The Study of SLA by Rod Ellis
Understanding Second Language Acquisition
Test your knowledge of the fascinating field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) with this quiz! Dive into the key concepts, theories, and terminologies that define how individuals learn new languages beyond their mother tongue.
- 8 Engaging Questions
- Multiple Choice and Drop List Formats
- Expand your understanding of language learning
SLA is defined as
Any language other than the first language
Any language other than the first language that plays an institutional and social role in the community in which it is learnt
Any language other than the first language that is primarily learnt at school
Ellis argues that Communicative competence includes:
Linguistic and pragmatic knowledge
Grammatical, sociolinguistic and strategic knowledge
Grammatical and pragmatic knowledge
Widdowson (1978) uses the term Usage to refer to :
"That aspect of perfomance which makes evident the extent to which the language user demonstrates his ability to use his knowledge of linguistic rules for effective communication"
"that aspect of perfomance which makes evident the extent to which the language user demostrates his knowledge of linguistic rules
"that aspect of perfomance which makes evident the extent to which the language user demostrates his knowledge of grammatical rules
Researchers in SLA have come up with different questions:
Interlanguage refers to:
A language that has become the native language of a group of speakers.
A that shares some features of a L1 and L2
The systematic knowledge of an L2, which is independent of both these learner's L1 and the target language
Individual learners acquire a second language in different ways because:
There are internal and external factors that affect acquisition.
Learners experience different approaches to learning
All of the above
Nove of the above
Acquisition can be defined as:
The spontaneous and incidental process of rule internalization that results from natural language use where the learner's attention is focused on meaning rather than on form.
The spontaneous and deliberate process of rule internalization that results from natural language use where the learner's attention is focused on meaning rather than on form
The spontaneous and incidental process of rule internalization that results from natural language use where the learner's attention is focused on form rather than on meaning.
Naturalistic Language Acquisition
Refers to Language acquisition which takes place in an educational setting
Refers to Language acquisition which takes place in a natural setting
Refers to the natural way of acquiring languages
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