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Oposiciones OPOSICIONES 2023 (UNIT 2: GENERAL THEORIES. INTERLANGUAGE. ERROR ANALYSIS) Quiz on UNIT 2, created by Miriam González Cano on 20/09/2021.

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UNIT 2

Question 1 of 28

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Sociocultural Theory: author

Select one of the following:

  • Skinner

  • Chomsky

  • Long

  • Schumann

  • Vygotsky

  • Krashen

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Question 2 of 28

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Behaviourism: author

Select one of the following:

  • Skinner

  • Chomsky

  • Long

  • Schumann

  • Vygotsky

  • Krashen

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Question 3 of 28

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Acculturation model: author

Select one of the following:

  • Skinner

  • Chomsky

  • Long

  • Schumann

  • Vygotsky

  • Krashen

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Question 4 of 28

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Universal Grammar: author

Select one of the following:

  • Skinner

  • Chomsky

  • Long

  • Schumann

  • Vygotsky

  • Krashen

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Question 5 of 28

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Cognitivism: author

Select one of the following:

  • Skinner

  • Chomsky

  • Long

  • Schumann

  • Vygotsky

  • Krashen

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Question 6 of 28

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Interaction Hypothesis: author

Select one of the following:

  • Skinner

  • Chomsky

  • Long

  • Schumann

  • Vygotsky

  • Krashen

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Question 7 of 28

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Skinner tried to analyse language behaviour under the term involving 3 external factors: frequency, imitation and reinforcement.

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Question 8 of 28

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( Social dominance, Integration patterns, Enclosure, Cultural congruence, Cohesiveness ): the native culture may be superior, inferior or equal in terms of politics, culture or technology. If they view their culture as superior, they may not learn the second language.

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( Integration patterns, Cohesiveness, Social dominance, Enclosure ): associated with the eagerness of the individual to keep their own cultural identity.

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Question 10 of 28

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According to Chomsky, children are born with .

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Question 11 of 28

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• Acquisition: it is a process, identical to the one that children experience with their mother tongue. It comes about through .
• Learning: it is a process which leads to knowledge about .

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    subconscious
    conscious
    meaningful interaction
    rules

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Question 12 of 28

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According to the Input hypothesis, learners acquire language when they are exposed to comprehensible input, that is, information a little bit beyond their current level of competence (I+1).

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 13 of 28

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Long's Interaction Hypothesis agrees with...

Select one or more of the following:

  • the importance of teachers

  • the use of comprehensible input through modified interaction

  • negotiation of meaning

  • the provision of scaffolding

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Question 14 of 28

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The most outstanding concept of Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory is the , which relates to the difference between what an individual can achieve independently and what they can achieve through guidance and scaffolding

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Question 15 of 28

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Environmentalist theories suggest that the individual’s environment shapes both and , that is, that the individual’s experience is of more significance to development than its .

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Question 16 of 28

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• ( Attitude, Integration patterns, Cultural congruence, Cohesiveness, Enclosure ): the feelings of the native and target cultures toward each other may impact language learning.

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Question 17 of 28

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• Enclosure: when cultures share social , enclosure is low, supporting language learning.

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Question 18 of 28

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• ( Cultural congruence, Integration patterns, Attitude, Cohesiveness ): the less similar the two cultures are, the bigger the social distance.

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Question 19 of 28

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• : strong contact within the native culture with few contacts outside the community increases the social distance.

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Question 20 of 28

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Nativist theories hold that language acquisition is an innate . Thus, human abilities and are encoded at birth, and language acquisition occurs as a natural part of human .

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Question 21 of 28

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Interactionist theories rely both on and factors. According to these theories, children learn language out of a desire to with the world around them. Hence, language emerges from .

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Question 22 of 28

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The Interaction Hypothesis is a theory proposing that one of the most effective methods in second language learning is by means of and .

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Question 23 of 28

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In Long's view, what learners need is...

Select one of the following:

  • simplification of linguistic forms

  • interaction with native speakers

  • interaction with teachers

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Question 24 of 28

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Vygotsky believed that learning is an and process, where language is developed from social interactions. According to this theory, second language learners advance to higher levels when they interact with more knowledgeable speakers, such as a . Thus, the plays a crucial role in language acquisition.

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Question 25 of 28

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Interlanguage is the system which has a structurally status between the native language and the target language.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 26 of 28

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Negotiation of meaning can be thus defined as the process by which addresser and addressee the and linguistic , grammatical structures or message until they reach mutual understanding.

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Question 27 of 28

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Negotiation of meaning involves several communicative strategies:
• , which consists of attributing to the target language all features of their first-language translation equivalent.
• and , which consist of avoiding structures which are found to be difficult, and using forms which are known rather than trying out new structures, respectively.
• , which consists of repeating the utterance using different words or expressions.
• , which consists of applying a rule or pattern in a situation in which it does not apply in the target language.
• , which consists of reduction of the language due to inability or insecurity of learners.

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Question 28 of 28

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The awareness of errors is important to teachers and learners, since it enables them to check their and enhance their . Hence, studying errors serve two main purposes: they provide , and they indicate which parts of the curriculum are the most difficult for students.

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