Bilingualism CQ5

Ulpan refers to the creation of Hebrew language courses.

TRUE

Duolingo, Babbel and Busuu are examples of MOOCs to promote language learning for many people

FALSE

The critical period hypothesis postulates that younger children are better second language learners due to biological advantages

TRUE

Children initially learn a second language faster than adults in classroom settings

FALSE

Huang (2014) suggests a shift to viewing multiple critical/sensitive periods (instead of single critical period) according to domains of language such as phonology, grammar and so on.

TRUE

Language loss can only occur with the second language that is learned even if it's the majority language of the society

FALSE

When children's family language is also the minority language in the society, it is more vulnerable to language loss.

TRUE

Language loss can have an effect on parents/caregivers' ability to offer scaffolding that may lead to educational cognitive benefits

TRUE

Instrumental motivation relates to a person's desire to learn a second language in order to live in a particular speech community

FALSE

In examining the dynamics of motivation, Dörnyei (2020) proposes that more research is needed to examine long-term motivation and persistence in language learning.

TRUE