FACS 260 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Language - Answers - Defined as either oral or hand-signed communication between
humans.
Language is a... - Answers - Set of tools to express feelings and communicate thoughts
with others.
What does language involve? - Answers - Both communicating and listening.
Literacy - Answers - Defined as the ability to make meaning from language in written
form.
What does literacy interpret the intended message of? - Answers - Symbols (reading)
and use them to communicate information to others (writing).
What does literacy involve? - Answers - Both reading and writing.
What are the two types of communication? - Answers - Receptive Language
Expressive Language
Receptive Language - Answers - The ability to comprehend someone else's speech or
gestures.
Following Instructions.
The ability to understand words and meaning.
Signs of a receptive language problem - Answers - Difficulty understanding stories that
are read aloud to them.
Withdraws from social conversation - instead physical activities.
May be very forgetful.
Difficulty following directions.
* Early intervention is better than later interventions.
Expressive Language - Answers - The ability to create a spoken message that others
will understand.
Signs of an expressive language problem - Answers - Gives short answers to questions
(Shorter than developmentally appropriate).
May seem shy.
Over generalizes names of things.
, Difficulty remembering the names of people, places, and things. *Could be ELP, not
memory problem
Difficulty putting sentences together with the right words or in the right order.
Infants have a preference of? - Answers - Human voice.
Infants distinguish... - Answers - Mothers voice from others.
Infants amount of talk is linked with... - Answers - Vocabulary growth and emergence of
reading and writing skills.
A way of communicating for infants is... - Answers - Cooing and babbling.
Infants have a... - Answers - Give-and-take conversation.
What are the usual first words for an infant? - Answers - Mama and Dada
Toddlers have a - Answers - Rapid acquisition of language (know 50 words).
Holophrastic Speech - Answers - Word has more meaning that the adult equivalent.
(Toddlerhood)
Telegraphic Speech - Answers - Process of stringing two words together to form simple
sentences. (Toddlerhood)
During the preschool years... - Answers - New words are added daily.
During the preschool years, sentences move quickly from... - Answers - Two-word stage
to more complex combinations.
During the preschool years... a 3 yr. old's vocabulary = - Answers - 900-1000 words.
During the preschool years... a 4 yr. old's vocabulary = - Answers - 1,500-1600 words.
During the preschool years... a 5 yr. old's vocabulary = - Answers - 2,100-2,200 words.
What are the 5 linguistic systems that children must master? - Answers - Phonology
Morphology
Semantics
Syntax
Pragmatics
Phonology - Answers - Sounds of the language.
Morphology - Answers - Study of words rules - tense (went), plurals (apples),
possessives (my, mine).
ANSWERS
Language - Answers - Defined as either oral or hand-signed communication between
humans.
Language is a... - Answers - Set of tools to express feelings and communicate thoughts
with others.
What does language involve? - Answers - Both communicating and listening.
Literacy - Answers - Defined as the ability to make meaning from language in written
form.
What does literacy interpret the intended message of? - Answers - Symbols (reading)
and use them to communicate information to others (writing).
What does literacy involve? - Answers - Both reading and writing.
What are the two types of communication? - Answers - Receptive Language
Expressive Language
Receptive Language - Answers - The ability to comprehend someone else's speech or
gestures.
Following Instructions.
The ability to understand words and meaning.
Signs of a receptive language problem - Answers - Difficulty understanding stories that
are read aloud to them.
Withdraws from social conversation - instead physical activities.
May be very forgetful.
Difficulty following directions.
* Early intervention is better than later interventions.
Expressive Language - Answers - The ability to create a spoken message that others
will understand.
Signs of an expressive language problem - Answers - Gives short answers to questions
(Shorter than developmentally appropriate).
May seem shy.
Over generalizes names of things.
, Difficulty remembering the names of people, places, and things. *Could be ELP, not
memory problem
Difficulty putting sentences together with the right words or in the right order.
Infants have a preference of? - Answers - Human voice.
Infants distinguish... - Answers - Mothers voice from others.
Infants amount of talk is linked with... - Answers - Vocabulary growth and emergence of
reading and writing skills.
A way of communicating for infants is... - Answers - Cooing and babbling.
Infants have a... - Answers - Give-and-take conversation.
What are the usual first words for an infant? - Answers - Mama and Dada
Toddlers have a - Answers - Rapid acquisition of language (know 50 words).
Holophrastic Speech - Answers - Word has more meaning that the adult equivalent.
(Toddlerhood)
Telegraphic Speech - Answers - Process of stringing two words together to form simple
sentences. (Toddlerhood)
During the preschool years... - Answers - New words are added daily.
During the preschool years, sentences move quickly from... - Answers - Two-word stage
to more complex combinations.
During the preschool years... a 3 yr. old's vocabulary = - Answers - 900-1000 words.
During the preschool years... a 4 yr. old's vocabulary = - Answers - 1,500-1600 words.
During the preschool years... a 5 yr. old's vocabulary = - Answers - 2,100-2,200 words.
What are the 5 linguistic systems that children must master? - Answers - Phonology
Morphology
Semantics
Syntax
Pragmatics
Phonology - Answers - Sounds of the language.
Morphology - Answers - Study of words rules - tense (went), plurals (apples),
possessives (my, mine).
