SLA Quiz 1| Self-Assessment Questions and Answers |New Update with 100%
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The ability to discriminate sounds not used in the L1 seems to
a. be lost by 1 month of age
b. be lost by 3 to 4 months of age
c. be lost by 10 to 12 months
d. remain available until school age C
Which of the following is not considered to be a key stage in L1 acquisition?
a. babbling
b. one - word stage
c. two - word stage
d. three- word stage d
Brown's 1973 study on the order of acquisition of certain grammatical morphemes in english
primarily revealed that
a. children acquire morphemes in different orders
b. children morphemes at different rates
c. both a and b
d. non of the above b
CHILDES is
a. a computerized database of child speech transcripts
b. a computer program for teaching children new words
c. the name of an important child language researcher
d. none of the above a
, when we say that children's early multiword utterances are "telegraphic" we mean they
a. are immediately understood
b. include many content words and few function words
c. include many function words and few content words
d. are produced in a flat, mechanical tone of voice b
most children begin combining words into multiword utterances when their productive
vocabulary includes about
a. 10 words
b. 50 words
c. 150 words
d. 250 words b
which of the following best describes the instructional system adapted for a child from a
Mandarin-speaking family living in the United States, attending the local public school, who's
parents want her to learn Mandarin in an after-school program
a. bilingual education
b. immersion education
c. dual language instruction
d. heritage language instruction d
The two main types of bilingual education programs are
a. mainstream education
b. transitional
c. developmental
d. study abroad b/c
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The ability to discriminate sounds not used in the L1 seems to
a. be lost by 1 month of age
b. be lost by 3 to 4 months of age
c. be lost by 10 to 12 months
d. remain available until school age C
Which of the following is not considered to be a key stage in L1 acquisition?
a. babbling
b. one - word stage
c. two - word stage
d. three- word stage d
Brown's 1973 study on the order of acquisition of certain grammatical morphemes in english
primarily revealed that
a. children acquire morphemes in different orders
b. children morphemes at different rates
c. both a and b
d. non of the above b
CHILDES is
a. a computerized database of child speech transcripts
b. a computer program for teaching children new words
c. the name of an important child language researcher
d. none of the above a
, when we say that children's early multiword utterances are "telegraphic" we mean they
a. are immediately understood
b. include many content words and few function words
c. include many function words and few content words
d. are produced in a flat, mechanical tone of voice b
most children begin combining words into multiword utterances when their productive
vocabulary includes about
a. 10 words
b. 50 words
c. 150 words
d. 250 words b
which of the following best describes the instructional system adapted for a child from a
Mandarin-speaking family living in the United States, attending the local public school, who's
parents want her to learn Mandarin in an after-school program
a. bilingual education
b. immersion education
c. dual language instruction
d. heritage language instruction d
The two main types of bilingual education programs are
a. mainstream education
b. transitional
c. developmental
d. study abroad b/c
