Select the best answer for each item.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.