ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014
YEAR ONE: INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING
#13: The End-of-Term Quiz
·ð The End-of-Term Quiz is administered:
o at 15.15
o on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
o in Room #101
·ð The formalities (student transcripts signed etc.): Wednesday, January 22nd; 11.00-
13.30 (Room 303c)
·ð The Make-Up Quiz is administered on Wednesday, January 29th; 11.00-12.00
(room to be announced). Later dates to be negotiated.
The format of the Quiz is an analytical, discreet-point written test. Example tasks:
Example #1: True/False Choice
Decide whether a given statement is True or False by CIRCLING the appropriate letter 
either T or F:
T F The Interlanguage Hypothesis was put forward by Noam Chomsky.
Example #2: Multiple Choice
In each of the following CIRCLE the best answer:
In Krashen s theory, the part of language data which actually becomes available for L2
acquisition is called (the):
input filter intake monitor
Example #3: Arranging Information
In front of each word or phrase below INSERT the right NUMBER (from 1 =  first to 8 =
 last ) to order of the stages of first language acquisition:
5 one-word stage 2 babbling 1 cooing 7 telegraphic speech
4 echolalia 8 true speech 6 two-word stage 3 lalling
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Example #4: Matching Information
In front of each term below INSERT the appropriate NUMBER corresponding to the scholar
(linguist, psycholinguist, psychologist or methodologist) with whom the term is most strongly
linked. Key: 1  B. F. Skinner; 2  R. Lado; 3  J. Piaget; 4  N. Chomsky; 5  E. Lenneberg;
6  S. P. Corder; 7  L. Selinker; 8  S. D. Krashen.
8 comprehensible 5 lateralization 4 language acquisition 1 reinforcement
input device
1 operant 7 fossilization 3 formal operations 6 covert error
conditioning
3 concrete 2 audiolingualism 2 contrastive analysis 5 critical period
operations
6 post-systematic 7 transfer of 4 poverty of the 8 affective filter
error training stimulus
Example #5: Developing Information
(BONUS) Give the FULL NAMES of at least 5 of the following acronyms used in psychology,
psycholinguistics, second language acquisition theory and language pedagogy:
FL foreign language UG Universal Grammar
L1 first language CPH Critical Period Hypothesis
IL interlanguage IQ Intelligence Quotient
MLAT Modern Language Aptitude Test STM short-term memory
Example #6: Completing Information
Below each age band ENTER THE NAME of the appropriate stage of child cognitive
development, according to Jean Piaget:
0-2 years 2-7 years 7-11 years 11+ years
sensori-motor pre-operational concrete operational formal operational
GOOD LUCK!
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