Bilingual Supplemental (164) Practice Questions with Correct Answers

Second language instruction research indicates that second language learners typically absorb ____________ and then use them in understanding ________________. A) idiomatic expressions; rules of the language B) formulaic expressions; rules of the language C) rules of the language; idiomatic expressions D) rules of grammar; figurative language Correct Answer B) formulaic expressions; rules of the language. - Research indicates that early second-language learners absorb a few formulaic expressions and initially do not perceive them as separate words so much as functional phrases that are memorized as global wholes. Phrases such as "I don't want to go" or "Where is the grocery store" later become templates for discovering the rules of the language. "I don't want to go" becomes the formula for "I don't like my neighbor" or "I don't understand"; with time, the learner understands the subject can change, and that the verb must change in agreement. "I don't want to go" becomes a template for "Paula wants a dog" or "My friend doesn't like shopping." In 1963, the first two-way immersion (TWI) program in the United States was established. Between then and the early 90s, the growth of TWI programs throughout the country was A) uneven; twenty programs were established in the first decade, 37 in the next five years and 120 in the final five years B) static, with fewer than a dozen documented programs C) exponential, nearly doubling every two to three years D) steady, gaining an average of 10 new programs per year Correct Answer B)static -With fewer than a dozen documented programs. While currently there are 248 programs nationwide, the majority of these were established in the last 20 years. In the two decades following the development of the first TWI program, growth was extremely slow, with fewer than a dozen programs prior to the 1980s. Dr. Wu has paired his ELLs with native English-speaking partners after they have read a chapter from a text. He has given each pair a specific task related to the text, and each member of each pair has received additional information that is unique, or that differs somewhat from information the partner has received. The students are asked to examine, discuss, and complete the task together. This approach is an example of A) shared-information tasks B) multiple-approaches tasks C) two-heads-are-better-than-one tasks D) information-gap tasks Correct Answer (ONLINE TEST)