KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN DAN KEBUDAYAAN
UNIVERSITAS SULTAN AGENG TIRTAYASA
FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS
MID TEST
Subject
Semester
Lecturer
: Psycholinguistics
: VII /2014-2015
: Rosmania Rima, M.Pd.
Answer the questions below briefly and support your answer with some examples!
1. What is the underlying reason of the existence of psycholinguistics as one of linguistic fields?
2. Is there a critical age for first language learning?
3. Can person who are mute but hearing develop the ability to comprehend speech?
4. How ‘sign language’ differ from sign and gesture?
4. Can animal communication be regarded as language?
5. Can we teach animal a language?
6. There are 3 factors involved in second language acquisition: psychological, social situation,
other psychological variable. Explain them!