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Chapter 12- Language skills in adolescents and adults Flashcards

1
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_____ and _____ skills especially continue to grow.

A

vocabulary ; pragmatics

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2
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True or False.

Cognitive growth continues throughout life.

A

True

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3
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there is a slow ____ in language comprehension, understanding syntactically complex sentences, and inferencing

A

decline

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4
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After what age will a child exposed to a second language will have an accent?

A

8 yrs

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5
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Fluent bilingualism has great ____ and ____ benefits for both children and adults

A

linguistic ; cognitive

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6
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Research in Canada (Ellen Bialystok) showed :

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bilingual adults (French and English) had 5-7 years later onset of dementia than monolingual adults

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7
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In adolescent, by what gender does pleasure reading decrease ?

A

boys

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8
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The biggest change in adolescents and adults is in ______ _____.

A

executive function

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9
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Define executive function

A

the ability to engage actively with print and to read and write with purpose

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10
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Posnick-Goodwin (2015). The great divide: Print or digital? California Educator, 19(7), 3 7-39.

what did the study look at?

A

Looked at the preferences of current students and research about digital vs. print books

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11
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Posnick-Goodwin, 2015:

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  • current middle school students said that they preferred print to digital books
  • recent survey for college students most prefer print to digital
  • students feel: retain more w/print; very distracted reading digitally
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12
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what does early exposure to a second language lead better to?

A

judgments of grammatical correctness

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13
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what kind of benefits does fluent bilingualism have for both children and adults?

A

linguistic and cognitive benefits

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14
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Research in Canada (Elllen Bialystok) showed:

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Bilingual adults (French and English) had 5-7 years later onset of dementia than monolingual adults

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15
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especially for boys when may pleasure reading decline?

A

adolescence

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16
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what is the biggest change in adolescents and adults?

A

executive function

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17
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define executive function

A

the ability to engage actively with print and to read and write with purpose

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18
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Posnick-Goodwin, 2015:

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  • current middle school kids preferred print to digital books
  • recent survey of college students most prefer print to digital
  • students feel: retain more w/print very distracted reading digitally
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19
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Jantz, 2012:

There are __ million FB users worldwide, or __ out of every __ people on earth

A

500 ; 1 ; 13

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20
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Jantz, 2012:

Many FB users spend __ hours a month logged on to FB

A

24

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21
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Instagram:

___ million active monthly users

A

300

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22
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Instagram:

___ million U.S. Instagram users in 2015

A

77.6

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23
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We use our smartphones to carry out ___ tasks every day

A

221

24
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Many of us pick up our phones more than ___ times each week

A

1,500

25
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Average owners use their phone for __ hours and __ minutes a day

A

3 hours 16 minutes

26
Q

Gold, 2015:

Once children hit the tween years (10-12), they spend over __ hours a day texting?

A

1

27
Q

The average teen (13-17 yrs) spends ___ texts a month

A

3,339

28
Q

15-18 year olds spend __ hours a day with digital technology

A

8

29
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__% of teens use social networking sites

A

80

30
Q

define expository monologues

A

speaker is teaching information to others

31
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Children, adolscents, and adults use what kind of syntactic complexity during expository monologues than in regular conversation?

A

greater

32
Q

There is an ____ in use of bridging devices to provide continuity.

A

increase

33
Q

As you get older the use of ___ clauses increases.

A

dependent

34
Q

Define adverbial disjuncts

A

comment on the speaker’s attitude toward the content of the connected sentence.

Think: HONESTLY

35
Q

Adverbial conjuncts:

more common in ___ than ___

A

literature ; conversation

36
Q

Adverbial conjuncts:

___ and ___ devices signaling a logical relationship between sentences

A

cohesive ; connective

37
Q

examples of adverbial conjuncts:

A

“To conclude, as a result of, nevertheless”

38
Q

Ability to define idioms ___ w/ age

A

increases

39
Q

Some older people may have increase difficulties in ?

A

word retrieval and naming

40
Q

What is the indefinite word many older people use in place of specific names

A

thing

41
Q

___ decrease in working memory

A

reflects

42
Q

True or False.

Teen utterances are contingent (related to what was just said)

A

True

43
Q

Adults use ____ ___: this utterance includes some aspect of the preceding utterance but shifts the focus of concern.

A

topic shading

44
Q

True or False.

Narratives:
“Older adults: MORE accurate in answering questions about a narrative they have just heard or retold.

A

FALSE; less

45
Q

True or False.

Narratives:
“Possibly due to decline in working memory”

A

True

46
Q

Narratives of seniors have more words, but contain more ___ content.

A

irrelevant

47
Q

Speaking style:

What kind of speech do older adults use?

A

clear speech

48
Q

Define clear speech

A

listener oriented and used on formal occassions

49
Q

Give examples of clear speech (older adults)

A

slower, more pauses, greater pitch range, more precise articulation)

50
Q

True or False.

Men use more polite words like please, thank you.

A

False; women

51
Q

Men talk more in public and less at __ .

A

home

52
Q

Men tend to lecture , while women view themselves as _____ facilitators

A

conversation

53
Q

Adult listeners are more likely to interrupt a ____ than a ___.

A

woman ; man

54
Q

Among men, conversations are rarely about ?

A

personal feelings

55
Q

what kind of opportunities do men see conversation as ?

A

debate or conversation

56
Q

women see conversations as a way to ___ .

A

share

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