Language Acquisition - VCE English Language

What does the first stage of language acquisition include?

• grammatically accurate sentences

• babbling, cooing, biological noises

• one-word phrase

• two-word phrases

When children begin to form sentences but omit function words, this is called:

• Holophrastic

• Two-word

• Telegraphic

• Multi-word

Who devised the Innatism theory?

• Bruner

• Piaget

• Skinner

• Chomsky

Who devised the Behaviourist theory?

• Piaget

• Bruner

• Skinner

• Chomsky

Why devised the Interactionist Theory?

• Piaget

• Bruner

• Skinner

• Chomsky

Out of the average child's first 50 words, what will be the most common word class?

• Adjectives

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Determiners

What is substitution?

• The replacement of word or sound with an easier to pronounce word or sound

• Omitting the final consonant sound .eg do(g); cu(p)

• Repeating a syllable eg. mama; dada

• A determiner in place of a noun

Which theory suggests that children learn through imitating adults?

• Behaviourism

• Interactionism

• Innatism

• Constructivist

This theory claims that children's minds are not blank slates

• Nativism

• Behaviourism

• Cognitive

• Interactionism

We acquire a second language the same way we acquire our mother tongue. (just guess!)

• True

• False