Popular Ideas About Language Learning

Question 1

Languages are learned mainly through imitation.

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true

Question 2

Parents tend to focus on meaning rather than form when they correct children's speech.

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true

Question 3

Language learners with a wide variety of intellectual abilities can be successful language learners.

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true

Question 4

Learners who begin learning a second language as adults, rarely achieve the fluency and accuracy that children do in first language acquisition.

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true

Question 5

The earlier a second language is introduced in school programs, the greater the likelihood of success in learning.

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true

Question 6

Second language learning is simply a process of putting second-language words into first-language sentences.

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true

Question 7

Teachers should present grammatical rules one at a time, and learners should practice examples of each one before going on to another.

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true

Question 8

Learner's errors should not always be corrected as soon as they are made.

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true

Question 9

Teachers should use materials that expose students only to language structures which they have already been taught.

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true

Question 10

Students only learn what they are taught.

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true

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