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Language Acquisition and Development Quiz

Authored by Liz Thomas

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

Language Acquisition and Development Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first ape to demonstrate that language can be acquired spontaneously through observation, without planned training?

Kanzi the bonobo

Caesar the chimpanzee

Koko the gorilla

Maggie the orangutan

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many phonemes does the English language use?

20

50

30

40

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.K.3A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At what age do infants start to recognize differences in speech and read lips?

2 months

4 months

8 months

6 months

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which region of the brain is involved with the production of speech?

Broca's Area and the left frontal lobe

Vernicas Area in the left temporal lobe

Occipital lobe

Parietal lobe

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who proposed the idea of innate learning and universal grammar?

Erik Erikson

Jean Piaget

Noam Chomsky

B.F. Skinner

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At what age do children enter the one-word stage of language development?

6 months

12 months

18 months

24 months

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the smallest unit that carries meaning in language?

Phoneme

Morpheme

Semantics

Syntax

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.L.K.2C

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