Question 1

The language children produce themselves during early childhood is called __________.&#10;A) receptive language&#10;B) expressive language&#10;C) pragmatic speech&#10;D) telegraphic speech

Accepted Answer

Expressive language is the language that children produce themselves during early childhood.

Question 2

Which of the following techniques enables kindergarten-aged children to use the context of a sentence to discover a word's meaning?&#10;A) Fastmapping&#10;B) Syntactic mapping&#10;C) Telegraphic speech&#10;D) Syntactic bootstrapping

Accepted Answer

A

Question 3

The technique a child uses to determine a word's meaning from the grammatical structure of the entire sentence is called __________.&#10;A) telegraphic speech&#10;B) syntactic mapping&#10;C) fastmapping&#10;D) syntactic bootstrapping

Accepted Answer

Syntactic bootstrapping is the process by which children use the grammatical structure of a sentence to infer the meaning of a new word.

Question 4

The phonology rule for language refers to __________.&#10;A) how to put words together to form sentences&#10;B) how to take part in a conversation&#10;C) how to put sounds together to form words&#10;D) how to interpret the meaning of words

Accepted Answer

Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in natural languages, focusing on the rules for combining sounds to form words.

Question 5

From the first year, children demonstrate ___________, meaning they receive and understand the words.&#10;A) receptive language&#10;B) expressive language&#10;C) pragmatic speech&#10;D) telegraphic speech

Accepted Answer

Receptive language refers to the ability to understand and process the words and language that one hears, which children begin to demonstrate from the first year.

Question 6

TESOL is a technique that is being used to facilitate language development for __________.&#10;A) blind and hearing-impaired children&#10;B) the children of immigrant parents&#10;C) homeless, abandoned, and abused children&#10;D) children with learning disabilities

Accepted Answer

TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and it is primarily used to help children of immigrant parents learn English.

Question 7

The syntax rule for language refers to __________.&#10;A) how to put words together to form sentences&#10;B) how to take part in a conversation&#10;C) how to put sounds together to form words&#10;D) how to interpret the meaning of words

Accepted Answer

The syntax rule for language refers to how to put words together to form sentences.

Question 8

A young child's use of the word &#34;doggie&#34; to mean any animal with a head, tail, body, and four legs is an example of language overextension.

Accepted Answer

Language overextension occurs when a child uses a word in a broader context than is appropriate, such as using "doggie" to refer to all four-legged animals.

Question 9

Telegraphic speech refers to the simple two-and three-word sentences that begin to appear in the rapidly expanding vocabularies of two-year-old children.

Accepted Answer

Telegraphic speech is a stage in language development where young children use short and simple sentences, often omitting less critical words, similar to a telegram.

Question 10

Overregularities refers to a child's inability to use multi-syllable words.

Accepted Answer

Overregularities refer to a child's tendency to apply regular grammatical rules to irregular words, such as saying "goed" instead of "went."

Question 11

Hearing-impaired children do not possess the same potential for acquiring language as other children.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Hearing-impaired children do not possess the same...

Deck 35: Language Development