Applied linguistics (2007)

1. 101. Babbling is
   

   1. AA. a stage of cognitive development.
      
   2. BB. a stage of linguistic development.
      
   3. CC. a substantive universal.
      
   4. DD. a component of LAD.
2. 202. Comparing L1 and L2 acquisition the linguists do not deal with abnormal or pathological cases of language acquisition. Which of the following comparisons would not be considered?
   

   1. AA. Child L1 and Child L2.
      
   2. BB. Child L1 and Adult L2.
      
   3. CC. Adult L1 and Adult L2.
      
   4. DD. Child L2 and Adult L2.
3. 303. Genie described by Curtiss (1977) and accounts of 'wolf children' provide evidence for
   

   1. AA. the linguistic universals.
      
   2. BB. the critical period hypothesis.
      
   3. CC. the malfunction of LAD.
      
   4. DD. a delay in lateralization.
4. 404. Which of the following statements about imitation in first language acquisition in NOT true?
   

   1. AA. At the earliest stages of child language acquisition there is mainly surface imitation.
      
   2. BB. At the later stages of chold language acquisition there is mainly deep imitation.
      
   3. CC. At the earliest stages of child language acquisition there is mainly deep imitation.
      
   4. DD. At the earliest stages of child language acquisition there is no deep or surface imitation.
5. 505. In a 1983 book 'Frames of Mind' Howard Gardner put forward the theory of Multiple Intelligences. What is the inference from his theory?
   

   1. AA. There are no gifted people at all.
      
   2. BB. People can be gifted in one or moe areas.
      
   3. CC. The traditional IQ tests are reliable.
      
   4. DD. A dominant verbal-linguistic intelligence is a prerequisite to successful foreign language learning.
6. 606. Information that is automatically and spontaneously used in language tasks is known as
   

   1. AA. implicit knowledge.
      
   2. BB. analysed knowledge.
      
   3. CC. explicit knowledge.
      
   4. DD. free knowledge.
7. 707. Which of the following statements on memory development in early childhood IS NOT true?

   1. AA. In some situations a child is able to commit facts to memory.
      
   2. BB. The elementary form of organization of the material in memory is the narrative.
   3. CC. A child remembers the events which made an impression on it.
      
   4. DD. A child's memory is delibarate.
8. 808. Which of the statements about a silent period IS true?

   1. AA. It refers exclusively to L1 and not L2 acquisition.
      
   2. BB. It is obligatory in L1 acquisition.
      
   3. CC. It refers exclusively to L2 and not L1 acquisition.
      
   4. DD. It is obligatiory in L2 acquisition.
9. 909. The lesion to the child's left hemisphere may result in taking over the speech function by its right hemisphere because
   

   1. AA. the lateralisation process has been finished already.
      
   2. BB. the critical period has been finished.
      
   3. CC. the lateralisation process has not been completed yet.
      
   4. DD. it is always the case in children and adults.
10. 1010. What hemisphere would precess the following sentence 'I don't understand' produced by an elementary L2 young learner in a formal setting?
    

    1. AA. The right hemisphere.
       
    2. BB. The left hemisphere.
       
    3. CC. Both hemispheres.
       
    4. DD. It cannot be precessed at this stage.

11. 1111. Which of the statements about L2 learners IS NOT true?
    

    1. AA. They use a semantic and structural simplification.
       
    2. BB. They follow L2 morpheme acquisition order which is different that this for native speakers of that language.
       
    3. CC. They use patterns in L2 but not formulas.
       
    4. DD. They undergo a silent period.
12. 1212. One of the components of Language Acquisition Device is
    

    1. AA. the hypothesis making device.
       
    2. BB. lateralization.
       
    3. CC. universal grammar.
       
    4. DD. re-setting of parameters.
13. 1313. An L2 learner returns to earlier stages of development. This process is known as
    

    1. AA. fossilization.
       
    2. BB. backsliding.
       
    3. CC. renewal construction.
    4. DD. lapse.
14. 1414. At what stage of L1 linguistic development can a child formulate its first questions?
    

    1. AA. mature speech.
       
    2. BB. one word utterances.
       
    3. CC. two word utterances.
       
    4. DD. babbling.
15. 1515. Which of the following features would contribute to the greatest success of a FL learner?
    

    1. AA. Tolerance of ambiguity, instrumental motivation
       
    2. BB. Intolerance of ambiguity, instrumental motivation
       
    3. CC. Tolerance of ambiguity, integrative motivation
       
    4. DD. Intolerance of ambiguity, integrative motivation
16. 1616. When a child dressed up as a Superman says 'Look mummy, I'm supermanning' it provides evidence for
    

    1. AA. existance of Universal Grammar.
       
    2. BB. a telegraphic speech.
       
    3. CC. a child's ability to use holophrases.
       
    4. DD. language interference.
17. 1717. Jean Berko's 'wug test' (1958) demonstrated that
    

    1. AA. children learn language as a series of separate discrete items.
       
    2. BB. children learn language as an integrated system.
       
    3. CC. children's language is unsystematic.
       
    4. DD. children cannot repeat nonsense words.
18. 1818. McNeill (1996) described LAD as consisting of four innate linguistic properties. Which of the following properties does not refer to LAD?
    

