WorksheetsKTET SET 6 Language Development – Stages MCQ
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The stage of language development from birth to 2 months is called:
Babbling stage
Pre-linguistic stage
Holophrastic stage
Telegraphic stage
Babbling typically begins at the age of:
0–2 months
3–4 months
6–9 months
12 months
One-word utterances used by infants are characteristic of the:
Babbling stage
Holophrastic stage
Telegraphic stage
Linguistic stage
“Mama go” is an example of:
Holophrastic speech
Babbling
Telegraphic speech
Pre-linguistic speech
The telegraphic stage usually appears between:
6–12 months
12–18 months
18–24 months
2–3 years
Which feature is absent in telegraphic speech?
Nouns
Verbs
Function words
Meaning
Vocabulary expansion occurs most rapidly during:
Pre-linguistic stage
Babbling stage
Two-word stage
Early childhood
The ability to use grammar rules develops mainly during:
Infancy
Early childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
According to Piaget, language development depends on:
Reinforcement
Cognitive development
Social interaction
Imitation
Piaget believed that thought:
Depends on language
Is independent of language
Develops before language
Develops after language
Egocentric speech occurs during which stage?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
Piaget viewed egocentric speech as:
Socially useful
A tool for thinking
Immature communication
Cultural transmission
According to Piaget, language is:
The cause of thinking
A result of thinking
Independent of thinking
More important than thinking
Vygotsky emphasized the role of:
Biology
Reinforcement
Social interaction
Imitation
According to Vygotsky, language first develops as:
Inner speech
Egocentric speech
Social speech
Symbolic speech
Egocentric speech, according to Vygotsky, eventually becomes:
Social speech
Babbling
Inner speech
Telegraphic speech
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) refers to:
Biological maturation
Independent learning ability
Gap between actual and potential development
Language acquisition device
Vygotsky believed thought and language:
Are unrelated
Develop separately and then merge
Develop together from birth
Are identical
Chomsky proposed the concept of:
Reinforcement
ZPD
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Egocentric speech
According to Chomsky, language acquisition is:
Learned through imitation
Learned through conditioning
Innate
Random
Chomsky’s theory is also known as:
Behaviorist theory
Cognitive theory
Nativist theory
Social learning theory
The main criticism of behaviorism by Chomsky was that it:
Ignored culture
Ignored innate abilities
Overemphasized cognition
Focused on biology
Universal Grammar refers to:
Common vocabulary
Shared teaching methods
Inborn grammatical rules
Learned sentence patterns
The idea that language determines thought is known as:
Cognitive theory
Linguistic determinism
Social interactionism
Behaviorism
The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis emphasizes:
Biological factors
Language-thought relationship
Reinforcement
Memory
Linguistic relativity suggests that language:
Has no effect on thought
Completely controls thought
Influences thought
Is independent of thought
Which psychologist believed thought precedes language?
Vygotsky
Chomsky
Piaget
Skinner
Which theorist believed language shapes thinking through social interaction?
Piaget
Vygotsky
Skinner
Pavlov
The behaviorist approach emphasizes:
Reinforcement and imitation
Innate grammar
Cognitive development
Social interaction
The cognitive approach focuses on:
Habit formation
Mental processes
Drill and practice
Conditioning
The social interaction approach stresses the importance of:
Rewards
Practice
Environment and interaction
Memorization
Skinner supported which approach to language learning?
Cognitive
Nativist
Behaviorist
Interactionist
Chomsky criticized behaviorism because it:
Ignored reinforcement
Ignored creativity in language
Ignored practice
Ignored environment
Which method emphasizes communication over grammar?
Grammar-translation
Audio-lingual
Communicative approach
Structural approach
The audio-lingual method is based on:
Cognitive theory
Behaviorism
Nativism
Language development is fastest during:
Infancy
Early childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Which factor plays the least role in language development?
Maturation
Environment
Social interaction
Heredity alone
The ability to generate new sentences indicates:
Conditioning
Memorization
Creativity in language
Imitation
Language is considered a tool for thinking mainly by:
Piaget
Skinner
Vygotsky
Watson
Which stage involves symbolic thinking?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
Language helps in the development of:
Motor skills
Emotions
Higher mental processes
Reflexes
Which theory emphasizes innate capacity and environment together?
Behaviorist
Nativist
Interactionist
Cognitive
Meaningful learning is emphasized in:
Drill-based teaching
Rote learning
Constructivist approach
Conditioning
Language learning is most effective when:
Rules are memorized
Children are punished
Social interaction is present
Grammar is ignored
Which is NOT a stage of language development?
Babbling
Holophrastic
Telegraphic
Reflexive
Thought without language is possible according to:
Vygotsky
Chomsky
Piaget
Whorf
The main role of teachers in communicative approach is:
Instructor
Evaluator
Facilitator
Controller
Grammar Translation Method emphasizes:
Speaking
Listening
Reading and writing
Communication
Language development is influenced by:
Only biology
Only environment
Both biology and environment
Chance
The relationship between language and thought is best described as:
Independent
One-directional
Interdependent
Unrelated
