Assessment week#2 : Language Acquisition

1.    Linguistics contributes to SLA by:

•    a) Providing tools to analyze language learning.

•   b) Explaining the nature of language.

•      c) Describing L2 development.

• d) All of the above.

2.    Which branch of linguistics studies how L2 learners perceive and produce sounds?

• a) Morphology

• ■     b) Phonology

• c) Syntax

• d) Semantics

3.    The study of word formation rules in L2 acquisition falls under:

    

 

• a) Pragmatics

• b) Morphology

•     c) Syntax

•     d) Semantics

4.    The development of sentence structure in L2 learners is studied by:

    

  

    

•      a) Phonology

• b) Morphology

•    c) Syntax

• d) Semantics 

5.    How learners acquire word and sentence meaning is the focus of:

 

    

•     a) Pragmatics

•      b) Morphology

•      c) Syntax

• d) Semantics

6.    Learners' ability to use language appropriately in context is studied by:

   

    

•      a) Phonology

•   b) Morphology

• c) Syntax

•      d) Pragmatics

7.    The language system that L2 learners construct is known as:

    

    

    

 

     Answer: c

• a) First language

• b) Second language

• c) Interlanguage

•     d) Target language

8.    The influence of a learner's L1 on their L2 learning is called:

    

        

 

• a) Interlanguage

• b) Language transfer

• c) Language acquisition

•     d) Linguistic competence

9.    A learner's underlying knowledge of language rules is referred to as:

   

   

  

    

•   a) Linguistic performance

•   b) Linguistic competence

•    c) Interlanguage

• d) Language transfer

10.    The actual use of language in real-life situations is:

•      a) Linguistic competence

•      b) Linguistic performance

•      c) Interlanguage

•     d) Language transfer