Module 5: Language Development in Early Childhood

Question 1

fast-mapping

Answer 1

a word-learning process in which new words are rapidly learned by making connections between new words and concepts already known

Question 2

overregularization

Answer 2

a process in learning a language in which children overgeneralize rules to words where the rule is not applicable

Question 3

private speech

Answer 3

speech that a child says aloud, but which is not meant to be part of communication with anyone else

Question 4

zone of proximal development

Answer 4

the range of material that a child is ready to learn if proper support and guidance are given from either a peer who understands the material or by an adult