Deck 49: Language Development

Question 1

During middle childhood, __________ production is evident when children use a wide variety of words, phrases, and sentences when discussing a topic, demonstrating originality, flexibility, and creativity in the language used.

A) adult language
B) native language
C) convergent semantic
D) divergent semantic

Answer 1

D

Question 2

__________production is seen when children appreciate that a word can have different meanings and use the right word in response to a specific, restricted question.

A) Adult language
B) Native language
C) Convergent semantic
D) Divergent semantic

Answer 2

C

Question 3

For a child to be truly fluent in two languages, he or she must learn both languages by __________.

A) age 3
B) age 5
C) age 7
D) age 9

Answer 3

A

Question 4

With respect to middle childhood language development, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A) Between 18 months and puberty is considered a sensitive period for the mastery of grammar.
B) Students in the English as a Second Language (ESL) program usually require special English instruction.
C) Children who are truly fluently bilingual learn two different languages simultaneously before the age of 6.
D) The Bilingual Education Act stipulates students with LEP receive bilingual education to ensure they succeed in school.

Question 5

__________ of children now lives with at least one foreign-born parent.

A) 5 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 15 percent
D) 20 percent

Question 6

Studies of Asian immigrants indicate that which of the following is most closely related to English language mastery?

A) Age of arrival in the United States
B) The length of time an immigrant child has been living in the United States
C) The child's native language
D) The parent's mastery of English

Question 7

The rate of acquisition of the second language seems to be related to __________.

A) the child's ability to forget the first language
B) the level of proficiency with the first language
C) the area of the county the child has moved to
D) the grammatical structures of the first language

Question 8

Studies of immigrant children who arrived in the United States before the age of 7 showed they eventually mastered English grammar as well as native-born adults.

Question 9

With English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, students are taught partly in English and partly in their native language.

Question 10

By the end of the middle childhood, children are similar to adults in their language usage.

Question 11

When learning a second language, the native language tends interfere with the second language, because the phonemic categories of the two languages are so different.