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6. If I start learning a new language at age four when I move to a new country, but still speak my old language at home, what is this known as?

  • Sequential bilingualism
  • Bilingualism
  • Simultaneous bilingualism
  • Young bilingualism

7. Which process helps two-year-olds learn a word after only one exposure?

  • Overextension
  • Fast-mapping
  • Over-regularisation
  • Superordination

8. Which of these is true about bilingual children?

  • Will grow up to be skilled at learning languages
  • Speak both languages at a level below their age
  • Better at recognising patterns
  • Genetically wired with the ability to learn multiple languages

9. How many words do children know by age 5?

  • 1,000
  • 5,000
  • 10,000
  • 100,000

10. The experiment that discovered how children learn by memorising and understanding rules featured a character called a...

  • Muddy
  • Wug
  • Zug
  • Buggy

11. Car is a basic-level word. Which is the superordinate word for that?

  • Toyota
  • Vehicle
  • Bus
  • Wheels