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Module 4 - Recognizing Second Language Learning

Lourdes Castillo 11 questions Updated 27 Feb 2025

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  1. 1Why should teachers consider understanding language acquisition through theories?Image for question 1
    1. AUnderstanding theories make you smarter.
    2. BThese theories give insight into how we learn a language.
    3. CThey shouldn't. Learning about the past doesn't matter.
    4. DIt will help you memorize more vocabulary.
  2. 2Optimal [blank_start]input[blank_end] hypothesis states that we acquire language and develop literacy from [blank_start]input[blank_end] from understanding what we [blank_start]hear and read[blank_end], not from [blank_start]speaking and writing[blank_end].
    1. Ainput
    2. Boutput
    3. Cinput
    4. Doutput
    5. Ehear and read
    6. Fspeak and write
    7. Gspeaking and writing
    8. Hhearing and reading
  3. 3Which statement is NOT true?

    A good example of optimal input is:    Image for question 3
    1. Aproviding access to easy books with pictures
    2. Blistening to stories that are made comprehensible in a variety of ways
    3. Csimple repetition, drilling activities
    4. Dimmersion but only if they contain large amounts of optimal (not heavy) input
  4. 4Language disorders and/or cognitive problems are more prevalent within the ELL community.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  5. 5In order, the 6 stages of second-language acquisition are as follows: [blank_start]pre-production[blank_end], [blank_start]early production[blank_end], [blank_start]speech emergent[blank_end], [blank_start]beginning fluency[blank_end], [blank_start]intermediate fluency[blank_end], and [blank_start]advanced fluency[blank_end].
    1. Apre-production
    2. Bearly production
    3. Cspeech emergent
    4. Dbeginning fluency
    5. Eintermediate fluency
    6. Fadvanced fluency
  6. 6What is the zone of proximal development?
    1. Athe amount of time a student can study before they get tired
    2. Bthe area just beyond where the student is able to perform independently
    3. Cthe distance between what a student can do alone and what they can do with a calculator
    4. Dthe range of grades a student can achieve without any help
  7. 7Which descriptions are characteristics of a student who is in the early production stage of second-language acquisition? (May choose more than 1)
    1. Aproduces 1-2 word responses
    2. Bemphasis on listening and is not verbal (silent)
    3. Climited comprehension
    4. Dable to use key words and familiar phrases
    5. Efairly fluent in social situations
  8. 8Which descriptions are characteristics of a student who is in the intermediate fluency stage of second-language acquisition? (May choose more than 1)
    1. Aable to speak fluently in new situations and academic areas with some gaps
    2. Bsilent period
    3. Crelies on context clues and familiar topics
    4. Dable to demonstrate higher order thinking skills in the new language (e.g., offering an opinion or analyzing a problem)
    5. Eessentially fluent; native-like speech and comprehension
  9. 9English language learners tend to learn [blank_start]social[blank_end] language more quickly than [blank_start]academic[blank_end] language.
    1. Asocial
    2. Bacademic
  10. 10There is an ELL student at the preproduction stage of second-language acquisition. According to Hill's (2016) tiered questioning strategy, what sort of questions should their teacher ask in order to optimize learning?
    1. AAll kinds of questions. The more questions the student is given, the more they're cognitively and linguistically stimulated.
    2. BStrictly stick to prompts/questions within their proficiency/stage level

      Example:
      show me...
      where is...?
      circle the...
    3. CDepending on their progress, the teacher can ask questions matched to their level as well as a few prompts/question matched to the next higher level
    4. DELL students should be given the same questions as the other students so they don't feel separated and/or othered

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Quiz on Module 4 - Recognizing Second Language Learning, created by Lourdes Castillo on 26/02/2025.
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