Select the best answer for each item.
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1 | | The best characterization of the Atlas Complex is that instructors... |
| | A) | tend to explain too much grammar and drill too much. |
| | B) | assume most of the responsibility for student success and learning. |
| | C) | permit students to assume passive roles in the classroom. |
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2 | | Which of the following best characterizes an ALM classroom? |
| | A) | The teacher is the central authority figure in the classroom. |
| | B) | Classroom activities are designed to develop communicative competence. |
| | C) | Emphasis is placed on habit formation and the production of error-free language. |
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3 | | What is the best definition of input for language acquisition? |
| | A) | Input is explanation about the language. |
| | B) | Input is the language contained in activities and drills. |
| | C) | Input is any target language sample that communicates a message. |
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4 | | Mrs. Chin, a 48-year-old immigrant from Hong Kong, still speaks English with a heavy Chinese accent after being in the U.S. for eight years. Her son Victor, who arrived in the U.S. when he was four years old, speaks English like a native speaker. Which of the following best illustrates this phenomenon? |
| | A) | The fact that SLA is dynamic but slow. |
| | B) | The possibility of a critical period. |
| | C) | The fact that SLA is complex and consists of different processes. |
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5 | | Yves can hear the vowel distinction between “lawyer” and “liar” but he cannot produce the distinction. When he needed a “lawyer”, he asked for a “liar.” Which of the following best illustrates this phenomenon? |
| | A) | Skill acquisition is different from the creation of an implicit system. |
| | B) | Most L2 learners fall short of native-like competence. |
| | C) | SLA is dynamic and slow. |
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6 | | Which of the following best illustrates the existence of stages of development? |
| | A) | Regardless of their L1, learners acquire verb morphemes in the same order. |
| | B) | Regardless of their L1, learners make the same errors as they learn indirect object pronouns. |
| | C) | Regardless of their L1, learners acquire functors (the, is, a, etc.) in the same order. |
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