Imprimir Froggy Jumps: Review first language acquisition (foreign language - linguistics - psycholinguistics

1. When does the critical period start?

A

In childhood

B

before puberty

C

after puperty

2. Who proposed the affective filter hypothesis?

A

Krashen

B

Chomsky

C

Vygotsky

3. Who would be most successful to acquire a second language in an ESL context?

A

A working adult

B

A housewife

C

A child in a daycare/ school

4. Which of the following is an ostensive context example?

A

B

C

5. Using grammatical knowledge to learn meaning of new words is

A

Syntactic Bootstrapping

B

Semantic Bootstrapping

C

Prosodic bootstrapping

6. Which of the following is an example of overgeneralization in child's language acquisition?

A

Calling any four-legged animal a dog

B

Calling the family cat "kitty", but not other cats

C

Saying "breaked" instead of "broke"

7. Who hypothesized that language developed as a symbol system to express knowledge acquired through interaction with the physical world?

A

B

C