Language Acquisition and Learning_ Exam 1

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Theory that holds God is the provider of language to humans.

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This theory points that words were taken from the 'echos' in the environment, natural cries or physical efforts

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Theory that states language come from the physical features humans possess, which lead speech production.

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This theory claims that language is an innate capacity of humans.

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Property of human language that makes no natural connection between linguistic form and its meaning.

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Property of human language that makes humans capable of passing language form one generation to another.

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Property of human language that permits humans to refer to past and future time

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Property of human language that makes humans capable of producing a large number of sound combinations which are distinct in meaning.

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Property of human language that makes humans capable of creating new expression by manipulating their linguistic sources in different situations.

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The Simplified speech style adopted by someone that spends a lot of time interacting with a young child is called OVEREXTENSION

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What ARE NOT typical features of Caregiver speech.

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Stage of language acquisition in which the use of vowel and consonant sounds, as well as their combinations.

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The earliest use of speech-like sounds.
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Speech in which single terms are uttered for everyday objects. (Holoprastic)

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Stage of language acquisition in which the child has clearly developed some sentence building capacity.

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The use of two distinct words to convey meaning in different contexts and situations is called:

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The process by which children extend the meaning of a word on the basis of similarities of shape, sound or size is called OVEREXTENSION

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Ability to communicate through the use of signs

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A social product of language faculty

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The individual product of language faculty.

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Process by which we make something to fit into our squema.

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Change on how we look at things in order to undestand

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The way we look at things.

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Unobservable mechanism that has the ability to formulate hypothesis about the structures of language to which people is exposed.

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Language structures and sounds common to all human languages and dialects.

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Acquisition is natural and unconscious, while learning a language involves specific lessons and rules.

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Our level of motivation, confidence and anxiety about learning a new language affects learning.

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Learning a language is dependent upon interactions that feature comprehensible input. Comprehensible input is clear and understandable.

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It exists a natural structural order to language acquisition. These predictable sequences are different from first and second language acquisition.

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We all have a monitor that checks the accuracy of the language we speak. Modifications are immediately based upon our knowledge of language.

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What are three characteristics that the cognitive theories share? (Gestalt, Constructivism, Meaningful Learning theory)

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Check the boxes (4) that better answer to the next question. What is language?

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It requires the explicit, conscious introduction of information.

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It requires the creation of situations that allow knowledge to be internalized subconsciously

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Behaviourists state that learning is a process in which a change of behavior is needed to verify the learning process.

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Behavoiurism implications on language teaching.
The intended target behavior needs to be as specific as possible.

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Behavoiurism implications on language teaching.
Complex behaviors are broken down into simpler ones, each of which is a modular component of the next more complex stage.

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Behavoiurism implications on language teaching.
The learner comes to discriminate between settings in which a particular behavior will be reinforced.

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Behavoiurism implications on language teaching.
The discriminatory stimuli may be withdrawn, a habit is acquired and practiced as the effort required is reduced

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The ZPD is the distance between a student’s ability to perform a task under adult guidance and/or with peer collaboration and the student’s ability solving the problem independently. According to Vygotsky, learning occurred in this zone.

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The process by which children work out how to use grammatical functions and rules is known as Overgeneralization

This exam contains the contents of Unit 1 and 2

Language Acquisition and Learning_ Exam 1

Theory that holds God is the provider of language to humans.

This theory points that words were taken from the 'echos' in the environment, natural cries or physical efforts

Theory that states language come from the physical features humans possess, which lead speech production.

This theory claims that language is an innate capacity of humans.

Property of human language that makes no natural connection between linguistic form and its meaning.

Property of human language that makes humans capable of passing language form one generation to another.

Property of human language that permits humans to refer to past and future time

Property of human language that makes humans capable of producing a large number of sound combinations which are distinct in meaning.

Property of human language that makes humans capable of creating new expression by manipulating their linguistic sources in different situations.

The Simplified speech style adopted by someone that spends a lot of time interacting with a young child is called OVEREXTENSION

What ARE NOT typical features of Caregiver speech.

Stage of language acquisition in which the use of vowel and consonant sounds, as well as their combinations.

The earliest use of speech-like sounds. .

Speech in which single terms are uttered for everyday objects. (Holoprastic)

Stage of language acquisition in which the child has clearly developed some sentence building capacity.

The use of two distinct words to convey meaning in different contexts and situations is called:

The process by which children extend the meaning of a word on the basis of similarities of shape, sound or size is called OVEREXTENSION

Ability to communicate through the use of signs

A social product of language faculty

The individual product of language faculty.

The earliest use of speech-like sounds.
.

Behavoiurism implications on language teaching.
The intended target behavior needs to be as specific as possible.

Behavoiurism implications on language teaching.
Complex behaviors are broken down into simpler ones, each of which is a modular component of the next more complex stage.