Crowdly

Wernicke’s

area

Temporal

Lobe

Amygdala

The child’s vocalisations during the prelinguistic stage are not considered

to be real language because

the reactions are responses to

physical sensations and are thus not voluntary

they are not made up of the same

speech sounds as language

the utterances do not have the symbolic meaning

Both 2. and 3.

Sounds

that are often mastered fairly late in children’s speech include

/k/, /g/ and /t/

/p/, /b/, /m/ and /n/

/a/, /o/, /i/ and /e/

/tR/ (‘ch’), /R/ (‘sh’) and /t/ (‘th’)

Which

one of the factors below is linked to language acquisition?

Age

Number

of siblings

Gender

Size

of head

Which

theorist emphasised the role of social interaction in language development?

Noam

Chomsky

Jean

Piaget

Lev

Vygotsky

B.F.

Skinner

Which of the following is NOT a

common stage in first language acquisition?

Holophrastic

stage

Babbling

Silent

period lasting until 7 months

Telegraphic

speech

The “critical period hypothesis”

suggests that:

There

is an optimal age range for language acquisition

Vocabulary

size is fixed by age 10

Language

can only be learned through formal schooling

Grammar

is acquired only after literacy

Which of the following is an example

of overgeneralisation in child language?

Calling

everything that is round an ‘apple’

Using

“dog” only for the family pet

Saying

“goed” instead of “went”

Mixing

two languages in one sentence

Which theory emphasises imitation

and reinforcement in language learning?

Critical

Hypothesis Theory