Questions about Second Language instruction/acquisition
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Define the following terms in your words, using your knowledge of its impact in Second Language instruction/acquisition. (Do not copy a definition, but you may use the researcher’s words to explain. For example, Krashen’s …) (6 points each)
- Critical Period Hypothesis
- Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
- Noticing Hypothesis
- i + l
- Output
- Interlanguage
- Competition Model
- Teachability Hypothesis
- CALL
- Acquisition
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Critical Period Hypothesis
This represents one of the greatest of debates in language acquisition and linguistics over the degree to which one’s ability to acquire language is connected to his or her age biologically. The claim is that there is an appropriate time allowed in which one may acquire language and if this time period is not utilized, it becomes hard to acquire language. The hypothesis further claims that the initial years of life represent…..
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