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  • Question 1
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    By what age do most babies only recognize (and babble in) the sounds of their speech community?

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    6-8 months

    8-10 months

    10-12 months

  • Question 2
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    _______ is what happens when a child uses her analytic system to apply a rule which results in non-target-like language use.

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    Grammar Translation

    Behaviorism

    Overgeneralization

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    According to Chomsky, why must humans have a "Language Acquisition Device"?

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    Because ALL children learn their L1 completely at about the same speed.

    Because children know things about their language that nobody taught them.

    Because "motherese" is not a good, grammatical model.

    All of the above.

  • Question 4
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    Which of these is probably the most common language-teaching method?

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    The Silent Way

    The Audiolingual Method

    Total Physical Response

    Grammar Translation

  • Question 5
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    Which of these does Japanese not have?

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    Adjectives

    Prepositions

    Postpositions

    Adverbs

  • Question 6
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    Different L1s (first languages) will affect the __________ of an L2 (second language).

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    interlanguage

    affective filter

    order of acquisition

    speed of acquisition

  • Question 7
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    Which of these is (generally) TRUE about adult L2 learners?

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    They don't learn from corrective feedback.

    They don't require interaction in order to learn language.

    They have well-developed metacognitive strategies.

    They don't mind being corrected.

  • Question 8
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    In general, children learn 2nd languages faster than adults.

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    True

    False

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