CLA EXAM REVIEW BUNDLED SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ Place the following stages in the correct order: Babbling
Holophrastic Post-telegraphic Two word Cooing Telegraphic. Answer:
Cooing, Babbling, Holophrastic, Two word, Telegraphic, Post
telegraphic
◉ Match the theories with the theorists:
-Nativist - children are born with a language acquisition device. They
have an innate ability to acquire language
-Cognitive - children develop their linguistic competence alongside
their ability to understand the world around them
-Behaviourist - children learn primarily through imitation and patterns
of positive or negative reinforcement from their carers
-Interactional - children learn through the input of their carers,
correcting and supporting their linguistic development
-Critical period - children have a limited period during which their
language can develop rapidly. After this, language development is
much harder
N.Chomsky, J. Piaget, B. F. Skinner, J. Bruner, E. Lenneberg.
Answer: -Nativist- N.Chomsky
-Cognitive- J. Piaget
-Behaviourist- B. F. Skinner
-Interactional- J. Bruner
, -Critical period- E. Lenneberg
◉ A child refers to apples, oranges and grapefruit as 'ball'. What
process is at work and what might be the reasons for this?. Answer:
Overextension - child sees similar shapes to an object she knows and
overextends the term she knows to include these objects
◉ A child refers to her boots as 'shoes' but will not use this term to
describe any other shoes, apart from her own. What process is at work
and what might be the reason(s) for this?. Answer: Underextension -
child cannot relate the term she knows to any other similar item
◉ A child says 'I falled over' or 'I runned away'. What process is at
work and what might be the reason(s) for this?. Answer:
Overgeneralisation - child applies regular rules to irregular verbs
◉ A child says 'Daddy go work' as his father leaves for work. At what
stage of development might we suggest the child is and which clause
elements has the child used and which are missing?. Answer:
Telegraphic stage - child has used subject verb and part of the
prepositional phrase (to) work but has missed the auxiliary verb is
going
◉ A child says 'Me like ice cream'. In what way is she using some
elements of grammar correctly and in what ways is she making
errors?. Answer: Correct syntax/ word order but misusing pronoun.
She uses first person object pronoun me instead of first person subject
pronoun
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ Place the following stages in the correct order: Babbling
Holophrastic Post-telegraphic Two word Cooing Telegraphic. Answer:
Cooing, Babbling, Holophrastic, Two word, Telegraphic, Post
telegraphic
◉ Match the theories with the theorists:
-Nativist - children are born with a language acquisition device. They
have an innate ability to acquire language
-Cognitive - children develop their linguistic competence alongside
their ability to understand the world around them
-Behaviourist - children learn primarily through imitation and patterns
of positive or negative reinforcement from their carers
-Interactional - children learn through the input of their carers,
correcting and supporting their linguistic development
-Critical period - children have a limited period during which their
language can develop rapidly. After this, language development is
much harder
N.Chomsky, J. Piaget, B. F. Skinner, J. Bruner, E. Lenneberg.
Answer: -Nativist- N.Chomsky
-Cognitive- J. Piaget
-Behaviourist- B. F. Skinner
-Interactional- J. Bruner
, -Critical period- E. Lenneberg
◉ A child refers to apples, oranges and grapefruit as 'ball'. What
process is at work and what might be the reasons for this?. Answer:
Overextension - child sees similar shapes to an object she knows and
overextends the term she knows to include these objects
◉ A child refers to her boots as 'shoes' but will not use this term to
describe any other shoes, apart from her own. What process is at work
and what might be the reason(s) for this?. Answer: Underextension -
child cannot relate the term she knows to any other similar item
◉ A child says 'I falled over' or 'I runned away'. What process is at
work and what might be the reason(s) for this?. Answer:
Overgeneralisation - child applies regular rules to irregular verbs
◉ A child says 'Daddy go work' as his father leaves for work. At what
stage of development might we suggest the child is and which clause
elements has the child used and which are missing?. Answer:
Telegraphic stage - child has used subject verb and part of the
prepositional phrase (to) work but has missed the auxiliary verb is
going
◉ A child says 'Me like ice cream'. In what way is she using some
elements of grammar correctly and in what ways is she making
errors?. Answer: Correct syntax/ word order but misusing pronoun.
She uses first person object pronoun me instead of first person subject
pronoun
