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The document appears to be a quiz about language development theories and literacy. It includes 10 multiple choice questions with correct answers indicated, as well as some unanswered questions. The questions cover topics like the ages children begin learning language, theorists like Chomsky and Piaget, factors in language development, and approaches to literacy.

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The correct answer for each question is indicated by a

1 CORRECT

Which theory of language development suggests that children learn


appropriate sounds and words in reaction to their parents'
reinforcement?

A behavior
) ist

B innati
) st

C cogniti
) ve

D context
) ual

Feedback: p. 250

2 INCORRECT

Regardless of culture, children begin to learn language around the


same time all over the world. At about what age is this?

A between 6 and 8
) months

B between 8 and 28

) months

C between 2 and 4
) years

D between 5 and 7
) years

Feedback: p. 246

3 INCORRECT

Which theorist hypothesized that children are born with a language


acquisition device?

A Choms
) ky

B Piag
) et

C Skinn
) er

D Vygots
) ky

Feedback: p. 246, 247

4 CORRECT

According to which theorist is symbolic thought a precondition for


language acquisition?

A Choms
) ky

B Piag
) et

C Skinn
) er

D Vygots
) ky

Feedback: p. 247-249

5 CORRECT

Piaget has been criticized for underestimating what factor in


language development?

A biolo
) gy

B intelligen
) ce

C social
) interaction

D biology and
) intelligence

Feedback: p. 248

6 CORRECT

According to which theorist do thought and language originate


independently, but later merge?

A Choms
) ky

B Piag
) et

C Skinn
) er

D Vygots
) ky

Feedback: p. 249-250

7 CORRECT

Which theorist places the most importance on social interaction in


the development of language?

A Choms
) ky

B Piag
) et

C Skinn
) er

D Vygots
) ky

Feedback: p. 249-250

According to which theory of language development is language


UNANSWER
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constructed within a particular sociocultural context, depending on
ED
cognitive and environmental factors?

A behavior
) ist

B innati
) st

C cogniti
) ve

D context
) ual

UNANSWER Children's first words most commonly refer to what?


ED

A concrete
) objects

B abstract
) ideas

C tim
)e

D colo
) rs

1
CORRECT
0

The recognition that children who pretend they are reading or writing
understand a great deal about literacy is characteristic of what
approach to literacy?

A emergent
) literacy

B reading
) readiness

C phonet

) ic

D phonemic
) awareness

Feedback: p. 265

Brenda's mother speaks French and German. Her father speaks


1
English and French. Brenda speaks all three. However, she often
INCORRECT
1
mixes the languages together as she speaks. What phenomenon is
Brenda exhibiting?

A discriminat
) ion

B overgeneraliza
) tion

C mixed
) speech

D successive
) bilingualism

Feedback: p. 263

1 UNANSWER English is Greg's native language. In fifth grade, his family moves to
2 ED
another country, where Spanish is spoken. He learns Spanish,

becoming fluent. What phenomenon is Greg exhibiting?

A discriminat
) ion

B simultaneous
) bilingualism

C mixed
) speech

D successive
) bilingualism

The literacy approach that emphasized a set of skills children needed


1 UNANSWER
to master before beginning formal reading instruction is known as
3 ED
what?

A emergent
) literacy

B reading
) readiness

C writing
) readiness

D whole
) language

1
CORRECT
4

Which of the following does NOT play a significant role in the child's
learning of language?

A imitation of adult
) speech

B learning rules for sound


) combinations

C learning rules for sentence


) structure

D learning rules for interaction


) patterns

Feedback: p. 256

1
Which of the following has research shown would NOT be beneficial
INCORRECT
5
to a child's second language acquisition?

A youth -- the younger the child, the easier for him to learn a
) second language

B mastery of grammar of the child's first


) language

C continued development of the child's


) first language

D being surrounded by native speakers of the


) second language

Feedback: p. 264

1 UNANSWER Metalinguistic awareness is ____________________.


6 ED

A the ability to think and talk about


) language

B the ability to connect the distinctive sounds in


) words to letters

C understanding of the mapping principles between sounds


) and meaning

D the ability to recognize writing from other


) visual marks.

1 UNANSWER Which of the following would NOT help create phonemic awareness
7 ED
during preschool?

A re-reading the same book over and

) over again

B using songs, finger plays, and stories with


) rhyming words

C isolating the beginning sound of words by asking children to


) say the sounds they hear

D showing children how print is read


) on a page

1 UNANSWER Which of the following is NOT true about comprehension?


8 ED

A Comprehensive depends only on the reader's decoding


) knowledge and skills.

B Comprehension is an active process in which the reader


) works to construct a meaningful message from the text.

C Comprehension depends on the reader's ability to use


) syntactic, semantic and pragmatic information to understand
the text.

D Comprehension is gained through prior knowledge of a


) subject, and attitudes or feelings towards characters.

1 UNANSWER Invented spelling


9 ED

A increases children's
) fluency

B interferes with reading development and the development of


) conventional spelling

C should be treated as erroneous spelling to be corrected with


) beginning readers

D should not be supported by


) parents

2 UNANSWER The teaching method in which at least two languages are used in
0 ED
basic subject areas is:

A ES
) L

B bilingual
) education

C structured
) immersion

D submersi
) on

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