Learners with Communication Disorders Vocabulary Quiz

Define Speech

• The formation and sequencing of oral language sounds during communication

• The words you use when you talk

• Communication between two people

What is Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)?

• different ways people communicate with each other

• alternative forms of communication that do not use the oral souds of speech or that augment the use of speech

• sign language

Define speech disorders

• lack of communication skills

• impairment of hearing sounds

• impairments in the production and use of oral language

What is a language disorder?

• a problem with comprehension and expressions

• speaking a different language

• unable to talk

What is phonology

• a disorder that impairs the ability to produce sounds in one's own language

• distinct sound elements that make up words

• the study of how sounds make up words

What is Morphology?

• how adding or deleting parts of words changes their meaning

• turning into a butterfly

• how language changes over time

Which best describes syntax?

• the change in voice levels

• the way words are joined together to create meaningful sentences

• the fluency of words read in a given amount of time

What is semantics?

• parts of speech

• the structure of words and how they go together

• the study of the meanings attached to words and sentences

Define pragmatics

• the functional use of language in social situations

• communicating through gestures and noises

• decoding and understanding messages in communication