Language development activities for infants should
A) focus on developing expressive language.
B) focus on establishing communication loops.
C) focus on developing morphemic knowledge.
D) be a standard series of speech exercises.
Question 2...Developmental appropriateness of learning activities for infants and toddlers means that
A) learning activities are selected based on the child's chronological age.
B) learning activities are selected based on each child's developmental needs.
C) the learning activities are the same for all of the children in the classroom.
D) language development activities are separate from the other learning activities.
Question 3...Time sampling could be best used to:
A) observe the richness of children's language development
B) capture the sequence of how children share
C) observe where children are playing at particular times of the day
D) assess a child's knowledge of colors
Question 4...Anecdotal records and running records are designed to primarily:
A) collect information on only particular events (such as making eye-contact)
B) describe how children learn and play
C) describe what happened in an objective, factual way
D) collect information on how many times a behavior occurs
Question 5...How would you also use sociocultural theory in this program?
What will be an ideal response?
Question 6...Fast mapping is evident when
A) a child learns a word only after a few exposures to it.
B) a child learns a word through numerous repeated exposures to the word.
C) a child's listening vocabulary exceeds his speaking vocabulary.
D) concepts are learned without the corresponding word label.
Question 7...Why is it important for children to develop pragmatic knowledge of language?
What will be an ideal response?