How can we describe the process of second language acquisition? (Think about the morpheme acquisition studies)
It can be described as a series of steps through which learner grammars are modified as the grammar moves toward a closer approximation of the TL
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Complete: Language learning is a p_________, and i_____ is essential to it.
process / input.
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What did the behaviouristic model claim?
It claimed that the environment was responsible for human behaviour.
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What is strategic competence?
It's one of the three abilities that communicative competence is made up of. It's the ability to compensate when there are breakdowns in communication,
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Complete: The greatest challenge to the second language learner when they face sociolinguistic variation is...
...comprehension.
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What's the name given for the environment in the descriptions of Behaviourism and Generative theory?
Input.
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True or false? Grammatical competence is a learner's ability to interpret an utterance for its social meaning.
False! That's Sociolinguistic competence!
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According to Canala and Swain (1980) communicative competence is made up of three abilities. Can you name them?
Grammatical competence, sociolinguistic competence and strategic competence.
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True or false? It is usually agreed that learner grammars are well described as approximative systems that change as new aspects of the TL are acquired.
True!
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Which can only be helpful in the acquisition process: input or intake? Is it enough?
Intake. It's not enough. Learners need to have opportunities to negotiate meaning, check comprehension and receive negative evidence.
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True or false? Communicative language teaching and sociolinguistic are not related.
False! Sociolinguistics has been recognized as an integral part of the process of learning to communicate in a second language.
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What's interlanguage? Who came up with this term?
Selinker (1972) described the system of learner language as Interlanguage, capturing the relationship of learner language to BOTH the L1 and the L2.
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Do second language learners need to know about sociolinguistic variation?
Yes. They need to understand how important it is to be able to identify these differences and interpret the meaning behind the choices speakers make.