Exercises (Unit 4 Language)Section A A Road to Vulgarity.doc

Exercises (Unit 4 Language) Section A A Road to Vulgarity Part one Paraphrase 1. The classroom context in which J and R learned English afforded ample opportunities for natural language use. It enabled J and R to develop a basic ability to perform requests using target language forms. 2. It also showed that they developed only a limited ability to vary their choice of request strategy in accordance with situational factors. 3. It would be quite unreasonable to expect the learner of a second language not to exhibit such slips of the tongue, since he is subject to similar external and internal conditions when performing in his first or second language. 4. Whether one considers Wes to be a good language learner or a poor language learner depends very much on one’s definition of language and of the content of SLA. If language is seen as a means of initiating, maintaining, and regulating relationships and carrying on the business of living, then perhaps Wes is a good learner. Of one views language as a system of elements and rules, with syntax playing a major role, then Wes is clearly a very poor learner. 5. It is possible that many learners do not hold distinct attitudes, positive or negative, towards the target –language group. Such is probably the case with many foreign language learners. It does not follow, however, that such learners are unmotivated. Part two Words and expressions The following words are some terms frequently used in the study of SLA. Make sure of their meaning, and then put them in the blanks which they rightly belong to. Fossilize overgeneralization motivation L1 transfer L2 acquisition interlanguage Faculty learning strategies input language aptitude 1. Learners employ various learning strategies to develop their _____________. 2. The different kinds of errors learners produce reflect different ______________. 3. ___________and transfer errors can also be seen as evidence of learning strategies. 4. The learner’s grammar is li