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when does preschool language age range start?

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3 years

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Typical 3-year-old sentences have __ - __ words

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3-5

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3 year olds typically have a vocab of around ___ words

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1000

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Strangers can understand ___ of what a typical 3-year-old says

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most

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Common phrase for a 3-year-old

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why?

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At this age, children start to engage in group and make-believe play

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3

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Do three-year-olds speak in complete sentences?

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Yes

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4-year old children usually have a vocabulary of __ish words

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1500

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Children can start to tell stories about past events around this age

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4

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Children begin to speak in complex sentences at this age

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4

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parents can start to hear swear words around this age

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4

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at this age, children have vivid imaginations and make up characters in their play

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4

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at this age, a child’s attention span is around 10-15 mins

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4

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At this age, a child can count a little and understands some colors

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4

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At this age, children ask and answer who, what, when, where and why questions

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4

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at ___, children express anger through language instead of physically

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4

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All speech sounds are mastered around year ___

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7

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___ precedes ___ in terms of phonological production

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perception; production

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Around age ___, children understand that speech sounds convey meaning

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3-4

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The higher the phonological working memory, the more there are of these four things

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1) grammatical complexity
2) word variety
3) word production
4) MLU

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Phonological development affects these two language component areas

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morphology
syntax

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all vowels are acquired by age __

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3

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all consonants are acquired by age __

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8

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what are the first types of consonants children usually make?

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nasals

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what are the last types of consonants children usually acquire?
affricates
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what are two approximants in English?
/w/, /j/
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what is the English lateral approximant
/l/
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What is the order children typically acquire consonants in? (specially, consonant manner) (6 total)
NSALFA (The NSA lies frequently, Anne!) Nasals Stops Approximants Lateral approximants Fricatives Affricates
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consonant clusters begin to appear at age __
4
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What is the order children typically acquire consonants in? (specially, consonant placement)
GBVADP Glittery Baby Vampires Are Dangerous Predators Glottals Bilabials Velars Alveolar/post alveolar Dental/labiodentals Palatals (ie /ʃ/)
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Four factors that affect a consonant sound's development in a child's phonological suite?
-Motor abilities of child -The frequency of occurrence in the language -Functional load of sound in language - how important is it -Sound’s articulatory complexity
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Of the four factors that affect consonant development, what is the most significant one in English?
Functional load
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What is the functional load of a consonant?
How replaceable it is - can you replace this sound with a similar one and still be understood?
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systematic procedures used by children to make adult words pronounceable
Phonological Processes
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what are three different types of phonological processes?
syllable structures assimilation substitution
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a phonological process where you copy over a sound to a different sound in the word
assimilation
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fronting and backing are two types of ____ phonological processes
substitution
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what are the three steps to learning morphemes? (we think)
Perceiving and comparing inflected word vs uninflected word Hypothesizing function of morpheme Morpheme placed in a rule
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positive correlation between vocab size and ____ complexity
syntactic
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Four steps for how we think children develop syntax
1) Child observes patterns of word and sentence forms 2) Child hypothesizes about rule 3) Child uses rule 4) Rules get modified over time
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single distinct syntax unit, not as complete as a sentence
Phrase
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A phrase does not have both a ___ and a ___
subject; predicate
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A predicate always contains a ____, and sometimes ancillary ___ as anything that is not the subject
verb; verbs
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looks like a verb but functions as a noun
gerund
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Five types of phrases
1) noun 2) verb 3) prepositional 4) infinitive 5) gerund
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Phrase that has words used to express location
prepositional
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Phrases that have "to" + a verb
infinitive
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Phrases that have a verb that acts like a noun
gerund
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Positive correlation between ___ and ___ until around age 10
MLU; age
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Four types of sentences developed in preschool
Declarative Interrogative Imperative Negative
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has both subject and predicate; can usually be a sentence
clause
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type of sentence where one clause embedded in another (independent and dependent)
Complex sentence
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type of sentence where two independent clauses joined
compound sentence
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children learn clause embedding to create ___ sentences
complex
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children learn clause conjoining to create ___ sentences
compound
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_____ connect clauses
conjunctions
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type of sentence where a child makes a statement
declarative
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type of sentence where someone asks questions
interrogative
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type of sentence where a child demands or requests
imperative
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type of sentence that has “doesn’t” “can’t” “never” etc
negative
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five types of words preschoolers learn
Interrogative Temporal Physical Locational Kinship
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Learn about 5 words a day from ages __ to __
1.5 - 6
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Four ways children learn words
Fast mapping Caregiver’s reactions Overhearing them in a conversation Language use
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What are two ways caregivers introduce children to new words?
Putting unfamiliar nouns in short utterances Putting new words in final position of sentences
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TYPE OF WORD Who, what, when, where, why, and how are ___ words
interrogative
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TYPE OF WORD time-related words (when, before, since) are ___ words
temporal
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TYPE OF WORD Types of word describing physical traits - thick/thin, etc
Physical
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TYPE OF WORD Prepositions (on, at, in, to) are ____ words
location
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TYPE OF WORD Brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandma are types of ___ words
kinship
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children's sentences usually involve these three elements, and sometimes also ___
1) who 2) what 3) to whom/what 4) where
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In children's sentences, the person or animal doing the action is known as the __
agent
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In children's sentences, the person or thing being acted on is known as the __
object/patient
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In children's sentences, the thing being done is called the ___
action
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what is the theory of mind?
idea that someone can have a different perspective than you
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when does theory of mind develop?
preschool (3-4 years)
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Two ways preschoolers organize narratives
centering and chaining
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Telling a story centered on a nucleus, but with no clear relation to one another
centering
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Telling a story in a sequence that lead from one to another (I did this, then that, etc)
chaining
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relationship between parent and child with shared positive emotion, responsiveness and cooperation
mutuality
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parent/child mutuality improves when language is ___
interactive
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When it comes to topics in conversations, preschoolers get better at __, __, ___ and ___ topics
introducing maintaining closing deciding what should be included
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Theory of the mind helps preschoolers do this
adapt storytelling for listener
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children who are 3 and 4 will monologue, but 4-year-olds usually just do it when they are engaging in ___
tasks that require sustained focus
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process where speaker makes background assumptions about listener’s knowledge
Presupposition
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overall organization of a narrative
Narrative level

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