Free ESL Language Acquisition & Development Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is the critical period hypothesis in language acquisition?

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Language is best acquired during early childhood

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Language learning is equally easy at any age.

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Language can only be learned in adulthood.

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Language development stops after teenage years.

Question 2

Which language skill typically develops first in ESL learners?

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Listening

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Writing.

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Reading.

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Speaking.

Question 3

What is interlanguage in second language development?

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A transitional language system during learning

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Fluent English usage.

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An unrelated dialect.

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A formal English variant.

Question 4

Which factor most affects second language acquisition success?

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Motivation, exposure, and first language

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Height and nationality.

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Preferred hobbies.

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Favorite color.

Question 5

What does 'fossilization' refer to in language development?

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Permanent language errors

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Mastering advanced grammar.

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Learning vocabulary only.

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Perfect pronunciation.

Question 6

Which teaching approach emphasizes real communication?

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Communicative approach

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Grammar-translation method.

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Memorization technique.

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Structural method.

Question 7

Who proposed the theory of Universal Grammar?

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Noam Chomsky

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Jean Piaget.

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Lev Vygotsky.

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B.F. Skinner.

Question 8

What does 'comprehensible input' mean?

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Language slightly above the learner's level

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Using complex language only.

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Speaking only the native language.

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Teaching vocabulary lists exclusively.

Question 9

What is code-switching?

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Switching between two languages

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Forgetting a second language.

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Learning multiple dialects.

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Translating everything word-for-word.