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1.

1. ______ is based on Interactional theory of language learning

a)

a) Competency based language learning

b)

b) Communicative language learning

c)

c) Co-operative language learning

d)

Cognitive Language learning

2.

1. Who Is Famous Psycholinguistic

a)

a) Gardner

b)

b) Allen Newell

c)

c) A. Simon

d)

Noam Chomsky

3.

1. Noam Chomsky’s theory is primarily related with

a)

a) Language development

b)

b) Social Development

c)

c) Emotional development

d)

None of the above

4.

1. What type of language theory focuses on the Inborn Capacity of infants to

a)

learn language

b)

a) Behaviourist theory

c)

b) Nurture theoryInstinctual theory

d)

Nativist theory

5.

1. It does not matter if the child lives in kerala or Manipur, he will certainly acquire language wherever the environment he gets. This theory emphasizes.

a)

a) Language Acquistion Device

b)

b) Social Language

c)

c) Language Emotions

d)

None of the above

6.

1. It is Not the theory of language learning

a)

a) Conditioning Theory

b)

b) Theory of Imitation

c)

c) Surplus Energy theory

d)

Theory of Maturation

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1. The linguist, Noam Chomsky maintains that every child has an innate Language Acquistion Devices (LAD) that he/she uses for

a)

a) Semantics

b)

b) Phonemes

c)

c) Universal Grammar

d)

Complex words

8.

1. Who strongly maintains that language is learnt by imitation of stimuli and reinforcement of correct responses

a)

a) B.F. Skinner

b)

b) Albert Bandura

c)

c) Kurt Lewin

d)

d) Tolman

9.

1. The theory that we are born with a language acquisition device was formulated by

a)

a) Gardner

b)

b) Allen Newell

c)

c) A. Simon

d)

d) Noam Chomsky

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1. An infant of below 15 months age is at what stage of language development

a)

a) Intermediate fluency

b)

b) Speech Emergence

c)

c) Complx utterance

d)

Pre-production stage

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1. What is one of the charteristics of oral language development among infants

a)

a) To talk in Sentences

b)

b) To say one or two letter words

c)

c) Voice speaking

d)

d) Babies don’t develop language at their age

12.

1. According to Chomsky, an innate capacity to acquire language is the result of our uniquely human biological inheritance, is called

a)

a) Language Adaptation Degree

b)

b) Language Acquistion Device

c)

c) Language Acceptance Desire

d)

d) Language Acquire Domain

13.

1. An infant below 15 months age is at what stage of language development

a)

a) Intermediate Fluency

b)

b) Speech emergence

c)

c) Complex utterance

d)

d) Pre-production stage

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1. Why is Language development important in the early years

a)

a) It introduces to child to the social world

b)

b) It helps the child to solve problems

c)

c) It introduces the child to the Academic world

d)

It helps the child develop values

15.

1. Significant difference in Lev Vygotsky’s and Jean Piaget’s theory is about

a)

a) The constructive/ Objective role of children in the process of meaning- making

b)

b) Understanding children as active/ passive begins

c)

c) The relationship between language and thought

d)

d) Understanding that learning is a Simple/Complex process

16.

1. Who gave the terms Acquistion, Observation, Natural, input, dominant hypothesis in the theory of second language learning

a)

a) Stephen Krashen

b)

b) Vivian Cook

c)

c) Steven pinker

d)

d) Vygotsky

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1. Which theorist hypothesized that children have built in readiness to learn language

a)

a) Chomsky

b)

b) Freud

c)

c) Skinner

d)

d) Berkl

18.

1. What is one of the characteristics of oral language development among infants

a)

a) To talk in Sentences

b)

b) To say one or two letter words

c)

c) Voice Speaking

d)

d) Babies don’t develop language at their age

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1. Which theory of language claims that language is a product of conditioning

a)

a) The behaviourism theory

b)

b) The constructivism theory

c)

c) The functionalism theory

d)

d) The humanism theory

20.

1. Thinking permits humans to

a)

a) Anticipate or expect actions

b)

b) Make predictions about the world that they experience

c)

c) Reflect on an idea

d)

All the above

21.

1. Thinking is a part of cognition because

a)

a) It helps in directing attention towards a stimulus

b)

b) It helps in receiving information

c)

c) It helps in processing information received

d)

All the above

22.

1. Which of the following statements about concept formation by a child is correct

a)

a) Concepts are universal

b)

b) Concepts are not hierarchical

c)

c) There is a set pattern of concept development

d)

d) Concepts are not used in thinking

23.

1. Smallest unit of meaning in a language is

a)

a) Phoneme

b)

b) Pragmatics

c)

c) Syntax

d)

d) Morpheme

24.

1. Which is the incorrect way to support language development

a)

a) Letting the child talk uninterruptedly an a topic

b)

b) Disapproving the use of their own language

c)

c) Supporting initiative taken by children

d)

d) Providing opportunities for using language

25.

1. The sounds th,ph,ch are

a)

a) Phonemes

b)

b) Morphemes

c)

c) Graphemes

d)

d) Lexemes

26.

1. Phonological awareness refers to the ability to

a)

a) Reflect and manipulate the sound structure

b)

b) Speak fluently and accurately

c)

c) Know, understand and write

d)

d) Master the rules of grammar

27.

1. Most Classrooms in India are multilingual and this need to be seen as ___ by the teacher

a)

a) A bother

b)

b) A problem

c)

c) A resource

d)

d) An obstacles

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1. Early childhood is a ______period for language development

a)

a) A not-so-significant

b)

b) An important

c)

c) A sensitive

d)

d) A neutral

29.

1. Whoch one of the following is not an element of language

a)

a) Pragmatics

b)

b) Semantics

c)

c) Linguistics

d)

d) Grammar

30.

1. A child of 2 to 3 years of age

a)

a) Will be able to give gender, name or age

b)

b) Will have vocabulary of atleast 500 words

c)

c) Can answer how who and when questions

d)

Should be able to tell a reasonably connected story about a picture

Interactional theory of language learning

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