MCQ Bank
English is a global language with almost _______ speakers.
- A) 3 billion
- B) 2.5 billion
- C) 1.5 billion
- D) 1 billion
_______ proposed a distinction between implicit and explicit learning.
- A) Grant
- B) Grabe
- C) Rod Ellis
- D) Celece-Murcia
___________ is defined by Tomlin & Villa as “a particular state of mind in which an individual has undergone a specific subjective experience of some cognitive content”.
- A) Behavior formation
- B) Awareness
- C) Thinking
- D) Cognition
According to Corder, _______ refers to what is available to be utilized by language learners for SLA.
- A) mother tongue
- B) language input
- C) language output
- D) linguistic competence
Comprehensible input, comprehensible output and frequencies have been integral parts of ________ research.
- A) all of the given options
- B) first language acquisition
- C) first Language learning
- D) second language acquisition
Implicit learning refers to the ability of acquiring new knowledge without intending to do so and does not involve ___________.
- A) thinking
- B) deliberate efforts
- C) decisions
- D) calculations
According to McLaughlin, (1987), "automatic processing is a ___________ process and once it occurs it is difficult to suppress or alter”.
- A) complex
- B) slow
- C) medium
- D) rapid
Applied linguistics is mainly concerned with the meaningful applications of researchers’ proposed solutions to existing problems related to__________.
- A) competence
- B) parole
- C) language use
- D) langue