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Oral receptive language - Answer: Ability to understand and comprehend spoken
language
Oral expressive language - Answer: Ability to communicate thoughts, feelings, and
ideas through spoken language
Written receptive language - Answer: Ability to understand and comprehend written
language
Written expressive language - Answer: Ability to convey thoughts, ideas, and
information through written communication
Prelinguistic Stage - Answer: Stage from 0-12 months characterized by reflexive
responses and attention to speech
Reflexive Responses - Answer: Infants respond to environmental sounds and voices
with reflexive behaviors
Attention to Speech - Answer: Babies start to pay attention to speech sounds and the
rhythm of language
Preverbal Stage - Answer: Stage from 12-18 months characterized by first words and
simple commands
First Words - Answer: Children begin to comprehend and respond to simple words
Simple Commands - Answer: Children follow simple commands
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, Single Word Stage - Answer: Stage from 12-24 months characterized by vocabulary
expansion and understanding simple questions
Vocabulary Expansion - Answer: Child's vocabulary grows, and they start to use single
words
Understanding Simple Questions - Answer: Comprehension of simple questions
Two-Word Stage - Answer: Stage from 18-24 months characterized by combining
words and understanding basic concepts
Combining Words - Answer: Children begin to combine two words to form simple
phrases
Understanding Basic Concepts - Answer: Children understand basic concepts like 'big'
and 'little'
Early Multiword Stage - Answer: Stage from 24-30 months characterized by sentence
comprehension and grammar development
Sentence Comprehension - Answer: Children start to understand and respond to more
complex sentences and questions
Grammar Development - Answer: Basic grammatical structures emerge
Later Multiword Stage - Answer: Stage from 30+ months characterized by complex
sentences, grammar refinement, and story comprehension
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