Saint Mary’s Angels College of Pampanga

San Pedro, Sta. Ana , Pampanga

PRINCIPLES AND THEORY OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Name:____________________________________ Score:___________
Date:_____________________________________ Mrs. Jannet C. Lansangan
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
A. WRITE YOUR ANSWER CLEARLY. Yung malinaw , hind katulad ng feelings nyang
hindi mo mintindihan.
B. NO ERASURES. Pag isipan munang mabuti bago isulat. Hindi lahat ng pagkakamali
pwede pa itama.
C. DO NOT CHEAT. Huwag tumulad as ex mong akala mong loyal pero hindi mu alam
hindi lang pala ikaw ang nasa puso niya.
D. FINISH THE EXAM IN 60 MINUTES .Alam mo dapat kung kalian na dapat sumuko.
Pag tapos na , tapos na .

I. COMPLETE THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE BELOW.

1 20 12 11

5. 17

14 19

16 8

13

2 15

18

3 7

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ACROSS
1. Exchange of cultural features when two or more different cultures come in continuous
2.The extent individuals values and seek out contact with those outside their own group and wish
to participate in the daily life of the larger society.
3. Stress due to acculturation process between two cultures
4. .Identifies exclusively with a specific culture
5. Someone who changes their speech patterns to match the speech patterns of the other person.
6. A strategy to accentuate the verbal and nonverbal differences between the communicators
7. On marked rules that are not governed by universal principles
8. Condition in which language functions are severely impaired
9. A consistency in word order that forms part of child's innate universal grammar
10. A simplified or broken form of language

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11.Retain many personal, cultural values but adapts the dominant culture by learning necessary
skills and values
12.Seeks to become part of the dominant society to the exclusion of his or her own cultural
group.
13 .Perceives one’s own culture as negative, but is unable to adapt to majority culture .
14 .A world view that respects personal goals and individual uniqueness more than communal
goal and social unity
15.A world view that group members are connected with and interdependent between each other.
16. How our language converges or diverges with others
17. Are those that can be arrived at through the application of general, abstract principles of
language structure.
18. Most parents do not correct ungrammatical usage but correct when the information is not
correct.
19. Perspective on language attempts to characterize the neurolinguistic information processing
systems responsible for the development and use of language.
20. Language often spoke when children are raised in a polyglot community where pidgin is the
only common language between the members

II. IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF STEPHEN KRASHEN HYPOTHESES BEING APPLIED ON

THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE HYPOTHESIS IS
ABOUT.( 30 POINTS)
SCENARIO STEPHEN EXPLANATION
KRASHEN
HYPOTHESIS
21-26.The teacher corrected the
essay of the students with some
grammatical lapses.

27-32.My classmate has

difficulty in expressing his
thoughts in English and speak a
lot of Kapampangan.

33-38.Our lesson today is about

adverbs. I need to review what
my teacher discussed before
about verbs and adjectives.
39-44. Oh! I can’t do it ! I don’t
want be called first … I am not
prepared.. I don’t know what to
say..I am nervous .

45-50.The curriculum
chairperson of the English
Department reminded us to
follow the learning
competencies on the curriculum
guide in discussing the lesson of
each level.

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II. DIFFERENTIATE THE FOLLOWING.( 24 POINTS +1 )
Noticing Function Hypothesis Testing Function

Generative Grammar Universal Grammar

Super Rules Familia dysphasia

Left Hemisphere Right Hemisphere

Broca’s Area Wernicke’s Area

Broca’s or Agrammatic Aphasia Wernicke’s or Paragrammatic Aphasia

It is better to get nothing than to lose your dignity because of

your dishonesty. Your score is just a number but your attitude is
everything .
-Ms. J.
Godbless 
Happy Teacher’s Day soon to be Teachers
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