WEEK SEVEN: LANGUAGES

Question 1

What is receptive language?

Answer 1

includes the ability to read and listen to lagnauges. This can imply to how children processes what is said or read to them. Children who are bilingual or learning a language tend to use receptive skills compared to productive.

Question 2

what is productive language?

Answer 2

is the ability to speak and write the language

Question 3

what is phonology?

Answer 3

knowledge of sounds used in a language (vowel sounds)

Question 4

what is morphology?

Answer 4

the understanding of the ways that sounds combines to form words (plural words) ex: friends, unfriendly, befriend, friendship

Question 5

what is semantics?

Answer 5

the meaning or context of words and sentences

Question 6

what is syntax?

Answer 6

the knowledge of word structure

Question 7

what is pragmatics?

Answer 7

the practical application of languages for everyday communication

Question 8

what is babbling?

Answer 8

infants usage of syllables like “baba,mama” by the age of 6 months

Question 9

what is holophrase

Answer 9

one word expression used to convey a complete through)
Ex: saying mama= “attention, food, water etc”

Question 10

what is fast-mapping?

Answer 10

a process where children learn new words after encountering, connecting with it in their minds

Question 11

what is naming explosion/vocabulary spurt?

Answer 11

a period of rapid vocabulary learning that begins about 16-18 months of age

Question 12

what is telegraphic speech?

Answer 12

two word utterance produced by toddlers that communicate only the essential words

Question 13

what is logical extension?

Answer 13

a strategy children use to increase their vocabulary in which they extend a new word to other objects in the same category.
Cat: leopard, lion, wildcat

Question 14

what is mutual exclusivity assumption?

Answer 14

when learning new words, young children assume that object have only one label or name

Question 15

what is private speech?

Answer 15

self-directed speech that children use to guide behavior

Question 16

what is self-regulation?

Answer 16

the ability to control ones impulses and appropriately direct behaviors

Question 17

what is under-extension?

Answer 17

a vocabulary error in which the infant applies a word too narrowly to a single object rather than the more appropriate, wider class of objects
A child could use the word “dog” and only refer it to their own pet dog and not recognizing other dogs at the park

Question 18

what is over extension?

Answer 18

a vocabulary error in which the infant applies a word too broadly to a wider class of objects than appropriate
A child using the word “dog” but implying it to all items with 4 legs as dogs

Question 19

what is overreularization error?

Answer 19

grammatical mistakes that children make because they apply grammatical rules to stringent to words that are exceptions
Ex: i wanted to school

Question 20

what is infant-directed speech (mothers)?

Answer 20

uses shorter words and sentences, higher and more varied pitch, repetition, a slower rate, and longer pauses. Babytalk.

Question 21

what is bilingualism?

Answer 21

ability to speak two languages