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Read the following statements about language learning. For each statement indicate if you agree or disagree with the statement. Please check the box that most reflect your beliefs.

[Source: K. Johnson, 1992, “The relationship between teachers’ beliefs and practices during literacy instruction for non-native speakers of English,” Journal of Reading Behavior 24: 83-108.]
 
 
 
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* 1. Language can be thought of as a set of grammatical structures which are learned consciously and controlled by the language learner.
* 2. As long as ESL students understand what they are saying, they are actually learning the language.
* 3. When ESL students make oral errors, it helps to correct them and later teach a short lesson explaining why they made that mistake.
* 4. As long as ESL students listen to, practice, and remember the language which native speakers use, they are actually learning the language.
* 5. ESL students generally need to understand the grammatical rules of English in order to become fluent in the language.
* 6. When ESL students make oral errors, it usually helps them to provide them with lots of oral practice with the language patterns which seem to cause them difficulty.
* 7. Language can be thought of as meaningful communication and is learned subconsciously in non-academic, social situations.
* 8. If ESL students understand some of the basic grammatical rules of the language they can usually create lots of new sentences on their own.
* 9. Usually it is more important for ESL students to focus on what they are trying to say and not how to say it.
* 10. If ESL students practice the language patterns of native speakers they can make up new sentences based on those language patterns which they have already practiced.
* 11. It is important to provide clear, frequent, precise presentations of grammatical structures during English language instruction.
* 12. Language can be described as a set of behaviors which are mastered through lots of drill and practice with the language patterns of native speakers.
* 13. When ESL students make oral errors, it is best to ignore them, as long as you can understand what they are trying to say.
* 14. ESL students usually need to master some of the basic listening and speaking skills before they can begin to read and write.
* 15. It is not necessary to actually teach ESL students how to speak English, they usually begin speaking English on their own.
 
 
 
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