • B. atrophy
  • C. aphasia
  • D. fossilization

Pregunta 47

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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
Respuesta
  • A. item acquisition
  • B. system learning
  • C. operating principles
  • D. parallel development

Pregunta 48

Pregunta
48. What is accessibility hierarchy?
Respuesta
  • A. The ranking of grammatical morphemes according to the accuracy with thich they occur.
  • B. The ranking of grammatical morphemes according to when each morpheme is acquired
  • C. The identification by the learner of a function performed by means of a particular form
  • D. An implicational ordering of relative pronoun functions in terms of their degree of markedness

Pregunta 49

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49. The L2 knowledge of which a learner is unaware and which he cannot verbalise is called
Respuesta
  • A. implicit
  • B. explicit
  • C. implied
  • D. metacognitive

Pregunta 50

Pregunta
50. The process by which speakers make their speech similar to their interlocutors' speech is referred to as
Respuesta
  • A. divergence
  • B. accommodation
  • C. assimilation
  • D. convergence
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