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Stages of Child Language Acquisition

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: Babies can comprehend much more than they can say

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Who identified 4 categories babies first words fall into?

a)

Bloom

b)

Newson

c)

Nelson

3.

Nelson suggested that children's first words fall into 4 categories: Naming, Social, Action and

(a)  

4.

Put the pre-verbal stages of child's language acquisition into the correct order

a)

Vegetative

b)

Cooing

c)

Babbling

d)

Proto-words

1)
2)
3)
4)
5.

The pre-verbal stages of child's language acquisition are (in order) ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   and ​ (d)  

Choose from the below words
holophrastic/one word
2 word
Telegraphic
post-telegraphic
6.

In the exam, the CLA question you need to choose will be on ​ (a)   not​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
spoken language
child's literacy
7.

Explain what happens to children's language as they get older (length of utterances, sentence functions, pronunciations of vowels and consonants, grammar)

4 lines
8.

What is the average age for a child to utter their first word?

a)

6 months

b)

12 months

c)

15 months

d)

18 months

9.

Match the following phonological errors

Rabbit becomes wabbit

Reduplication

Choochoo, weewee

Addition

Pig becomes pi

Assimilation

Horse becomes horsi

Substitution

Doggie become goggie

Deletion

10.

The phonological error whereby an entire unstressed syllable is removed eg banana to nana is called

(a)  

11.

The phonological error whereby groups of more than one consonant are reduced into smaller units eg frog to fog, is know as

(a)  

12.

True or False: TV can 'teach' babies to talk

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: Children can communicate using just 2 words

a)

True

b)

False

14.

A child says "daddy go work" as their father leaves. What stage of development might we suggest the child is at? ​ (a)   ​ ​

Choose from the below words
telegraphic
holophrastic
post-telegraphic
two word stage
15.

A child says "milk" as they are given a bottle. What stage of development might we suggest the child is at? ​​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
holophrastic
2 word stage
telegraphic
post-telegraphic