EDU-510 : ASYNCHRONOUS ASSIGNMENT FOR UNITS ONE & TWO

*Summarize....BE CONCISE AND CLEAR as you answer each question.

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PART A > FROM Linguistics and Acquisition Presentation PDF file (Unit ONE on Moodle):
1. Pick one feature about the nature of language, and explain it providing one
concrete example of how it manifests itself.
For questions 2-8, pick TWO aspects to create a summarized response you could
defend in a class debate; be concise:
2. How does phonology help explain language acquisition?
3. How does syntax help explain language acquisition?
4. How does morphology help explain language acquisition?
5. How does semantics help explain language acquisition?
6. How does psycholinguistics help explain language acquisition?
7. How does sociolinguistics help explain language acquisition?
8. How does applied linguistics help explain language acquisition?
For questions 10-15, identify the sub-field of linguistics (from those underlined in red
above) related to each topic, see example in #9:
9. Similarities/differences between languages regarding syllable structure or length
of words. morphology
10. Solutions to issues such as speech problems or language teaching methodology.
11. Understanding how to manage individual differences or group strategies to make
language learning more adaptable.
12. Similarities/differences between languages regarding pronunciation, intonation, or
pitch patterns.
13. Approaching how concepts vary from one language to another regarding how
words are incorporated in the vocabulary.
14. Understanding how historic and political events make the use of a particular
language prevalent among different peoples.
15.Understanding how specific complexities in a particular language makes
mastering its grammar less or more difficult by a native speaker of a different
language.
PART B >>>

PART B > FROM Summary of First Acquisition Theories PDF file (Unit TWO on Moodle):
For questions 16-28, create a summarized response you could defend in a class debate;
be concise:

16. What is the difference between language learning and language acquisition?
17. What is the difference between native and post-native language acquisition?

18. LIST two facts that characterize language acquisition according to the behaviorist
theory.

19. LIST two facts that characterize language acquisition according to the nativist theory.

20. What is the main characteristic of language acquisition, according to the cognitive
functional approach theory?

21. What is the main characteristic of language acquisition, according to the social
interaction functional approach theory?

22. Why do understanding language acquisition theories require a review of all theories
together, not separately?

23. LIST a strength feature of the behaviorist theory YOU may have witnessed being
displayed by very young children; summarize what you saw, exactly.

24. LIST a weakness feature of the behaviorist theory YOU may have witnessed being
displayed by very young children; summarize what you saw, exactly.

25. LIST a strength feature of the nativist theory YOU may have witnessed being
displayed by very young children; summarize what you saw, exactly.

26. LIST a weakness feature of the nativist theory YOU may have witnessed being
displayed by very young children; summarize what you saw, exactly.

27. LIST a strength feature of the cognitive functional theory YOU may have witnessed
being displayed by very young children; summarize what you saw, exactly.

28. LIST a strength feature of the social interaction functional theory YOU may have
witnessed being displayed by very young children; summarize what you saw, exactly.

Sources

Language: Crash Course Psychology

The Chomsky Skinner Debate: How Do Humans Acquire Language?

Bruner's Theory
Behaviorist Theory of Second Language Acquisition

Chomsky -- Universal Grammar

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