Royal University of Phnom Penh Subject: SL402

Institution of Foreign Languages Course Instructor: PBT

Department of English Academic Year: 2018-2019

CHAPTER 6: SECOND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

I. KEY TERMS
Find an appropriate term for each of the following definitions. Write your answers on the line
provided.

1. ____________________________ the influence resulting from similarities and differences

between target language and any other language that has
been previously acquired.
2. ____________________________ it proposes that, in general, if a given language contains a
marked structure, it is likely to contain the unmarked
equivalent as well.
3. ___________________________ refers to the fixed series of stages in language
development such as the sequence for developing
negation.
4. ____________________________ one way in which new L2 vocabulary and expressions are
learned is in the form of what they the learners appear to
acquire as single unanalyzed units.
5. ____________________________ aspects of the learner’s interlanguage (IL) that appear to
“fossilize” or remain permanently fixed as non-native-like
structures or sounds.
6. ____________________________ predicts L2 sounds similar to ones in L1 will be difficult to
perceive/produce since learners already have L1
categories; entirely new sounds will be easier to produce.
7. ____________________________ words in related to languages that developed from the
same ancestral root and therefore have the same or similar
form across languages (e.g., “chair” in English and
“chaise” in French).
8. ____________________________ Model of L2 syntatic growth; developmental features are
acquired in a fixed order due to processing constraints,
while variational features allow for individual differences.
9. ____________________________ a theory that suggests that processing load required to
carry out syntactic manipulations at various stages of the
Multidimensional Model.
10. ____________________________ a hypothesis based on the Multidimensional Model and
Processability theory—one can only successfully teach
what the L2 learner is cognitively ready to learn.
11. ____________________________ the study of how context and situation affect meanings.

12. ____________________________ the study of the effects of context and situation on

meaning across language.
13. ____________________________ large sets of usually computerized language data, making
it easier to discover frequencies or patterns.

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Royal University of Phnom Penh Subject: SL402
Institution of Foreign Languages Course Instructor: PBT
Department of English Academic Year: 2018-2019

II. Discussion questions

Answer the following questions based on your opinion and the information you have learnt.
Write your answer in the space provides.

1. Are there any specific ways in which L1 influences aspects of L2?

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2. How do you think you best learn the vocabulary of a second language? Do you have the
impression that you learn more new words by reading in that language by listening to L2
conversations, or by memorizing lists of new words?
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3. How were you taught vocabulary in your L2 class? In your opinion, how effective was the
method used?
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4. Are there any aspects of your mastery of an L2 that you consider to have “fossilized”?
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