Chapter 8 Study Guide Questions & Answers

Chapter 8 Study Guide Questions & Answers Which of the following is true regarding languages? A) Languages are static. B) The symbols and rules that govern languages are arbitrary. C) Languages are made up of concrete symbols. D) The codes that constitute languages are informal B) The symbols and rules that govern languages are abitrary. Which of the following is an example of BICS? A) Answering computer generated questions to prepare for a quiz. B) Participating in an online discussion board about the planets. C) Writing a letter to a friend. D) Having a conversation about recess with a friend. D) Having a conversation about recess with a friend. In the Lidcombe Program, children who stutter _______________. A) are praised for fluent speech B) are praised for maintaining eye contact C) are taught to speak to a rhythmic beat D) are taught to prolong troublesome sounds A) are praised for fluent speech Which of the following students is most likely to have a language disorder? A) 6-year-old Parker who has an extensive vocabulary, but cannot answer questions. B) 7-year-old Rodney who speaks in sentences, but can't identify rhyming words. C) 5-year-old Jasmine who cannot speak English. D) 2-year-old Brad who is just learning how to talk. A) 6-year-old Parker who has an extensive vocabulary, but cannot answer questions. A loss of the ability to process and use language is known as _______________. A) dyslexia B) apraxia C) aphasia D) dysarthria C) aphasia Which of the following is not a process involved in the production of speech? A) Resonation B) Intonation C) Articulation D) Respiration B) Intonation In which placement alternative, does the speech and language professional deliver service through consultation? A) In collaboration B) In self-contained classrooms C) In community based D) In pull out A) In collaboration Speech and language impairments constitute a secondary disability for approximately _______________. A) 20% of students who receive special education services for another primary disability B) 30% of students who receive special education services for another primary disability C) 60% of students who receive special education services for another primary disability D) 50% of students who receive special education services for another primary disability D) 50% of students who receive special education services for another primary disability A child with a communication disorder is eligible for special education services when the disorder _______________. A) has persisted for at least three years B) has an adverse effect on learning C) is evident when the child enters school D) has become worse despite the use of research based interventions B) has an adverse effect on learning Which of the following students is most likely to have problems with reading? A) Abe, a child with a phonological disorder B) Francine, a child with an articulation disorder C) Charlene, a child with a fluency disorder D) Demetrius, a child with a voice disorder A) Abe, a child with a phonological disorder Which of the following statements about dialect is most accurate? A) Dialects should usually be considered to be inferior to Standard English. B) Dialects are severe forms of communication disorders that require intensive intervention. C) Dialects are more common in English than in other languages. D) Dialects are linguistically correct within the rules that govern them. D) Dialects are linguistically correct within the rules that govern them. Which of the following need to be considered when deciding what items to include in a child's augmentative vocabulary? A) What peers are saying B) The vocabulary that is needed in school and in the community C) The words his/her parents can pronounce D) The vocabulary that the student is currently using C) The words his/her parents can pronounce All of the following tests are components of a comprehensive evaluation to identify communication disorders except _______________. A) language function B) aptitude C) hearing D) articulation B) aptitude The three components of augmentative and alternative communication are _______________. A) aided, unaided, cooperative B) pictures, sounds, words C) representational set, means of selection, means of transmission D) no-tech, low-tech, high-tech C) representational set, means of selection, means of transmission Darius is 18 months of age. His mother, Mrs. Bluestone, has referred him for a speech evaluation because he says "wike" for "like" and has difficulty with consonant blends such as the "str" in street. What common mistake has Darius' mother made? A) She is confusing typical development with articulation errors. B) She should have tried to assist Darius herself before referring him. C) She did not listen to enough speech sounds before referring him. D) She did not observe him in a variety of settings to see if he had similar problems. A) She is confusing typical development with articulation errors. Mrs. Robinson is a speech-language pathologist. She asks one of her students to look into a mirror and say the word "working." This technique is helpful with _______________. A) discrimination B) phonology C) fluency D) production D) production The smallest elements of language that carry meaning are called _______________. A) phonemes B) words C) syllables D) morphemes D) morphemes All of the following are true regarding therapy for phonological errors except _______________. A) sounds are not taught in isolation B) it is compatible with therapy for articulation errors C) the therapist and child give and receive directions D) the child is taught to recognize differences between minimally contrastive words Jake is a high school student. After school conversations with friends include the use of slang words and may include telling of a "dirty joke." When Jake arrives at his grandparents' house he uses standard English and says "ma'am" and "sir" when addressing them. The ability to adjust language represents skills in _______________. A) pragmatics B) semantics C) morphology D) phonology A) pragmatics Mrs. Gonzales is evaluating Maria for a possible communication disorder. She asks Maria a series of open-ended questions to evaluate her expressive speech. This type of assessment is known as _______________. A) language sample B) case history C) langauge application D) functional analysis A) language sample Which dimension of language is concerned with the meaning of words and combinations of words? A) syntax B) morphology C) pragmatics D) semantics D) semantics A person who engages in intraindividual communication _______________. A) talks to himself/herself B) talks to a large group of people C) talks to more than one person D) talks to a single person A) talks to himself/herself Tammy's teacher tells her that she will be in hot water if she doesn't stop talking. Tammy says "I will be good! Please don't burn me!" The confusion probably reflects a problem with _______________. A) semantics B) syntax C) morphology D) pragmatics A) semantics Which of the following statements about speech-sound errors is true? A) They result from problems recognizing or processing the sounds of language. B) They result from a deficit in the operation of the speech apparatus. C) Treatments must be implemented before the age of 7. D) Treatments to address them are relatively simple. A) They result from problems recognizing or processing the sounds of language. Cherell is a 9th grader, who is experiencing some difficulties at school. She has been sent to the principal's office for slapping a classmate. She tearfully tells the principal that she is tired of being teased by other students who claim that she sounds like a man when she talks. The term to describe the quality of Cherell's voice is _______________. A) disnomia B) dysphonia C) denasality D) cluttering B) dysphonia