    1. AA. the ability to generate formulas and patterns.
       
    2. BB. knowledge that only a certain kind of linguistic system is possible and that other kinds are not.
       
    3. CC. the ability to distinguish speech sounds from other sounds in the environment.
       
    4. DD. the ability to organize the linguistic data into various classes that can be later refined.
19. 1919. Relating new information to other in the memory is known as
    

    1. AA. inferencing.
       
    2. BB. transfer.
       
    3. CC. contextualization.
       
    4. DD. elaboration.
20. 2020. The use of a first or third language within a stream of speech in the second language is called

    1. AA. transfer.
       
    2. BB. interference.
       
    3. CC. code-switching.
       
    4. DD. transition.
21. 2121. Which of the following learning strategies is metacognitive (O'Malley 1985)?
    

    1. AA. Recombination.
       
    2. BB. Inferencing.
       
    3. CC. Directed Attention.
       
    4. DD. Resourcing.
22. 2222. Schuman's Acculturation - Pidginization Model refers to
    

    1. AA. a formal setting.
       
    2. BB. a naturalistic setting.
       
    3. CC. a school-based setting.
       
    4. DD. a formal instruction setting.
23. 2323. According to hierarchy of difficulty proposed by contrastive analysis an item that exists in the native language is given a new shape or distribution. This definition refers to
    

    1. AA. coalescence.
       
    2. BB. reinterpretation.
       
    3. CC. overdifferentiation.
       
    4. DD. underdifferentiation.
24. 2424. The first negation form appears in the child's L1 linguistic development at
    

    1. AA. One word utterances stage.
       
    2. BB. Two word utterances stage.
       
    3. CC. Babbling stage.
       
    4. DD. Mature speech stage.
25. 2525. Which of the statements on interference in adults is not true?
    

    1. AA. Adult L2 linguistic processes are more vulnerable to the effect of the L1 on the L2.
       
    2. BB. Adult L2 learners approach the L2 eaither focally or peripherally.
       
    3. CC. Adult L2 learners make different types of errors that can be found in children learning their L1.
       
    4. DD. Adult L2 learners attempt to formulate linguistic rules on the basis of information that is available to them.
26. 2626. What is the main obstacle to learning a FL according to behaviourist theories?
    

    1. AA. Pattern imitation
       
    2. BB. Habit formation
       
    3. CC. Proactive inhibition
       
    4. DD. Avoidance
27. 2727. Krashen's approach to L2 learning can be described as
    

    1. AA. the interface position.
       
    2. BB. a homogeneous competence model.
       
    3. CC. a discourse theory.
       
    4. DD. a dual competence hypothesis.
28. 2828. According to Krashen's Input Hypothesis acquisition takes place when the learner
    

    1. AA. is an optimal Monitor user.
       
    2. BB. can control the Affective Filter.
       
    3. CC. has understood a structure (i + 1).
       
    4. DD. participates in natural communication.
29. 2929. Carroll distinguished several components of FL aptitude, one of them is
    

    1. AA. language processing ability.
       
    2. BB. inductive learning ability.
       
    3. CC. interpersonal communication skills.
       
    4. DD. deductive learning ability.
30. 3030. Aptitude tests such as Carroll's MLAT and Pimsleur's LAB reflect the assumptions of
    

    1. AA. the Grammar-Translation Method.
       
    2. BB. the Audiolingualism.
       
    3. CC. the Natural Approach.
       
    4. DD. the Communicative Language Teaching.
31. 3131. Consciousness raising is a type of construction designed to make a learner aware of
    

    1. AA. the teacher's role, group dynamics and classroom interactions.
       
    2. BB. the strategies of learning and communicating in a foreign language.
       
    3. CC. the importance of preserving his/her own identity in contact with a foreign culture.
       
    4. DD. specific linguistic features that appear in the process of foreign language learning.
32. 3232. Tolerance of ambiguity is a dimension of
    

    1. AA. field (in)dependence.
       
    2. BB. cognitive style.
       
    3. CC. rote learning ability.
       
    4. DD. language aptitude.
33. 3333. The Accommodation Theory explains the process of SLA in term of
    

    1. AA. the degree of social and psychological distance between a learner and the TL group.
       
    2. BB. the adjustments which speakers make to their speach during interactions.
       
    3. CC. the type of negations of meaning between a learner and a native speaker.
       
    4. DD. grammatical and ungrammatical foreigner talk input modifications.
34. 3434. The Acculturation Theory explains the process of SLA in terms of
    

    1. AA. the degree of social and psychological distance between a learner and the TL group.
       
    2. BB. the adjustments which speakers make to their speech during interactions.
       
    3. CC. the type of negotiations of meaning between a learner and a native speaker.
       
    4. DD. grammatical and ungrammatical foreigner talk input modifications.
35. 3535. Developmental errors can be described as errors which
    

