WorksheetsChild Language Acquisition Mega Revision Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 31mins
It states that the first few years of life constitute the time during which language develops.
Motherese
Critical age hypothesis
Innateness hypothesis
Children are biologically programmed for language and that language develops in the child in just the same way that other biological functions develop.
Motherese
Critical age hypothesis
Innateness hypothesis
It points out humans are born with the capacity to speak.
Overgeneralization
Overextension
Language Acquisition Device
Adults make formal adjustments to help children to speak
Reinforcement theory
Imitation theory
Child-directed speech
What does Chomsky believe?
Children are born without the predisposition to learn language
Children are born with predisposition to learn language
Children never understand language
True or False: According to Chomsky language is developed through watching and hearing the language be spoken by people in the child’s environment.
True
False
What is LAD?
A good friend
Language Acquisition Device
Language and Development
According to Nelson, to what word class do the majority of the childs first words belong?
abstract nouns
concrete nouns
dynamic verbs
pronouns
prepositions
Which is NOT a feature of "motherese" ?
loud and low intonation
simple sentences
repetition
a speaking voice higher in pitch
With the possible exception of crying, what is the first stage of language development?
babbling
one word stage
telegraphic stage
cooing
Another term for a speaker's "pitch" is . . .
intonation
critical period
acquisition
linguistics
Developing the understanding that letters represent sounds, and that words represent actions or objects, requires what cognitive process?
conservation
egocentrism
object permanence
symbolic thought
The controversial "30 million word gap" affects language learners who . . .
skip the telegraphic stage
don't graduate from college
are from wealthier families
don't hear as many words as a child
What is "babbling"?
stage a child has minimal understanding of the language
stage a child starts to combine simple consonant and vowel sounds with vocal cords
a stage were a child begins to grasps simple concepts
The penultimate stage of language development.
Which of these examples is a good example of consonant cluster reduction?
'BANANA' pronounced 'NANA'
'YELLOW' pronounced 'LELLOW'
PLAY pronounced PEY
'RED' pronounced 'WED'
Which of these examples is a good example of assimilation?
'BANANA' pronounced 'NANA'
'YELLOW' pronounced 'LELLOW'
PLAY pronounced PEY
'RED' pronounced 'WED'
Which of these examples is a good example of deletion?
'BANANA' pronounced 'NANA'
'YELLOW' pronounced 'LELLOW'
PLAY pronounced PEY
'RED' pronounced 'WED'
Which of these examples is a good example of substitution?
'BANANA' pronounced 'NANA'
'YELLOW' pronounced 'LELLOW'
PLAY pronounced PEY
'RED' pronounced 'WED'
Children in early stages of language production show a tendency to articulate strings of phonemes in this vowel and consonant structure...
VCV
CVC
CCV
VVC
Young children's ability to produce words far outstrips their comprehension of words.
True - They can produce more than they understand.
False - They produce what they understand.
False - Their comprehension exceeds their production
The one word stage is also known as...
the cooing stage
the holophrastic stage
the babbling stage
The telegraphic stage
You hear the production of the utterance ''doggie bark me' - you ascertain the child to be in the (a) stage
Child A refers to their own footwear as 'shoes' but not when talking about any other person's shoes - this is known as what?
anaphoric reference
categorical over extension
under extension
common sense
analogical over extension
Child A refers to pictures of tigers, lions, leopards and elephants with the noun 'tigers'
anaphoric reference
categorical over extension
under extension
common sense
analogical over extension
Child A refers to the moon as 'ball'
anaphoric reference
categorical over extension
under extension
common sense
analogical over extension
Which of these statements fits with the first of Bellugi's three stages of pronoun acquisition?
The child will use their name (3rd person) as a result of CDS.
The child will use the subjective and objective pronoun interchangably.
The child uses pronouns correctly because of the LAD.
The child uses a non-verbal action to indicate the referent
What word classes are likely to be omitted from a childs speech in the telegraphic stage?
prepositions
nouns
determiners
verbs
auxiliary verbs
Brown (1973) identified a regularity in the way some grammatical concepts and inflectional affixes are learned by children. Which of these frequently is learned last?
past tense –ed
–ing
auxiliary verb ‘be’ (eg): I am dancing
plural ‘-s’
Cruttenden (1979) identified the acquisition of inflectional morphemes to occur in 3 stages - In the first stage, children memorise the words on an individual basis before they...
under extend words interchangably
begin to show an awareness of inflectional patterns and might use 'runned' instead of 'ran' as there is a common '-ed' past tense inflection.
use pronouns
acquire and apply the inflection in a consistent manner.
Berko's 'Wug' test evidenced children's ability to apply linguistic rules to words they have never heard before and argues....
that all children have the ability to use plurals correctly.
for the innateness of language.
that children learn best through Child Directed Speech (CDS) or by imitating those around them, such as caregivers.
that plurals are the easiest grammatical element that children will acquire.
Who do we associate with this?
Children are born with a language acquisition device ; They have an innate ability to acquire language
J. Bruner
E. Lenneberg
N. Chomsky
J. Piaget
B.F. SKinner
Who do we associate with this?
Children develop their linguistic competence alongside their ability to understand the world around them
J. Bruner
E. Lenneberg
N. Chomsky
J. Piaget
B.F. SKinner
Who do we associate with this?
Children learn primarily through imitation and patterns of positive or negative reinforcement from their carers
J. Bruner
E. Lenneberg
N. Chomsky
J. Piaget
B.F. SKinner
Who do we associate with this?
Children learn through the input of their carers, correcting and supporting their linguistic development
J. Bruner
E. Lenneberg
N. Chomsky
J. Piaget
B.F. SKinner
Who do we associate with this?
Children have a limited period during which their language can develop rapidly After this, language development is much harder
J. Bruner
E. Lenneberg
N. Chomsky
J. Piaget
B.F. SKinner
Who do we assosciate with these terms (ZPD and MKO) and what do they stand for?
Vygotsky - 'Zone of Proximal Development' and 'More Knowledgeable Other'
Vygotsky - 'Zone of Proaxial Development' and 'Main Knowable Other'
Piaget - 'Zone of Proximal Development' and 'More Knowledgeable Other'
Lenneberg - 'Zone of Proximal Development' and 'More Knowledgeable Other'
What is a LASS? Tick all that apply!
Language Acquisition Support System
another term for caregiving speech or child directed speech
Bruner naming the importance of interaction in language acquisition process.
The fact that Genie never truly acquired language...
proves that language is innate.
suggests there is some truth in the Critical Period Hypothesis.
promotes the importance of social interaction in the acquisition of language
proves that some people find language more challenging to learn than others.
Which of these are features of CDS
Child's name instead of pronoun
higher pitch (sing-song-like intonation)
repetition
use of concrete nouns
using fewer verbs and modifiers
Which of these is NOT part of Halliday's Taxonomy of the functions of speech?
interactional - language to develop social relationships - phatic talk
imaginitive - storytelling , creating imaginary worlds
Heuristic - language used to learn and explore the world around them - talk during play/running commentaries
Declarative - statement of fact and opinion - stating point of view
regulatory - language to influence the behaviour of others - persuading, commanding, requesting
