Language Acquisition- Spoken Exam with
Questions and Correct Answers2025
FOUR ,MAIN ,AREAS ,THAT ,FORM ,PART ,OF ,SPOKEN ,LANGUAGE ,THEORY ,-
,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Behaviourism ,(Skinner) ,
Interactionalist ,(Snow, ,Bruner) ,
Nativism ,(Chomsky) ,
Cognitive ,(Piaget)
What ,debate ,should ,be ,at ,the ,centre ,of ,essays? ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-nature/
,nurture
What ,do ,children ,learn ,to ,do ,before ,they ,read/ ,write? ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Speak
What ,are ,the ,basic ,needs ,of ,a ,child? ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Basic ,needs ,are ,to ,be
,fed, ,to ,be ,clean, ,to ,be ,warm ,and ,safe.
How ,do ,babies ,communicate ,their ,needs? ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-babies
,communicate ,these ,by ,simple ,sounds ,e.g. ,crying ,or ,screeching, ,to ,get ,attention.
Do ,children ,learn ,to ,speak ,at ,roughly ,the ,same ,time ,regardless ,of ,where ,they ,live? ,-
,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Surprisingly, ,children ,around ,the ,globe ,learn ,to ,speak ,in ,the
,same ,order ,at ,roughly ,the ,same ,time. ,This ,is ,despite ,cultural ,differences ,in ,speaking
,to ,babies.
How ,is ,all ,learning ,done? ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-subconsciously
What ,do ,some ,studies ,show ,about ,language ,in ,the ,womb? ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-
Some ,studies ,even ,show ,that ,children ,respond ,to ,the ,native ,language ,of ,their
,parents ,while ,they ,are ,still ,in ,the ,womb ,(Mehler), ,going ,so ,far ,as ,to ,recognise ,French
,from ,Spanish
Pre ,verbal ,speech ,pattern ,(birth ,to ,5 ,months) ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Birth ,to ,5
,months ,
Biological ,noises, ,cooing ,and ,laughing.