Chapter 1: Intro to SLA

1. 1. Second language acquisition refers both to the study of individuals and groups who are learning a language subsequent to learning their first one as young children.

• True

• False

2. 2. What factors affect the way learners acquire a second language?

• Social factors

• Internal factors

• Both of them

3. 3. First language acquisition happens during ..................

• Adulthood

• Adolescence

• Infancy

4. 4. Second language acquisition often occurs during.............................

• Adolescence

• Adulthood

• Infancy

5. 5. It refers to any language other than that spoken by the people of a specific place.

• Second language

• Foreign language

6. 6. It refers to the unconscious process to acquire a language once the first language is established.

• Motivation

• Second language acquisition

• The silent period

7. 7. The best age for students to learn a second language and acquire a native-like accent is 10 years old or less.

• True

• False

8. 8. Over time, language learning simply becomes easier as one gets older; it only requires more effort.

• True

• False

9. 9. What is the difference between acquisition and learning?

• Acquisition is a conscious process and learning is an unconscious process.

• Acquisition is an unconscious process and learning is a conscious process.

10. 10. Second language acquisition is.................

• The process of learning a second language

• A formal study of a second language

• A systematic process of learning other's language apart of the first or native language