Exam 10: Language Ii: Language Production and Bilingualism

Suppose that you are listening to a lecture by a speaker who supports the critical period hypothesis for a particular motor skill in children. The speaker is likely to say that

Which of the following topics examines the pragmatic aspects of language?

Suppose that you have a summer job in which you work with both monolingual and bilingual children, although the two groups are otherwise similar. You would expect to find that

Sara and Jeanette are roommates who are enrolled in the same English class. Both have just completed their research papers, and Sara wishes to have her paper proofread. Based on the research of Daneman and Stainton (1993), who would be more accurate in proofreading Sara's paper?

Comparisons of bilingual and monolingual speakers have shown that

Which of the following people provides the most accurate information on the revision phase of writing?

What can we conclude about the relationship between attitudes and proficiency in a second language?

Sara has spoken English all her life. In high school and college, she takes French and eventually becomes fluent in that language. This is an example of

Which of the following students provides the best information about the term "embodied cognition"?

You are testing the cognitive abilities of three groups of bilingual French-English speakers in Montreal, whose native language is French: university students, English teachers, and French-English interpreters. On a test of reading span, administered in English, you would expect that

An English professor has just asked the students in his class to revise their term papers. He is likely to find that

Saying "incycled reformation" when you meant to say "recycled information" is an example of a

A 17-year-old camp counselor is trying to teach a new game to 5- and 6-year-olds. He begins by asking, "OK, do any of you know some games where you look for things that are hidden?" His strategy would be called

According to the discussion about the cognitive approach to writing,

Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about bilingual people and monolingual people?

According to Dell's explanation, a slip-of-the-tongue occurs because of

Stephen is describing an explosion in an action film, and pushes his open-fingered hands violently into the air to simulate the outward force. Stephen has made a(n)

Psychologists have conducted more research on language comprehension than on language production. Which of the following students provides the best explanation for this discrepancy?

Chapter 10 examines the relationship between age of acquisition and ability to learn a second language. Before we can draw conclusions about this topic, which of the following questions needs further attention?

Suppose you have a 22-year-old friend who came to North America from Korea when he was 15 and then began to learn English. If he is like the participants in Flege's study on bilingualism, he will find that