Vocabulary

Question 1

Speech

Answer 1

The term “speech” is used to refer to the actual physical aspects of communicating a message.

Question 2

Articulation

Answer 2

The production of speech sounds.

Question 3

Voice

Answer 3

Voice is the sound produced by the vibration of the vocal folds.

Question 4

Rhythm

Answer 4

Language generally flows out in speech in an appropriate rhythm, with pauses and stress in the right places.

Question 5

Fluency

Answer 5

The smooth, meaningful flow of speech.

Question 6

Language

Answer 6

Language is an organized set of symbols that are used to communicate thoughts and feelings.

Question 7

Language form

Answer 7

The aspect of language concerned with how we say something; how we choose and combine symbols according to the rules of language.

Question 8

Language content

Answer 8

The aspect of language concerned with meaning.

Question 9

Language use

Answer 9

The aspect of language concerned with the purpose of our message as we relate to other people.

Question 10

Phonology

Answer 10

How the sounds within a language are combined to convey meaning.

Question 11

Morphology

Answer 11

How words are used and formed to convey a message.

Question 12

Syntax

Answer 12

How words are put together in a sentence to convey meaning.

Question 13

Semantics

Answer 13

The aspect of language concerned with meaning or content. VOCABULARY

Question 14

Receptive language

Answer 14

Refers to the skills involved in understanding language.

Question 15

Expressive language

Answer 15

Includes the skills involved in communicating one’s thoughts and feelings to others.

Question 16

Morpheme

Answer 16

The smallest unit of meaning in a language.

Question 17

Pragmatics

Answer 17

How we adjust our speech to our audience and use language toward the goal of communication.

Question 18

Phonemic awareness

Answer 18

The understanding that letters map to sounds and that those sounds can be combined to make words.

Question 19

metalinguistic competence

Answer 19

The ability to conceptualize.

Question 20

Communicative competence

Answer 20

How to use language appropriately and strategically in social situations.

Question 21

Oral language comprehension

Answer 21

The ability to speak and listen with understanding.

Question 22

Sociocultural learning theory

Answer 22

Vygotsky: based on the idea that a learner’s environment plays a vital role in children’s learning development.

Question 23

Formative assessment

Answer 23

forming judgements frequently over time.

Question 24

Summative assessment

Answer 24

Summary assessment

Question 25

Halliday’s function: Instrumental

Answer 25

Language is used to communicate preferences, choices, wants, or needs.

Question 26

Halliday’s function: Personal

Answer 26

Language is used to express individuality.

Question 27

Halliday’s function: Interactional

Answer 27

Language is used to interact and plan, develop, or maintain a play or group activity or social relationship.

Question 28

Halliday’s function: Regulatory

Answer 28

Language is used to control.

Question 29

Halliday’s function: Representational

Answer 29

Use language to explain.

Question 30

Halliday’s function: Heuristic

Answer 30

language is used to find things out, wonder, or hypothesize

Question 31

Halliday’s function: Imaginative

Answer 31

language is used to create, explore, and entertain

Question 32

Substantive Conversations

Answer 32

Substantive conversations are most useful when adults

carefully listen to children, hear an idea from children’s talk and use it to form dialogue, and then extend the topic

Question 33

Instruction

Answer 33

intentional teaching provides rich experiences to foster

children‘s oral language comprehension

Question 34

Language conventions

Answer 34

model complex grammatical structures to bridge spoken word with children’s growing literacy skills

Question 35

Listening comprehension

Answer 35

increases through interactions with others and with books that introduce new topics and concepts

Question 36

phonemes

Answer 36

sound units of a language

Question 37

Lexicon

Answer 37

a known set of vocabulary