English Language Acquisition

“Strings of words in phrases or sentences produced by two-year-old children”. The above definition corresponds to:

• Cooing

• Developing Semantics

• Telegraphic Speech

• The acquisitions process

Which of these statements is a requirement of Acquisition?

• Pre-language” use of sound provides the child with some experience of the social role

• The child gradually becomes capable of producing sequences of vowel-like sounds

• Child need interaction with other language-users

• A conversational structure that seems to assign an interactive role to the young child

Developing syntax subdivide into fourth stages. Stage 1 occurs between 18 and 26 months, Stage 2 between 22 and 30 months, Stage 3 between 24 and 40 months, and Stage 4 between 26 and 48 months. The information mentioned above is:

• False

• True

What is the meaning of Cooing?

• The language that an acquirer/learner is exposed to, in contrast to output.

• Capability to bring back their tongue with the back of the palate, producing these velar consonants [g][k]

• A child must be able to hear that language being used

• The conversational structure that seems to assign an interactive role to the young child

One child was asked what “basketball” is and he answered, “ a round, orange, and grooved ball that bounces”.

This example represents the stage:

• Later Development

• Developing Syntax

• Developing Morphology

• Developing Semantics

“if I knowed the last bug I eated would be the last bug I eated, I woulda eated it slower,' Phil said sadly."

The above example represents the stage of the first language acquisition of:

• Later Development

• Input

• Acquisition Schedule

• Developing Morphology

What is the meaning of input?

• The child gradually becomes capable of producing sequences of vowel-like sounds

• Pre-language” use of sound provides the child with some experience of the social role

• The language that an acquirer/learner is exposed to, in contrast to output.

• Capability to bring back their tongue with the back of the palate, producing these velar consonants [g][k]

The distinctions between several other pairs such as before/after and buy/sell also seem to be later acquisitions.

This information is:

• False

• True

"A conversational structure that seems to assign an interactive role to the young child even before he or she becomes a speaking participant"

The above statement is the meaning of:

• Babbling

• Cooing

• The two-word stage

• Caregiver Speech

What stage of the first language acquisition does this image represent?

• Caregiver Speech

• Telegraphic Adquistion

• The two-word Stage

• Input