chapter 6 Flashcards

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Early language acquisition is more rapid than later language acquisition by older students and adolescents

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True

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_________ _________ are those that precede the production of words and phrases

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preverbal behaviors

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3
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What is the most significant preverbal behavior?

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babbling

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4
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How can babbling be increased?

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social reinforcemnet

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5
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Most children produce their first words around the age of ______ year and produce about 50 words by the age of ______ months

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1 year, 18 months

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6
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word utterances appear at the age of ______ months. This is the begging of ______

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syntax (word order)

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_____________ ___________ is young children’s speech because it does not include required grammatical features

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telegraphic speech

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the average length of a child’s multiple utterances; the length is measured in terms of morephemes, both bound and free

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mean length of utterance

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9
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what questions are acquired earlier?

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what where and who

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10
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social use of language to communicate effectively

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pragmatic view

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11
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serves to get various kinds of help from others

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instrumental function of speech

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12
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intended to control others’ behaviors

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regulatory function

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13
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What does later language acquisition look like?

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it is slower more gradual and it is somewhat harder to see the changes within narrow age ranges.

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14
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children aceuire language because of an innate mechanism

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Nativist theory

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15
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contain the universal rules of language. The environment provides information about the unique rules of the language to which the child is exposed. The ____________ ________ _______ integrates the universal and the unique aspects of hte language and thus helps the child learn the language in a relatively short time.

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language acquisition device

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16
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Language acquisition is made possible by cognition and general intellectual processes. A child must first understand concepts before producing words.

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cognitive theory

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lanuage delay, language disorder, language impairment or language problem

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limited language skills

18
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Language problem sin children may affect:

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semantic
morphological
syntactic
pragmatic

19
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language disorders in children who are otherwise developing normally are called ___________ ____________ _______________

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specific language impairment

20
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acquire words and their meanings rather slowly
show slow growth of vocabulary
tend to learn only simpler, frequently used, and concrete words;
have difficulty understanding the meanings of spoken words

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Semantic Problems

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________ _________ of language are ways in which words are formed and modified to change the meaning

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morphological aspects

22
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Difficulties in sentence construction. The child with a language disorder speaks in short or incomplete sentences and may make mistakes in word order.

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syntactic problems

23
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Problems of social communication. A child with a language disorder might acquire some language structures but not use them appropriately in social situations.

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pragmatic skills

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Pragmatic skills include

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poor discourse skills, lack of turn taking, lack of topic maintenance, poor narrative skills

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associated clinical conditions
``` various genetic syndromes intellectual disabilities hearing loss autism spectrum disorders cerebral palsy and other forms of brain injury ```
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Process of observation and measurement of a client's language behaviors to determine Whether a clinical problem exists what the nature and extent of the problem are what course of action must be taken to help the child.
Language assessment
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Assessment includes
``` case history interview of client and family orofacial examination hearing screening observation and measurement of language ```
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a procedure of recording a person's language production and conversational speech whenever possible
language sampling
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___________ ____________ describes the language skills of the child, how the child produces the language in social situations and what the prognosis for improvement is. The report offers recommendations for treatment.
Assessment report
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statement about hte likely future course of the disorder when certain steps are taken or when nothing is done.
prognosis
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language skills that are useful in social contexts are known as
functional treatment targets
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If the child produces a wrong response the clinician says no not correct. This kind of verbal disapproval reduces the production of wrong responses
corrective feedback
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immediate praise for a correct answer
verbal reinforcement
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sequence of treatment
``` vocalization individual words phrases simple sentences' complex sentences conversational speech ```
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naturally occurring opportunities for communication are used to teach language
incidental teaching
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treatment variation in which the emphasis is not on what the child says but on what the child knows about things and events.
cognitive or semantic procedure