A) a systematic means ofcommunicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventional signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings. B) communication primarily among primates and mammals. C) a process trough which people understand things. D) a sequence of vocal symbols intended to share thoughts and ideas. E) a sequence of actions that humans carry out to learn from others.
A) Preparing fun activities that Ss like. B) difficulty in the process of developing a skill. C) innate ability to communicate. D) Assisting the learner in the process of learning. E) the transfer of information from one individual to another to preserve the species.
A) questioning, doubting, criticizing, investigating data and abilities. B) Grasping, getting, obtaining or developing knowledge/skill/attitude. C) obtaining data from other humans through language. D) discovering the many things one can select in life. E) internalizing the sense of life and philosophy.
A) the natural way of learning a second language. B) the process of acquiring a foreign language through classes. C) the complicated vocal symbols acquired by babies without sense. D) any sound uttered by human offspring. E) the process with which we learn our mother tongue.
A) the second chance we have to learn a language in school or outside. B) grasping and internalizing the culture of another country whose language is different to ours. C) the process of learning a language other than our native one. D) the second language rules, skills, and processes. E) the process of learning our first language for the second time with more detail to higher vocabulary and structure.
A) Noah Chomsky B) Carl Rogers C) Frederick Skinner D) Jean Piaget E) Howard Gardner
A) behavioristic B) nativist C) mediation D) meaningful E) cognitive
A) relationship, webs B) cognitive, thoughts C) affective, social D) repetition, practice E) stimulus, response
A) brains, social, affective, cultural, and psychological issues all play a role in the language learning process. B) humans are a "tabula rasa" that can be filled with any information and taught any skill, language included. C) humans learn better when they relate known information to new information, building webs of data. D) the human brain can code, decode, combine, and relate different patterns with hundreds of pieces of language. E) the brain has little or no role in the language learning process but that the social and affective factors have a determinant role.
A) operant conditioning B) nativist C) experiential D) constructivistic E) cognitive
A) help learners learn B) share anecdotes and personal information to illustrate topics. C) assign homework and carefully check it. D) design and carry out many activities. E) make learners happy
A) ESL B) EFL C) ELT D) CEFR E) LAD
A) generative linguistics B) universal grammar C) first language acquisition D) communicative teaching E) second language acquisition
A) Behavioristic Approach to ELT B) Functional Approach to ELT C) Constructivistic Approach D) Nativist Approach to ELT E) Meaningful Learning Approach
A) input B) discourse C) production D) performance E) competence |