Chapter 10 Language and Education

Question 1

morphemes are not _____.

Answer 1

syllables

Question 2

broca’s area

Answer 2

speech production

Question 3

wernickies area

Answer 3

comprehension of language

Question 4

incoming language first comprehended in _____ area and sent to the _____ area via _____ fibers.

Answer 4

wernikies, broca, arcuate fasciculus

Question 5

Damage of these fibers cause aphasia.

Answer 5

arcuate fasciculus fibers

Question 6

What is the nature and nurture of language?

Answer 6

• nature: Chomsky’s theory, language as an innate predisposition
• nurture: children learn words that they hear (why children speak language of their parents, regional accents)

Question 7

What do infants master in language? (4)

Answer 7

-naming, questioning, requesting, and demanding

Question 8

When do infants go through a vocabulary spurt? (2)

Answer 8

18 mo - 30 words

24 mo - 300 words

Question 9

An infants early vocabulary education is a mix of _____ and _____.

Answer 9

play and academics

Question 10

By age 3, children have internalized standards of performance and, thus, can experience _____ or _____.

Answer 10

pride or shame

Question 11

By middle childhood to adolescence, there is an increase in _____ awareness.

Answer 11

metalinguistic

Question 12

What does a child achieve in language during their childhood? (2) What is the most important achievement?

Answer 12

• define abstract words, distinguish grammatically correct/incorrect sentences
• reading (unnatural task that requires education)

Question 13

What is ehri’s 4 step process related to alphabetic principle?

Answer 13

1. pre alphabetic - memorize specific visual cues
2. partial alphabetic phase - learn shapes and letter sounds
3. full alphabetic phase - sensitivity to sound systems/phonetics
4. consolidation - letters grouped as a unit

Question 14

What happenes to language development during adolescece?

Answer 14

declines as becme less dedicated to academics

Question 15

STUDY

What are some risk factors to language development in adolescents? (6)

Answer 15

-minority group, low maternal education, low maternal mental health, stressful life events, family size, father absence

Question 16

What happens to language in adults? (2)

Answer 16

• trouble distinguishing sounds as hearing becomes impaired
• tip of the tounge experience
• command of language held up well in later life

Question 17

What remains to be stable through adulthood? Thus, many of them seek _____.

Answer 17

achievement motivation, higher education