FTCE ESOL K-12 Questions with Answers (All Answers Correct)

Universal Grammar - Answer-Chomsky-no dialect or language is more complex or sophisticated than the other. We are all born with the capacity to learn any language w/o formal instruction LAD - Answer-Language Aquisition Device Generative Grammar - Answer-set of rules that could be used to produce language Deep Structure - Answer-our ideas, what we mean-derive meaning from social context Surface Structure - Answer-what we say or write-literal meaning of words Natural Order Hypothesis - Answer-Krashen- grammatical structures aquired in a predictable order, independent of the order grammar is taught Stages of SLA - Answer-Krashen-Pre-production (silent period), early production, speech emergence, intermediate fluency, advanced fluency Input Hypothesis/Comprehensible Input - Answer-Krashen-i+1, language input slightly above current level yields optimal growth Affective Filter - Answer-Krashen-mental block can be produced by negative factors such as anxiety, low motivation, self confidence Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - Answer-Vygotsky-distance between developmental level and level of potential development. Area between independent performance and assisted performance Communicative Competence - Answer-learner's abiity to apply and use grammatical uses, form correct utterances and know how and when to use them appropriately. The ability to communicate effectively and to vary communication styles appropriately in various contexts. Social and pragmatic competence. Language Interference - Answer-effect of L1 on production of L2Negative Transfer - Answer-interference of previous learning inprocess of learning something new Interlanguage - Answer-language system "inbetween" L1 & L2 that student develops while learning the L2 but is neither L1 or L2