QUESTION PAPER-LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
&LANGUAGE LEARNING/PRINCIPLES
&OBJECTIVES
1. Question: Grammar should be taught by
(a) giving clear explanations
(b) enabling practice in context
(c) asking students to learn rules
(d) making learners do written assignments
Answer: (b)
2. Question: Which one of the following is not true about the
status of English language across the world?
(a) English as a native language
(b) English as a heritage language
(c) English as a foreign language
(d) English as a second language
Answer: (b)
3. Question: The study of words and their meanings is known
as
(a) semantics
(b) linguistics
(c) phonetics
(d) syntax
Answer: (a)
4. Question: Etymology is:
(a) science of Pedagogy.
(b) science of study of language.
(c) science of meaning of words.
(d) science of knowing the origin of words.
Answer: (d)
5. Question: A word gets its meaning:
(a) in relation to its context
(b) from dictionary only
(c) spelling
(d) from its origin
Answer: (d)
6. Question: The first generation learners are those who are:
(a) coming first time to school to seek admission.
(b) learning Hindi for the first time.
(c) learning English for the first time.
(d) the first from their family to come to school.
Answer: (d)
7. Question: A good paragraph writing in English involves:
(a) Correct punctuation marks
(b) Ideas, presentation and coherence
(c) Flowery language
(d) Legible handwriting
Answer: (b)
8. Question: Children can best learn a language when they
having
(a) a good textbook
(b) a proficient language teacher
(c) inhibition
(d) motivation
Answer: (d)
9. Q2. When language is learnt naturally and without any
systematic practice, it is called as
(a) learning
(b) first learning
(c) acquisition
(d) erudition
10. The ‘acquired system’ or acquisition of a language is the
(a) formal skills development
(b) sub-conscious process
(c) input-output process
(d) self-monitoring of learning
12. Learning a language is a
(a) gradual process
(b) last process
(c) instant process
(d) all inclusive process
13. The term ‘second language’ refers to
(a) one’s native language
(b) regional languages
(c) other than the native language
(d) None of the above
14. It requires the explicit, conscious introduction of
information.
A. Learning
B. Acquisition
15. Which of the following statements is true about language
acquisition?
a) At birth, children know the elementary aspects of the
language of their parents.
b) By age one, children typically use about three words
consisting of single morphemes.
c) Babies learn a language best when they are forced to
repeat phrases given to them by their parents.
d) none of the above
16. The best time to learn a second language is in:
a) early childhood
b) junior and senior high school
c) college
17. Linguistic interference occurs when:
a) people try to speak if they are very nervous and feel
intimidated
b) people learn a second language or dialect
c) young children learn their first language
18. Definition of Acquisition according to Krashen
Is the result of formal learning.
Is a process through which a person studies a new language.
Is the subconscious process through which the acquirer does
not know that he or she possesses any new language.
Is the conscious process through which a person learns a new
language; it usually involves studying with books and going
to classes.
19. Low motivation, low self- confidence & high anxiety are
elements of which hypothesis.
The Acquisition/ learning hypothesis.
The input hypothesis.
The natural order hypothesis.
The affective filter hypothesis.
The monitor hypothesis.
20. What does the Natural Order Hypothesis say
Acquisition of grammatical structures follows a predictable
order
Is the utterance initiator.
We acquire language only when we understand it perfectly.
In order to learn a language you need to see it in use.
21. Chomsky espoused an INNATIST theory of language
acquisition. Which of the following is part of Chomsky's
theory?
universal grammar
silent period
conditioning
input hypothesis
22. We acquire a language only when we understand language
that contains a structure that´s a little beyond where we are" is
a statement from ...
The natural order hypothesis.
The input hypothesis.
The monitor hypothesis.
The affective filter hypothesis.
The acquisition/ learning hypothesis.
