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Ede 210: Second Language Acquisition Question Paper

Ede 210: Second Language Acquisition

Course:Bachelor Of Education (Arts)

Institution: University Of Eldoret question papers

Exam Year:2016

UNIVERSITY OF ELDORET
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
2015/2016 ACADEMIC YEAR
COURSE CODE; EDE 210
COURSE TITLE :.SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.
TIME : 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS : answer question one and any other two questions
QUESTION ONE
a) Clearly define each of the following terms:
I.second language
II. Foreign language
III. Applied linguistics
Iv. Fossilisation. ( 8 marks)
b) With illustrations, clearly distinguish between :
I. Error and mistake
II. Language acquisition and language learning.
III. Principles and parameters. ( 12 marks)
c) Discuss the critical steps in Error Analysis. ( 10 marks)
QUESTION TWO
a) Describe the main tenents of Behaviourism and provide the implications of each to language learning. (10 marks)
b) What is Interlanguage Hypothesis? Discuss the central claims of the Interlanguage Theory and show their relevance to language learning. (10 marks)
QUESTION THREE
critically examine the central claims of Universal Grammar and show their significance to language learning / acquisition. ( 20 marks)
QUESTION FOUR
discuss each of the following models and give their implications to language learning /acquisition.
a) Navitization Model
b) Acculturation Model. (10 marks)
QUESTION FIVE
a) Focusing on the five hypotheses, discuss Stephen Krashen's Monitor Model in detail. (15 marks)
b) Evaluate the weakness of each hypothesis. (5 marks)

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