The childs use of spoken language is expressive language; his/her understanding of spoken language is
a. reading comprehension.
b. comprehended language.
c. receptive language.
d. speech reception.
[Ques. 2] Language disorders are important to a childs development because they
a. are related to problems with academic achievement over the school career.
b. indicate a pervasive brain dysfunction that affects many cognitive domains.
c. are extremely resistant to treatment.
d. are often the first manifestation of other disabilities.
[Ques. 3] The term specific language impairment refers to
a. impairment of a specific component of language: phonologic, morphologic, semantic, syntactic, or pragmatic.
b. a language impairment that is associated with some other disability.
c. a disability that often presents itself as intellectual disabilities later in the school career, as problems with reading and writing become more apparent.
d. difficulty in learning and using language that cannot be attributed to another cause.
[Ques. 4] Speech disorders can consist of all of the following EXCEPT
a. phonological (or articulation) impairments.
b. fluency impairments.
c. auditory impairments.
d. voice impairments.
[Ques. 5] It is thought that social interactions involving imitative vocal play and turn-taking, along with cognitive development in the area of memory span, help a child to
a. discriminate among the different children and adults in the environment.
b. discriminate between consonant and vowel sounds.
c. develop from babbling to speech.
d. develop fine motor skills.
[Ques. 6] The English language uses approximately how many phonemes?
a. 4045.
b. 2630.
c. 5054.
d. An infinite number.
[Ques. 7] The physical action of orally producing words through the complex interaction of respiration, phonation, and articulation is known as
a. speech.
b. language.
c. communication.
d. conversation.
[Ques. 8] Which component of language governs how a words meaning may be changed by adding prefixes and suffixes, how tense is determined, and how plurality is indicated?
a. Phonological
b. Morphological
c. Syntactic
d. Allegorical
[Ques. 9] Why is it important to begin diversity education with a definition of terms that will be used to discuss diversity?
What will be an ideal response?
[Ques. 10] The form-and-structure component of language that is governed by rules is
a. pragmatics.
b. semantics.
c. grammar.
d. deep meaning.
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