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Bilingual and 2nd LA
Ling 130 - Final exam Review Part 4
Question | Answer |
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Explain diff betw multilingual and ballanced Bilingual? | Multilingual is learning two or more lang's. Balanced bilingual is to have equally proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in two languages in most all areas |
Two def. of bilingualism and why they don't characterize it well? | 1)Simultaneous learning of two languages beginning at birth. problem: not all learn a 2nd land at birth 2) Habitual use of 2 lang's particularly in speaking. Problem: many people may habitually read or write in the lang but not speak much. |
Are you a late L2 learner? Explain? | Did you learn a 2nd lang after puberty? the you would be a late L2 learner. |
Explain diff betw learning Spanish, french as a Second Lang and learning them as a foreign lang? | If you learn a second language in a country where it is spoken natively then it would be learned as a SECOND lang but if you learn a second lang where it is not spoken natively then it would be refered to as a Foreign lang. |
Is second language (L2) acquisition the same as first language (L1) Acquisition? | Fundamentally different based on the Fundamenta diffence hypothesis. One learned consciously the other unconsciously, use stages but different types. |
How do Adults learn a second language? Do they go through stages? | L2 in adults is learned consiously; they go through the interlanguage grammar stage on the way to the target lang. |
Do they achieve a native-like proficiency in the target language? Why? | The proficiency depends on their motivation, age, degree of fossilization of the vocal apparatus, talent, location where lang learned, time spent, most all are left with an accent. |