The correct answer for each question is indicated by a

1 CORRECT

Which theory of language development suggests that children learn

appropriate sounds and words in reaction to their parents'
reinforcement?

A behavior
) ist

B innati
) st

C cogniti
) ve

D context
) ual

Feedback: p. 250

2 INCORRECT

Regardless of culture, children begin to learn language around the

same time all over the world. At about what age is this?

A between 6 and 8
) months

B between 8 and 28

) months

C between 2 and 4
) years

D between 5 and 7
) years

Feedback: p. 246

3 INCORRECT

Which theorist hypothesized that children are born with a language

acquisition device?

A Choms
) ky

B Piag
) et

C Skinn
) er

D Vygots
) ky

Feedback: p. 246, 247

4 CORRECT

According to which theorist is symbolic thought a precondition for

language acquisition?

A Choms
) ky

B Piag
) et

C Skinn
) er

D Vygots
) ky

Feedback: p. 247-249

5 CORRECT

Piaget has been criticized for underestimating what factor in

language development?

A biolo
) gy

B intelligen
) ce

C social
) interaction

D biology and
) intelligence

Feedback: p. 248

6 CORRECT

According to which theorist do thought and language originate

independently, but later merge?

A Choms
) ky

B Piag
) et

C Skinn
) er

D Vygots
) ky

Feedback: p. 249-250

7 CORRECT

Which theorist places the most importance on social interaction in

the development of language?

A Choms
) ky

B Piag
) et

C Skinn
) er

D Vygots
) ky

Feedback: p. 249-250

According to which theory of language development is language

UNANSWER
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constructed within a particular sociocultural context, depending on
ED
cognitive and environmental factors?

A behavior
) ist

B innati
) st

C cogniti
) ve

D context
) ual

UNANSWER Children's first words most commonly refer to what?

ED

A concrete
) objects

B abstract
) ideas

C tim
)e

D colo
) rs

1
CORRECT
0

The recognition that children who pretend they are reading or writing
understand a great deal about literacy is characteristic of what
approach to literacy?

A emergent
) literacy

B reading
) readiness

C phonet

) ic

D phonemic
) awareness

Feedback: p. 265

Brenda's mother speaks French and German. Her father speaks

1
English and French. Brenda speaks all three. However, she often
INCORRECT
1
mixes the languages together as she speaks. What phenomenon is
Brenda exhibiting?

A discriminat
) ion

B overgeneraliza
) tion

C mixed
) speech

D successive
) bilingualism

Feedback: p. 263

1 UNANSWER English is Greg's native language. In fifth grade, his family moves to
2 ED
another country, where Spanish is spoken. He learns Spanish,

becoming fluent. What phenomenon is Greg exhibiting?

A discriminat
) ion

B simultaneous
) bilingualism

C mixed
) speech

D successive
) bilingualism

The literacy approach that emphasized a set of skills children needed

1 UNANSWER
to master before beginning formal reading instruction is known as
3 ED
what?

A emergent
) literacy

B reading
) readiness

C writing
) readiness

D whole
) language

1
CORRECT
4

Which of the following does NOT play a significant role in the child's
learning of language?

A imitation of adult
) speech

B learning rules for sound

) combinations

C learning rules for sentence

) structure

D learning rules for interaction

) patterns

Feedback: p. 256

1
Which of the following has research shown would NOT be beneficial
INCORRECT
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to a child's second language acquisition?

A youth -- the younger the child, the easier for him to learn a
) second language

B mastery of grammar of the child's first

) language

C continued development of the child's

) first language

D being surrounded by native speakers of the

) second language

Feedback: p. 264

1 UNANSWER Metalinguistic awareness is ____________________.

6 ED

A the ability to think and talk about

) language

B the ability to connect the distinctive sounds in

) words to letters

C understanding of the mapping principles between sounds

) and meaning

D the ability to recognize writing from other

) visual marks.

1 UNANSWER Which of the following would NOT help create phonemic awareness
7 ED
during preschool?

A re-reading the same book over and

) over again

B using songs, finger plays, and stories with

) rhyming words

C isolating the beginning sound of words by asking children to

) say the sounds they hear

D showing children how print is read

) on a page

1 UNANSWER Which of the following is NOT true about comprehension?

8 ED

A Comprehensive depends only on the reader's decoding

) knowledge and skills.

B Comprehension is an active process in which the reader

) works to construct a meaningful message from the text.

C Comprehension depends on the reader's ability to use

) syntactic, semantic and pragmatic information to understand
the text.

D Comprehension is gained through prior knowledge of a

) subject, and attitudes or feelings towards characters.

1 UNANSWER Invented spelling

9 ED

A increases children's
) fluency

B interferes with reading development and the development of

) conventional spelling

C should be treated as erroneous spelling to be corrected with

) beginning readers

D should not be supported by

) parents

2 UNANSWER The teaching method in which at least two languages are used in
0 ED
basic subject areas is:

A ES
) L

B bilingual
) education

C structured
) immersion

D submersi
) on