Stages of L1 Acquisition

Question 1

At what stage do babies distinguish such similar sounds as [b], [d], and [z]?

Answer 1

Stage 0

Question 2

What are the six Stages in L1 Acquisition?

Answer 2

Pre-Speech Stage
Babbling Stage
One Word or Holophrastic Stage
Two Word Stage
Telegraphic Stage
Later Multiword Stage

Question 3

True or False: The first 6 months of a baby’s life are sometimes called “the mute period”

Answer 3

False: the silent period

Question 4

At what age do children enter the two-word stage?

Answer 4

12-18 Months

Question 5

What sounds can you expect to hear during the prelinguistic stage?

Answer 5

Crying, burping, and coughing.

Question 6

During what stage do children begin to string together larger chunks of words?

Answer 6

Stage 4 – Telegraphic

Question 7

True or False: During stage 5 – preschool and school-age stage, adult correction is not typically absorbed.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

At what stage does a child conceptualize complete ideas through one-word sentences?

Answer 8

Holophrastic Stage

Question 9

True or False: In the babbling stage, liquids, fricatives, and affricates are considered uncommon.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or False: During the Babbling Stage, sounds are made using the jaw, lips, and tongue.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

In what stage does the silent period usually occur.

Answer 11

Prelinguistic stage

Question 12

During what stage do children tend to produce words with missing letters (consonants) to make it easier to say?

A. Holophrastic
B. Two-Word
C. Telegraphic

Answer 12

B. Two-Word

Question 13

The stage where children apply the grammar rules they have acquired Is called:

A. Telegraphic
B. Babbling
C. Holophrastic
D. Two- Word

Answer 13

A: Telegraphic

Question 14

True or False: It does NOT matter what the first language is, the stages to acquiring language are universal, meaning that they are the same for all children.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Little George just started using one-word phrases like “ball” and “up.” At this point, he is likely in what language acquisition phase?

Answer 15

Holophrastic

Question 16

At this language acquisition stage, a child begins using larger chunks of words including more content words and starts introducing function words in their vocabulary.

Answer 16

Telegraphic

Question 17

A child is trying to repeat his mother’s sentence. The mother asks the baby, “where did your daddy go?” The child attempts to repeat the mother’s utterance, but he misses some verbs and words. Ex: “daddy go?” This is an example of what stage?

Answer 17

Stage 4- Telegraphic

Question 18

What test was used as a piece of evidence that showed how young language learners master grammatical rules & apply them to new language forms?

Answer 18

The Wug Tests