01. The phenomenon of carrying over the previously acquired knowledge to a subsequent learning situation is referred to as
A. interference
B. transfer
C. inhibition
D. overgeneralization
02. According to behaviourist theories, what is the main obstacle to learning a foreign language?
A. avoidance
B. pattern imitation
C. habit formation
D. proactive inhibition
03. Language used by native speakers when communicating with second language learners is called
A. baseline speech
B. modified input
C. caretaker speech
D. foreigner talk
04. Which component of communicative competence is included in the models proposed by both Hymes (1970) and Canale and Swain (1980)?
A. grammatical competence
B. sociolinguistic competence
C. strategic competence
D. none of the above
05.Which of the following is not a part of the model of communicative competence by Hymes?
A grammatical competence
B sociolinguistic competence
C strategic competence
D They are all included in the model
06. Which of the following is not a part of the model of communicative competence by Canale and Swain?
D. They are all included in the model.
07. Krashen’s approach to L2 learning can be described as
A. the interface position.
B. a discourse theory.
C. a homogeneous competence model.
D. a dual competence hypothesis.
08. Which of the following factors is a part of Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis?
A. anxiety
B. inhibition
C. risk-taking
09. . Krashen claims that the necessary condition to effectively monitor the L2 output is
A. lowering the anxiety level
B. focusing on form
C.focusing on meaning
D. overcoming inhibition
10. The Group Embedded Figure Test (GEFT) measures the degree of
A. spatial intelligence
B. inductive language learning
C. field dependence/independence
D. cognitive analytic language proficiency
11. The capacity to understand and produce language is concentrated for most children in
A. the left brain hemisphere
B. both brain hemispheres.
C. the right brain hemisphere
D. brain areas not yet investigated
12. The capacity to understand and produce language is concentrated for most adults in
B. A. the left brain hemispheres
13. In relation to which factor does the Critical Period Hypothesis explain language acquisition?
A. age
B. aptitude
C. intelligences
D. cognitive style
14. Which personality feature is not a part of the Affective Filter Hypothesis?
B. self-image
C. motivation
D. inhibition
15. According to Gardner and Lambert, the primary determinant of L2 proficiency is
A. aptitude
B. cognitive style
D. personality
16. The way in which people perceive, conceptualize, organize, and recall information is called
A. cognitive style
B. learning strategies
C. hypothesis testing
D. field (in)dependence
17. Krashen claims that the Monitor is the device that learners use most successfully when they have enough time to focus on form and
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
18. Motivation that derives from the learner’s inherent interest in the learning task is called
A. integrative
B. instrumental
C. extrinsic
D. resultative
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
A. foreign language aptitude
B. learning style
C. personality domains
D. visual-spatial abilities
20. Core rules are those that can be arrived at through the application of general, abstract principles of language structure. Core rules can be
A. only marked
B. only unmarked
C. both marked and unmarked
D. neither marked nor unmarked
21. Carroll distinguished the four components of FL aptitude. Which type of ability is not a part of his definition of aptitude?
A. phonetic coding ability
B. rote learning ability
C. inductive learning ability
D. deductive learning ability
22. Reid distinguished four perceptual learning modalities. One of them is called
A. interactional
B. sensory
C. kinaesthetic
D. receptive
23. Which of the following learner cognitive factors/processes is characterized by the CALP/BISC distinction?
B. language style
C. language processing
D. learning ability
24. The ability to notice and identify similarities and differences in grammatical form and meaning is referred to as
A. grammatical sensitivity
B. inductive ability
C. deductive ability
D. strategic competence
25. Which of the following individual learner factors is modifiable?
A. intelligence
B. age
26. A type of instruction designed to make a learner aware of specific linguistic features is called
A. cognitive awareness
B. consciousness raising
C. learner-centred instruction
D. pattern practice
27. Tolerance of ambiguity is a dimension of
A. field dependence/independence
C. language aptitude
28. Borrowings from other languages (e.g. sauerkraut, sauna, saute) are referred to as
A. marked forms
B. unmarked forms
C. substantial universals
D. peripheral universals
29. The learner replaces one L2 form with another (rose --> flower). This is an example of the achievement strategy referred to as
A. paraphrase
B. code switching
C. word coinage
D. substitution
30. One item in L1 becomes two items in L2 (pożyczać --> borrow/lend). This is an example of
A. parallel distribution
B. coalescence
C. convergent phenomena
D. divergent phenomena
31. Most L2 learners fail to reach target language competence because they stop learning at some point. This is referred to as
A. regression
B. backsliding
C. fossilization
32. Expressions which are learnt as unanalyzable chunks and employed on particular occasions are referred to as
A. simplification
B. formulaic speech
C. transitional constructions
D. idiosyncrasies
33. Language directed at the learner is called
A. discourse continuum
B. primary data
C. input
D. intake
34. Which theory explains SLA in terms of the degree of social and psychological distance between a learner and the target language group?
A. Accomodation Theory
B. Discourse Theory
C. The Acculturation Model
D. The Universal Hypothesis
35. Which theory attempts to explain SLA in terms of the adjustments which speakers make to their speech during interactions?
A. Discourse Theory
B. Affective Filter Hypothesis
C. Accommodation Theory
D. Variable Competence Model
36. Which view of SLA minimizes the role of the input?
A. behaviourist
B. mentalist
C. interactionist
37. Which view of SLA emphasizes the role of the input?
38. The knowledge a learner is unaware of and therefore cannot verbalize is referred to as
A. implicit
B. explicit
C. declarative
D. metacognitive
39. In which of the following theories were grammaticality judgments the chief source of data?
A. Monitor Model
B. Variable Competence Model
C. Interlanguage Theory
D. Universal Grammar
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?
A. as interference errors
B. as developmental errors
C. as ambiguous errors
D. as unique errors
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:
A. simple and careful
B. A. simple and vernacular
C. complex and careful
D. complex and vernacular
42. Utterances such as ‘What you are doing?’ contain an intralingual error classified as
A. false concept hypothesized
B. ignorance of rule restriction
C. incomplete application of rules
43. In a surface structure taxonomy the utterance ‘What you are doing?’ is described as an error of
A. omission
B. addition
C. misinformation
D. misordering
44. Utterances that are superficially well-formed but do not mean what the learner wanted to express are called
A. ambiguous errors
B. unique errors
C. covert errors
D. overt errors
45. The term ‘local errors’ is used to refer to errors that affect
A. single elements in a sentence
B. overall sentence organization
C. the structure of a paragraph
D. overall coherence of the message
46. In Bialystok’s model of SLA, implicit linguistic knowledge can be derived from explicit linguistic knowledge through
A. inferencing
B. language exposure
C. functional practising
D. formal practicing
47. Ellis’s and Tarone’s models of SLA are based on the notions of
A. 'acquisition' and 'learning'
B. 'input' and 'interactions'
C. ‘attention’ and ‘planning’
D. 'declarative' and 'procedural knowledge'
48. ‘Capability continuum’ is a set of
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
49. Conscious application of rules to understand or produce the second language is the strategy of
B. deduction
C. induction
D. resourcing
50. Inferencing is a strategy used in the process of
B. overgeneralization
C. hypothesis formation
D. hypothesis testing