Polyglot Crossword
Across
- 2. Terms that supplement a sentence without changing its essence to provide transitions
- 5. The primary determining factor in success for language learning alongside invested time
- 6. A type of language where suffixes are glued to dictionary forms to show relationships
- 7. Words that appear identical or similar but result in mistaken generalizations
- 8. The Latin root of interest meaning being within or being inside
- 10. The mental block or fear of making mistakes that prevents successful language production
- 13. A linguistic subroutine or paradigm used to form words or sentences
- 14. A mental linguistic pattern used to check if a foreign word or sentence rings true
- 17. A silent monologue or conversation conducted with oneself in a foreign language
- 20. The negative impact of mother tongue knowledge on the acquisition of new linguistic forms
- 22. A personal environment created through books and media to simulate immersion at home
- 24. A teaching approach that connects a concept to its foreign name without mother tongue mediation
- 26. The woven fabric or background of a text that interweaves threads to give the whole its meaning
- 27. An educated person who loves and acquires languages with the goal of actually using them
- 29. Translating a message into the target language at the same time as the speaker
- 30. The instinctive use of analogies between a mother tongue and a target language to predict forms
Down
- 1. A type of language where words remain in their dictionary form without gluing suffixes
- 3. Prefabricated slabs of language used to start sentences and act as lubricants for speech
- 4. A key personal quality required to overcome the difficulties of mastering a language
- 9. Varieties of a language used by particular social groups or to show politeness levels
- 11. Kató Lomb's preferred colloquial term for a linguistic pattern based on a shoemaker's tool
- 12. Repetitive practice sessions designed to master unfamiliar sounds or linguistic patterns
- 15. A language where word forms are changed or bent to show grammatical relationships
- 16. The influence of one's mother tongue or previously learned languages on a new target language
- 18. Translating a message after a part of it has been spoken
- 19. A language where the connection between sounds and letters is simple and regular
- 21. A person fluent in four or more languages
- 23. The use of analogies within a single language to expand vocabulary and recognize patterns
- 25. The element Lomb calls the mother of studies and an essential part of language acquisition
- 28. The art of putting terms into artificial contexts or associations to aid memory