Deck 5: Spoken Language

Question 1

During which stage do children with language-based learning disabilities (LLD) typically display difficulty recalling spoken or printed letters and numbers?

A) Preschool language
B) School-age language
C) Adolescent/advanced language
D) Toddler language

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which component of language is usually discussed in terms of semantics?

A) Pragmatics
B) Discourse
C) Form
D) Content

Answer 2

D

Question 3

When do children begin making indirect requests?

A) Early communication and emerging language stage
B) Toddler language stage
C) School-age language stage
D) Preschool language stage

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Phonological awareness is:

A) the understanding that speech consists of sounds and syllables.
B) the oral sounds of the language code.
C) the linguistic representation of ideas, feelings, events, relationships, processes, and things.
D) the set of rules governing how phrases and sentences must be covered in order to convey meaning.

Question 5

How does expository discourse differ from narrative and conversational discourse?

A) The function to state facts and hypotheses, or draw conclusions as opposed to referring to shared experiences.
B) Expository discourse refers to the language of teaching and learning whereas the other two do not.
C) It is more appropriate for use in the classroom than narrative or conversational.
D) It has much closer link to figurative language than any other form of discourse.

Question 6

Which of the following can be described as problems expressing needs, ideas, or information, and/or in understanding what others say?

A) Language difference
B) Language disorder
C) Late bloomer
D) Any disability

Question 7

What form of communication is not considered a form of augmentative or alternative communication?

A) Sign language
B) Morse code
C) Electronic devices
D) Speech

Question 8

What do people use to communicate thoughts, ideas, desires, and needs to others?

A) Language
B) Speech
C) Literacy
D) Communication

Question 9

In order to decode words, children rely on:

A) the teacher.
B) syntax.
C) figurative language skills.
D) phonological awareness.

Question 10

Which form of language assessment measures the student's ability to attain a certain level of performance?

A) Standardized
B) Curriculum-based measurement
C) Criterion-referenced
D) Dynamic

Question 11

Which of the following terms in language convey an abstract and secondary meaning by expressing one thing but meaning something different?

A) Semantics
B) Phonological awareness
C) Morphology
D) Figurative language

Question 12

Which of the following is defined as a linguistic unit larger than a sentence?

A) Speech
B) Discourse
C) Language
D) Semantics

Question 13

At which stage of language development do children begin incorporating dramatic discourse into their play?

A) Toddler language stage
B) Preschool language stage
C) School-age language stage
D) Adolescent/advanced language

Question 14

Which of the following is not paralinguistic signal?

A) Intonation
B) Stress
C) Speed of delivery
D) Proxemics

Question 15

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the development of pragmatics and discourse in the adolescent/advanced language learning stage?

A) Students at this stage begin developing proficiency with argumentative/persuasive discourse.
B) Students learn how to take proper turns in conversations and make assumptions about what their partner already knows.
C) Students become able to maintain a topic over several conversational turns for the first time.
D) This is the first stage where students learn to make the transition from being oral to increasingly literate in their use of language.

Question 16

Language sampling is:

A) a method used to observe how a child changes a language behavior when given structured help.
B) the process of evaluating the student's use of language in attempting to learn the curriculum.
C) used the least out of all the forms of language assessment available
D) aimed at discovering detailed information about the structural aspects of language.

Question 17

Which of the following is not metalinguistic skill?

A) Defining words
B) Identifying homonyms
C) Matching Sounds to letters
D) Rising the intonation

Question 18

According to the text, the most common form of learning disability is:

A) cleft phrase related problems.
B) language based learning disabilities.
C) speech problems related to deaf students.
D) Cultural/linguistic differences in students.

Question 19

The ability to reflect on and talk about how people communicate is also known as:

A) metapragmatic ability.
B) metalinguistic ability.
C) metacognitive ability.
D) communicative intentions.

Question 20

The set of rules governing how phonemes can be combined into larger units is also known as:

A) phonology.
B) morphology.
C) syntax.
D) semantics

Question 21

Which of the following is a useful tool for introducing students to the idea that printed forms of narration encompass various components?

A) Basal readers
B) Novels appropriate to age and ability level
C) Comic books
D) Newspapers

Question 22

Describe two ways cultural differences in language present challenges for educators.

Question 23

Which of the following is essential in order to fully participate in social interactions with others?

A) No presence of a language disorder
B) Sound use of gestures, grammar, and vocabulary while communicating
C) All forms of expository discourse
D) The ability to use nonliteral forms of language

Question 24

Discuss the importance of teaching "the metas" (i.e., metapragmatic skills, metalinguistic abilities, and metacognitive strategies) to students with disabilities?

Question 25

Which of the following statements best describes classroom discourse?

A) Instruction on classroom discourse is best left until students reach the language for learning stage
B) Classroom discourse is an extension of discourses that students have experienced at home
C) Classroom discourse is the most difficult type of language use to teach students
D) Students will learn the rules of this type of language form incidentally as they progress through high school

Question 26

One of the best ways to teach narrative discourse to students is:

A) strategy instruction.
B) to base teaching on academic learning standards and high stakes assessment criteria.
C) through a combination of dynamic assessment and mediated teaching.
D) using the Language Experience Approach (LEA).

Question 27

Why would a child with disabilities need augmentative or alternate communication (AAC) systems in order to communicate? What kind of AAC might they utilize?

Question 28

Differentiate between language disorder and language difference.

Question 29

Learning how to learn, how to manage one's own learning, and how to manage learning problems or breakdowns are examples of:

A) Metacognitive learning
B) Expository discourse
C) Narrative discourse
D) AAC systems

Question 30

What forms of instruction are most effective for teaching discourse types to students with disabilities?