5 Questions
What did Saville-Troike state about bilingual or multilingual individuals?
There are more bilingual or multilingual individuals in the world than there are monolingual.
Why can the numbers of L1 and L2 speakers of different languages only be estimated?
Linguistic information is not usually collected officially.
At what age did individuals produce all the vowel sounds and most consonant sounds of any language in the world?
By the age of 6 months
What did individuals learn to discriminate among in terms of meaningful sounds of their L1?
Phonemes
What did Saville-Troike state about the nature of language learning?
We acquired our L1 before going to school and without any effort.
Test your knowledge of the foundations of second language acquisition with this quiz. Explore key concepts such as bilingualism, multilingualism, L1/L2 distribution, and the challenges of estimating language speakers. Delve into the world of second language acquisition and expand your understanding of linguistic diversity.
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