Describe one type of supportive learning environment in the classroom for oral language comprehension.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 2Explain why listening comprehension is critical for early literacy and learning to read.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 3Vocabulary knowledge is organized into:
A. Speaking and listening domains;
B. Receptive and expressive vocabulary;
C. Language experience categories;
D. Language convention areas.
Ques. 4Describe the difference between incidental and intentional strategies in developing children's vocabulary.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5The best definition of incidental strategies in helping children learn new words is:
A. Using oral contextual cues;
B. Teaching analytical strategies;
C. Interrupting reading to explain new words;
D. Capitalizing on teachable moments.
Ques. 6Describe a context or situation that develops oral language comprehension.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 7Explain why oral language comprehension is more than the sum of the parts of oral language development (e.g., semantics).
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 8A skill domain of oral language comprehension is:
A. Language conventions;
B. Substantive conversation;
C. Ask and answer questions;
D. Clarify and extend children's talk
Ques. 9One of the most important benefits of word play is to:
A. develop anaphoric reference skills;
B. support phonological awareness;
C. promote expressive vocabulary;
D. encourage pretend talk.
Ques. 10A think aloud strategy:
A. asks questions;
B. provides a model of language use;
C. clarifies children's talk;
D. asks children to answer questions.
Ques. 11The best definition of dialogic reading is:
A. adult-child conversation about a book;
B. a prompted approach to shared reading;
C. a shared book approach to storybook reading;
D. a language experience that supports oral language comprehension.