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TKT Module 1: Differences between L1 and L2 learning practice test 4
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adjective
Construction
exceptions
fixed
follows
minds
noticing
rule
subsequent
U-shaped
of a Grammar Theory
A French child will notice that in the language it hears, the adjective normally
adjective
Construction
exceptions
fixed
follows
minds
noticing
rule
subsequent
U-shaped
the noun (un évènement fantastique).
A child in an English-speaking environment will hear, by contrast, 'a fantastic event' (for an
adjective
Construction
exceptions
fixed
follows
minds
noticing
rule
subsequent
U-shaped
-noun language).
Enough exposure will result in the knowledge becoming permanently
adjective
Construction
exceptions
fixed
follows
minds
noticing
rule
subsequent
U-shaped
.
Such hypothesising about language form neatly explains the
adjective
Construction
exceptions
fixed
follows
minds
noticing
rule
subsequent
U-shaped
learning curve. When first acquired, the rule is applied indiscriminately and then it is later amended to account for
adjective
Construction
exceptions
fixed
follows
minds
noticing
rule
subsequent
U-shaped
.
If learners (of whatever age) of a second or
adjective
Construction
exceptions
fixed
follows
minds
noticing
rule
subsequent
U-shaped
language are applying this kind of cognitive
adjective
Construction
exceptions
fixed
follows
minds
noticing
rule
subsequent
U-shaped
-forming behaviour to the language they encounter then concepts such as
adjective
Construction
exceptions
fixed
follows
minds
noticing
rule
subsequent
U-shaped
and the positive role of error in the refinement of language theory in the
adjective
Construction
exceptions
fixed
follows
minds
noticing
rule
subsequent
U-shaped
of learners become even more important.
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