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Carry useful habits into your next language

Languages · Language Learning · ages 17-18
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  1. What makes a pair of words false friends for a language learner?

    • They share a historical origin and retain matching meanings.
    • They differ in form but have matching meanings.
    • They resemble each other but have different meanings.

  2. What makes words in two languages cognates?

    • They share a historical origin.
    • They have similar spelling.
    • They have the same meaning in current use.

  3. If you do not use a new word within 24 hours, you will certainly forget it.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A Spanish exercise models un coche rojo ('a red car'). You write un rojo coche by following English word order. What explains the mismatch with this model?

    • The mismatch comes from the adjective's meaning, not its position.
    • A familiar word-order habit is interfering with the model being practised.
    • The exercise model needs English adjective order to match its English translation.

  5. A reference links part of an unfamiliar word to Latin scrib-/script-, meaning 'write'. How should you use that information?

    • Use 'write' as the full definition, then learn that meaning without checking.
    • Choose the first dictionary meaning, then use it without checking the sentence.
    • Use writing as a clue, then check the whole word in its sentence.

  6. Which sequence uses feedback to test a language pattern?

    • Notice a pattern, copy it several times, avoid feedback, and keep the original form.
    • Notice a pattern, wait for familiarity, and move to a new one.
    • Notice a pattern, try it, check feedback, and try the revised form.

  7. You know that Spanish información means 'information'. You meet Italian informazione in a sentence. What should you do with the resemblance?

    • Guess 'information', then check the full word in context.
    • Accept 'information' as settled by its resemblance to Spanish.
    • Reject 'information' because its spelling differs from Spanish.

  8. Your notes show that table review helped you write verb forms accurately, but you pause to recall them in speech. Which plan responds to both observations?

    • Increase table review and check spoken progress using written quiz scores.
    • Keep useful table review and add spoken recall practice, then check it.
    • Replace table review with more silent reading and track how familiar the forms look.
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  1. They resemble each other but have different meanings. · False friends can suggest a familiar meaning through their appearance or sound, even though their meanings differ.
  2. They share a historical origin. · Shared historical origin defines cognates. Resemblance may offer a clue, but it does not establish that history.
  3. False · There is no fixed 24-hour forgetting deadline. A later recall attempt helps you find out what you remember and what needs review.
  4. A familiar word-order habit is interfering with the model being practised. · The model places rojo after coche. The prompt says you carried over English order. This explains the mismatch without making a rule about every Spanish adjective.
  5. Use writing as a clue, then check the whole word in its sentence. · The identified root suggests a link to writing. Check the complete word and choose the dictionary meaning that fits the sentence; neither the root alone nor the first listed meaning settles the answer.
  6. Notice a pattern, try it, check feedback, and try the revised form. · An attempt gives you something to check. A revised attempt lets you practise using the feedback.
  7. Guess 'information', then check the full word in context. · The resemblance supports 'information' as a possible meaning to check. It neither proves that meaning nor rules it out because the spellings differ. Check the complete Italian word in its sentence.
  8. Keep useful table review and add spoken recall practice, then check it. · The notes identify a useful method and a different task to practise. Keep the written support and add a direct check of spoken recall.
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