Quiz: Theories And Classroom Application
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Theories are important to understanding how the world works. This quiz on theories and classroom application will gauges your conceptual understanding of the topic. Theories are often used in classrooms as a way to help students better understand the world. The quiz contains various questions that not only gauges your knowledge of the topic but also provide valuable information. If you find the quiz helpful, do share it with your friends and peers. All the best!
- 1.Krashen has 5 hypotheses of language acuqisition. Which one focuses on emotions?
- A.
Acquisition vs. learning hypothesis
- B.
Monitor hypothesis
- C.
Natural Order hypothesis
- D.
Comprehensible input hypothesis
- E.
Affective Filter hypothesis
- 2.Which of Krashen's hypotheses focus on how grammatical structures are learned in a natural order and emphasizes that language programs should not focus on grammar by acquiring the language?
- A.
Acquisition vs. learning hypothesis
- B.
Monitor hypothesis
- C.
Natural Order hypothesis
- D.
Comprehensible input hypothesis
- E.
Affective Filter hypothesis
- 3.How are Bruner and Chomsky's theories similar?
- A.
They both think L2 should be learned in a natural environment.
- B.
Both believe that programs should focus on grammatical structures.
- C.
That children are 'hard-wired' to learn a second language, but may need LASS. (Language Acquisition Support System)
- D.
That 2nd language learners will understand the language before being able to speak it proficiently.
- 4.Who believed that skills, ideas, and concepts students know in their first language will be transferred to their second language? (CUP)
- A.
Piaget
- B.
Bruner
- C.
Chomsky
- D.
Cummins
- E.
Krashen
- 5.What stage is the first language learner in if they say "baby sleep"?
- A.
Pre speech
- B.
Babbbling
- C.
One word/holophrastic
- D.
Two word stage
- E.
Telegraphic
- 6.What stage is the first language learner in if he responds to speech, recognizes sounds and patterns?
- A.
Pre speech
- B.
Babbling
- C.
One word/holophrastic
- D.
Two word stage
- E.
Telegraphic
- 7.What stage is a second language learner in if they have expanded their receptive language and their production is emerging?
- A.
Pre production
- B.
Early production
- C.
Speech emergence
- D.
Intermediate fluency
- E.
Advance fluency
- 8.How many years may it take for a second language learner to have CALP?
- A.
1-3 years
- B.
3-5 years
- C.
5-10 years
- D.
10-15 years
- 9.What is a common mistake that L2 learners make?
- A.
Pronouncing words incorrectly
- B.
Using the structure of their L1 in the L2
- C.
Using incorrect vocabulary based on their schema
- D.
None of the above
- 10.It emerges in 6 months to 2 years It is not cognitively demanding It is for social situations
- A.
CALLA
- B.
CALP
- C.
BICS
- D.
BRICS
- 11.It is an instructional model Integrates academic language development Content Area instruction Explicit instruction in learning strategies for content
- A.
CALLA
- B.
CALP
- C.
BICS
- D.
None of the above
- 12.What do researchers agree will produce the best language acquisition results?
- A.
Incorporating L1 into the classroom
- B.
Focusing on grammar
- C.
Introducing young children both languages at once
- D.
Encouraging proficiency in L1 before starting the L2
- 13.When did Piaget believe children are able to learn another language more proficiently, but not focus on the rules of that language?
- A.
During the concrete operational stage
- B.
During the preoperational stage
- C.
At the same time they are speaking in monologues without thought to who is listening
- D.
At the formal operational stage
- 14.Cummins believed the benefit of a student schooled in their native language for a few years will
- A.
Help students label objects
- B.
Share information in a predictable order
- C.
Follow oral directions
- D.
Maintain social interactions
- E.
All
- 15.What is one of the most important social influences on L2 acquisition?
- A.
Home support
- B.
Assimilation
- C.
Fossilization
- D.
Ethnic retention
- E.
Generaliziation
- 16.A child from the US moves to China. He starts learning Chinese, celebrating Chinese holidays, reading/writing in Chinese, etc. He rarely speaks English or celebrates any American customs he once did. This child has most likely:
- A.
Been marginalized
- B.
Assimilated
- C.
Acquired language transfer
- 17.A child's tendency to continue making the same errors despite repeated exposure to correct forms and parent correction is best explained by:
- A.
The child's need to assert individuality
- B.
Habit formation
- C.
Zone of proximal development
- D.
Natural development processess
- 18.Interlanguage is a (an):
- A.
Co-mingling of ELL's L1 and L2
- B.
Fossilized form of a second language
- C.
Intermediate form of L2 that is independent of L1 and L2
- D.
International language used to communicate across different languages
- 19.Which theory ascribes to the belief that children learn by imitation?
- A.
Critical-age Hypothesis
- B.
Innateness Hypothesis
- C.
Cognitive Theory
- D.
Behaviorist Theory
- 20.Piaget's Cognitive Theory is based on the belief
- A.
That there is a LAD used by all children that helps them master the language in 5-6 years
- B.
That there is a critical age between birth and puberty when a language must be learned
- C.
That children become aware of a concept before they have the words to describe it.
- D.
All of the above
- 21.Who is responsible for the Critical-age Theory?
- A.
Lennerberg
- B.
Piaget
- C.
Chomsky
- D.
Mill
- 22.Who is responsible for the Innateness Hypothesis and LAD theory?
- A.
Piaget
- B.
Lennerberg
- C.
Chomsky
- D.
Hobbes
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