SAINT MARY’S ANGELS COLLEGE OF PAMPANGA

San Pedro Sta Ana. , Pampanga

Principles and Theories of Second Language Acquisition

Quiz
Name: ______________________________________Date:___________________Score:__________
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
A. WRITE YOUR ANSWER CLEARLY. Yung malinaw , hind katulad ng feelings nyang hindi mo mintindihan.
B. NO ERASURES. Pag isipan munang mabuti bago isulat. Hindi lahat ng pagkakamali pwede pa itama.
C. DO NOT CHEAT. Huwag tumulad as ex mong akala mong loyal pero hindi mu alam hindi lang pala ikaw ang nasa puso niya.
D. FINISH THE EXAM IN 30 MINUTES .Alam mo dapat kung kalian na dapat sumuko. Pag tapos na , tapos na .
I. Identify the following:
L2 ACQUISITION LANGUAGE TRANSFER
ACQUISITION CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
PERFORMANCE LEARNING
CRITICAL PERIOD HYPOTHESIS COMPETENCE
________________1. It is the study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use,
comprehend, and produce language.
________________2. This hypothesis suggests that children between birth and somewhere around the age when a child enters
puberty can more easily acquire language than post-pubescent children.
________________3. It can be defined as the way in which people learn a language other than their mother tongue, inside or outside
of classroom
________________4. It is a language not commonly used in the learners’ immediate social context.
________________5. The mental representation of linguistic rules which constitute the speaker-hearer’s internalized grammar.
________________6. It is sometimes contrasted with learning on the assumption that these are different processes.
________________7. Similarities between L1 & L2, the learner’s L1 knowledge aid L2 learning.
________________8. The comprehension and production of language
________________9. The study of differences L1 and L2, the learner’s L1 knowledge aid L2 learning.
________________10. The conscious study of a second language
II. True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and write FALSE if it is not. Thus explain why your answer is
either True or False.( 2 points each – 11-20)
_________11-12. Adults and children may learn L2 in different way both in route and rate
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13-14. The role of formal instruction plays in SLA is of central importance
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15-16. There is a single way in which learners acquire a knowledge of a second language (L2).
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17-18. Language acquisition studies are interested in how competence is developed.
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19-20. All children share the same innateness.
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III. Enumerate the Five types of Grammar and write one sentence understanding of what each is about .(2 points each)

21-22.

23-24.

25-26.

27-28.

29-30.
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