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By what age do most babies only recognize (and babble in) the sounds of their speech community?
6-8 months
8-10 months
10-12 months
_______ is what happens when a child uses her analytic system to apply a rule which results in non-target-like language use.
Grammar Translation
Behaviorism
Overgeneralization
According to Chomsky, why must humans have a "Language Acquisition Device"?
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.
Which of these is probably the most common language-teaching method?
The Silent Way
The Audiolingual Method
Total Physical Response
Grammar Translation
Which of these does Japanese not have?
Adjectives
Prepositions
Postpositions
Adverbs
Different L1s (first languages) will affect the __________ of an L2 (second language).
interlanguage
affective filter
order of acquisition
speed of acquisition
Which of these is (generally) TRUE about adult L2 learners?
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.
In general, children learn 2nd languages faster than adults.
True
False
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