Exam 5: Language Development, Language Diversity, and Immigrant Education

At home in Window Rock,Arizona,Shawn only speaks Navajo with his grandmother who has lived her entire life on the Navajo Reservation.When speaking with his grandmother in Navajo,Shawn is using his

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Question 41

Individuals who speak two languages are said to be ________.

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Question 42

According to Woolfolk,the most desirable approach to the "language problem" in today's bilingual schools is to

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Question 43

Educational practices in American schools during the twentieth century have tended to be based on

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Question 44

Emergent writing is an example of an inside-out literacy skill.

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Question 45

Teachers today can expect to have many students in a large group referred to as _____________,which refers to members of a group of students who were not born in the United States but have lived in the United States for a long time,and their characteristics and educational experiences are different from recent immigrants.

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Question 46

One of the characteristics underlying the "melting pot" metaphor is that immigrants' ethnic differences are diminished or disappear.

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Question 47

It is difficult for most students whose original language is a dialect to learn the standard speech of their country.

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Question 48

The cultural-deficit model suggests that immigrant students

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Question 49

Critical periods and sensitive periods are synonymous terms that mean the same thing.

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Question 50

Receptive vocabulary refers to:

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Question 51

Children have a larger ________ vocabulary than expressive vocabulary.

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Question 52

It is normal and healthy for an emergent young reader to pretend to read.

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Question 53

Many researchers believe in the notion of ________ or the idea that if children do not learn certain language or literacy skills by specific ages,they never will.

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Question 54

The assumption underlying the cultural deficit model was that many ethnic groups did not want to assimilate completely into mainstream American society.

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Question 55

What is the primary reason why bilingualism has generated such heated debates in recent years?

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Question 56

Between the ages of 2 to 3,most children's expressive vocabulary consists of approximately 2,000 words.

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Question 57

By what age do most children master the sounds of their native language?

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Question 58

Carol Hammer's research suggests:

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Question 59

The average amount of time it will take a student to learn academic language,such as "What is a derivative" in the discipline of finance,is about

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At home in Window Rock,Arizona,Shawn only speaks Navajo with his grandmother who has lived her entire life on the Navajo Reservation.When speaking with his grandmother in Navajo,Shawn is using his

Individuals who speak two languages are said to be ________.

According to Woolfolk,the most desirable approach to the "language problem" in today's bilingual schools is to

Educational practices in American schools during the twentieth century have tended to be based on

Emergent writing is an example of an inside-out literacy skill.

One of the characteristics underlying the "melting pot" metaphor is that immigrants' ethnic differences are diminished or disappear.

It is difficult for most students whose original language is a dialect to learn the standard speech of their country.

The cultural-deficit model suggests that immigrant students

Critical periods and sensitive periods are synonymous terms that mean the same thing.

Receptive vocabulary refers to:

Children have a larger ________ vocabulary than expressive vocabulary.

It is normal and healthy for an emergent young reader to pretend to read.

Many researchers believe in the notion of ________ or the idea that if children do not learn certain language or literacy skills by specific ages,they never will.

The assumption underlying the cultural deficit model was that many ethnic groups did not want to assimilate completely into mainstream American society.

What is the primary reason why bilingualism has generated such heated debates in recent years?

Between the ages of 2 to 3,most children's expressive vocabulary consists of approximately 2,000 words.

By what age do most children master the sounds of their native language?

Carol Hammer's research suggests:

The average amount of time it will take a student to learn academic language,such as "What is a derivative" in the discipline of finance,is about

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