Quiz on Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices

What is the primary focus of the chapter on First Language Acquisition?

• To discuss the differences between L1 and L2 acquisition

• To provide a basic description of L1 development

• To explore the genetic predisposition for language

• To analyze the role of the environment in language acquisition

According to the text, what is the term used to describe the technique that measures an infant's interest in sounds?

• Cognitive assessment

• Babbling analysis

• Sound discrimination

• High amplitude sucking (HAS)

What is the significance of the 'two-word stage' in language development?

• It marks the beginning of babbling

• It indicates the child has a vocabulary of 50 words

• It shows the child can produce complex sentences

• It signifies the transition from single words to phrases

Which theoretical view emphasizes the role of innate structures in language acquisition?

• Behaviorism

• Universal Grammar

• Emergentism

• Interactionism

What does the term 'overextension' refer to in language acquisition?

• Using a word too narrowly

• Using a word for a broader category than intended

• The ability to produce complex sentences

• The process of babbling

What is one of the key findings from the studies on infants' sound discrimination?

• Sound discrimination abilities improve with age

• Infants lose the ability to discriminate sounds not used in their environment by 10 to 12 months

• All infants can discriminate sounds equally regardless of exposure

• Infants can only discriminate sounds in their native language

What is the role of child-directed speech (CDS) in language acquisition?

• It is only used in bilingual environments

• It helps children identify important segments in speech

• It is irrelevant to language development

• It complicates the learning process

What does the 'Wug test' demonstrate about children's language abilities?

• Children can only imitate what they hear

• Children can apply grammatical rules to novel words

• Children do not understand pluralization

• Children's language development is random

How does the interactionist approach differ from the behaviorist view?

• It emphasizes innate structures over environmental factors

• It recognizes the role of both innate structures and the environment

• It focuses solely on observable behavior

• It dismisses the importance of social interaction

What is a common error made by children during language acquisition?

• Using complex sentences too early

• Overgeneralizing grammatical rules

• Failing to recognize their own name

• Using only nouns in speech