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How is the development of a new L2 influenced by knowledge and capabilities available
through L1 (and previous L2s)? - representation (competence)
- processing tendencies (control)
Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH) The expectation that learners will have less difficulty
acquiring target language patterns that are similar to those of the first language than those that
are different.
Interlingual Identification 'the judgement that something in the native language and
something in the target language are similar'
Unmarked simplest and most frequent across languages, perceived to be 'universal'
ex = devoicing, SVO
Marked most complex and most rare, perceived to be 'language specific'
ex = voicing, SOV, OVS
Markedness relations among contrasting features within/across languages
Issues in L1 Influence Contrastive Analysis
Error Analysis
Avoidance
Marked vs. Unmarked
Developmental Sequences
Transferability
Typological closeness
Pragmatic and other influences
, Positive Influences
Transferability/Psychotypology L1 transfer is partly a function of learners' intuition about
how transferable certain phenomena are
Kellerman's "Break" Study used L1 Dutch learners of English. measured acceptance of the
transitive (breaking something) vs intransitive (something breaks) uses of the word 'break' as a
measure of transferability. intransitive meaning perceived as too 'marked'
Interlingual Identification depends on - nature of specific L2 phenomenon
- perceived L1/L2 distance
- proficiency level
Avoidance Errors of omission, may lead to more accurate production (less mistakes)
It is in the school years when children acquire .............................. awareness to treat language
as an object separate from the meaning it conveys metalinguistic
Typically, the first sounds a baby produces to communicate needs to the adults around them
are known as babbling. T/F? False, earliest vocalizations are involuntary crying
Children are capable of imitating all that it is spoken to them in the 2nd year of life. T/F?
False
Brown's study of morphological development in three kids could be characterized as
.......................................... longitudinal
In the acquisition of negation in English, during the initial stage, kids place the negative item as
the second element of the sentence/utterance. T/F? False
How is the development of a new L2 influenced by knowledge and capabilities available
through L1 (and previous L2s)? - representation (competence)
- processing tendencies (control)
Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH) The expectation that learners will have less difficulty
acquiring target language patterns that are similar to those of the first language than those that
are different.
Interlingual Identification 'the judgement that something in the native language and
something in the target language are similar'
Unmarked simplest and most frequent across languages, perceived to be 'universal'
ex = devoicing, SVO
Marked most complex and most rare, perceived to be 'language specific'
ex = voicing, SOV, OVS
Markedness relations among contrasting features within/across languages
Issues in L1 Influence Contrastive Analysis
Error Analysis
Avoidance
Marked vs. Unmarked
Developmental Sequences
Transferability
Typological closeness
Pragmatic and other influences
, Positive Influences
Transferability/Psychotypology L1 transfer is partly a function of learners' intuition about
how transferable certain phenomena are
Kellerman's "Break" Study used L1 Dutch learners of English. measured acceptance of the
transitive (breaking something) vs intransitive (something breaks) uses of the word 'break' as a
measure of transferability. intransitive meaning perceived as too 'marked'
Interlingual Identification depends on - nature of specific L2 phenomenon
- perceived L1/L2 distance
- proficiency level
Avoidance Errors of omission, may lead to more accurate production (less mistakes)
It is in the school years when children acquire .............................. awareness to treat language
as an object separate from the meaning it conveys metalinguistic
Typically, the first sounds a baby produces to communicate needs to the adults around them
are known as babbling. T/F? False, earliest vocalizations are involuntary crying
Children are capable of imitating all that it is spoken to them in the 2nd year of life. T/F?
False
Brown's study of morphological development in three kids could be characterized as
.......................................... longitudinal
In the acquisition of negation in English, during the initial stage, kids place the negative item as
the second element of the sentence/utterance. T/F? False