    1. AA. do not reflect L1 structure but can be fiund in first language acquisition data.
       
    2. BB. do not reflect L1 structure and cannot be found in first language acquisition data.
       
    3. CC. reflect L1 structure and can be found in second language acqusition data.
       
    4. DD. are systematic and occur frequently in interlanguage data.
36. 3636. The fact that the length of children's utterances gradually increases and their knowledge of grammatical structures is built up in steps is the evidence of
    

    1. AA. language as a human-specific faculty.
       
    2. BB. theuniqueness of their utterances.
       
    3. CC. the existance of the 'age of resonance'.
       
    4. DD. the incremental nature of L1 acquisition.
37. 3737. According to the theory of Universal Grammar
    

    1. AA. core rules are marked and periphery rules are unmarked.
       
    2. BB. periphery rules are marked and core rules are unmarked.
       
    3. CC. core rules are unmarked and periphery rules can be marked and unmarked.
       
    4. DD. periphery rules are marked and core rules can be marked and unmarked.
38. 3838. Utterances that are superficially well-formed but do not mean what the learner wanted to express are called
    

    1. AA. local errors.
       
    2. BB. overt errors.
       
    3. CC. covert errors.
       
    4. DD. errors of misinformation.
39. 3939. Sociopragmatic failure occurs when a learner tries to perform the right speech act but
    

    1. AA. uses the L1 structure instead of the L2 form.
       
    2. BB. deviates with regard to the meaning.
       
    3. CC. uses the wrong linguistic means.
       
    4. DD. deviates with regard to the form.
40. 4040. According to Selinker and Lamendella, which of the following factors influence fossilization? (1) age, (2) gender, (3) personality, (4) lack of learning opportunity, (5) communit=cative pressure, (6) the nature of the feedback?
    

    1. AA. (1), (2), (3), (4)
       
    2. BB. (1), (2), (5), (6)
       
    3. CC. (1), (4), (5), (6)
       
    4. DD. (3), (4), (5), (6)
41. 4141. Most studies confirm the fact that individual learner factors affect
    

    1. AA. the route and rate of SLA.
       
    2. BB. the rate and final success of SLA.
       
    3. CC. the route and final success of SLA.
       
    4. DD. the route, tae and final success of SLA.
42. 4242. According to Tarine, 'capability continuum' is
    

    1. AA. a series of speech styles, ranging according to, e.g. the degree of formality.
       
    2. BB. a record of overlapping, interconnected stages of interlanguage development.
       
    3. CC. a pattern of structure development in the sequence of the U-shaped behaviour.
       
    4. DD. an ordered list of morphemes that reflect the natural order of acquisution.
43. 4343. Tarone claims that we can predict that the use of a particular linguistic feature, e.g. the third person singular -s will be most frequent in the following contexts:
    

    1. AA. simple/careful.
       
    2. BB. simple.vernacular.
       
    3. CC. complex/careful.
       
    4. DD. complex/vernacular.
44. 4444. In Bialystok's model of SLA implicit linguistic knowledge can be derived from explicit linguistic knowledge through
    

    1. AA. inferencing.
       
    2. BB. language exposure.
       
    3. CC. formal practicing.
       
    4. DD. functonal practicing.
45. 4545. Which of the following statements is true?
    

    1. AA. Grammar instruction has an effect on accuracy in planned and unplanned production.
       
    2. BB. Grammar instruction changes the natural sequence of acquisiton.
       
    3. CC. Grammar instruction accelerates the process along the natural order of acquisition.
       
    4. DD. The effects of formal instruction are more durable when the learner is an adult.
46. 4646. 'Focus on forms' refers to the type of instruction that
    

    1. AA. aims at teaching all integrated skills with the emphasis on selected structures.
       
    2. BB. is based on a communicative syllabus to teach functions as well as structures.
       
    3. CC. isolates linguistic forms to teach them one by one at the same time.
       
    4. DD. combines a ficus on form and a focus on meaning in one teaching unit.
47. 4747. The 'zero option' in foreign language teaching advocates
    

    1. AA. teaching without explicit, deductive grammatical rules and definitions.
       
    2. BB. providing learners with adequate input containing specific structures.
       
    3. CC. providing learners with a number of explicit rules in isolation.
       
    4. DD. abandoning any type of formal teaching.
48. 4848. The Group Imbedded Figure Test (GEFT) measures the degree of

    1. AA. field dependence/independence.
       
    2. BB. inductive language learning.
       
    3. CC. spacial intelligence.
       
    4. DD. cognitive analytic language proficiency
49. 4949. The Bilingual Syntax Measure is
    

    1. AA. a procedure of CA used in L2 error identification.
       
    2. BB. a method of syntactic analysis of bilingual speakers.
       
    3. CC. a systematic description of L1 and L2 'core' grammars.
       
    4. DD. an instrument to elicit data containing specific linguistic features.
50. 5050. The obligatory occasion analysis is a method for
    

    1. AA. idenifying and describing developmental patterns.
       
    2. BB. accounting for the incorrect use of specific linguistic forms.
       
    3. CC. measuring delayed response times.
       
    4. DD. calculating the frequency of use of morphological features.

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