Challenge 3 - TLPI

Which of the following is not part of the learner’s variables according to the text?

• Personality

• Motivation

• Self-esteem

• Parent's education

Learners usually start learning a foreign language with no motivation, but they get motivated on the way.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Learners will vary in terms of _____ for different aspects of language learning. 

For teachers, a "young learner" can be defined between the ages of...

• from birth to 5 years

• from 5 to 12 years

• from 3 to 15 years

• from 2 to 6 years

The goal of mother tongue maintainance is to _______ bilingualism

One of Ellis' generalization is that only child learners are capable of acquiring a native-like accent

• FALSE

• TRUE

According to Jean Piaget, the _________ consists of the moment when the two hemispheres of the brain begin to function independendly 

Piaget claimed that every child goes through 4 stages before they start thinking logically. One of those stages is known as the sensorimotor stage, which in terms of linguistics consists of: 

• The rapid growth of vocabulary

• The use of language is limited to the inmediate context 

• The consolidation of learner’s first language

• The capacity for making abstract generalization by using language 

According to Vigotsky, the acquisiton of children’s first language is only depending on their biological development of their brain 

• FALSE

• TRUE