Introduction to Language & Literacy

Language development supports your child’s ability to:

• communicate.

• think.

• read.

• hear.

Language development is a critical part of a child's overall development.

• True

• False

 

Language development supports:

• Bloom's Taxonomy.

• problem solving.

• maintaining relationships

• thinking.

Learning to understand, use and enjoy language is the critical first step in:

• social-emotional growth.

• growth mindset.

• literacy.

• thinking.

The best way to encourage a child's speech and language development is to:

• watch the child's favorite TV show with him/her.

• allow a child as many hours as possible on an electronic device.

• practice words on flash cards as often as possible with the child.

• do lots of talking together about things that interest the child.

What helps a child's language development by hearing words in different contexts?

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• allowing a child to play with a cell phone

• reading to a child

• playing with other children

• ignoring the child when he/she cries

When talking with an infant, the adults should:

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• treat the infant as a talker.

• give the child time to respond and wait for a response.

• say as few words as possible to make sure the child learns the basics.

• mimic the baby's babbling.

As a baby grows and starts to use gestures, how shoulds adults respond?

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• ignore the gestures and use words instead

• respond to the gesture by saying the word it represents

• if the child points to an object, say the word the object represents

• start to teach the child sign language

Who believes that humans are innately endowed with the ability to produce language?

• Linguist Noam Chomsky

• Psychologist Jerome Bruner

• Psychologist Eric Lenneberg

• Educationalist Maria Montessori

Who believed that infants are born hardwired with an internal biological mechanism to learn language? He described this mechanism LAD (Language Acquistion Device).

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• Psychologist Eric Lenneberg

• Linguist Noam Chomsky

• Educationalist Maria Montessori

• Psychologist Jerome Bruner