Second Language Learning and Language Teaching

Answers to Box 3.1
1 a round object often used as a 
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toy is a ball
2 something you carry and put 
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0–2,000 level
things in is a bag
3 a pipe or channel through which
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things flow is a conduit
4 to give way to someone is to 
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up to 10,000
yield
5 a person who works without being 
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paid is a volunteer
6 a preparation for preventing 
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up to 20,000
infectious disease is a vaccine
7 a heavy glass with a handle is
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known as a tankard
8 a type of brain chemical is 
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up to 50,000
serotonin
Answers to Box 3.1 65
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How did you try to learn these words? Tick the strategies you used:
1 Linking L2 sounds to sounds of the L1 word.
2 Looking at the meaning of part of the word.
3 Noting the structure of part of the word.
4 Putting the word in a topic group.
5 Visualizing the word in isolation.
6 Linking the word to a situation.
7 Creating a mental image of the word.
8 Associating a physical sensation with the word.
9 Associating the word with a keyword.
Check your answers against page 58.
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Box 3.9 German word test
In German what is the word for?:
1
2
3
4
5
6 scissors
7 telephone
8 key
9 television
10 yacht
9 a sailor’s word for a clumsy fellow 
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is a lubber
10 the effects of wind, rain, and so on, 
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up to 100,000
on objects is weathering