Rainbows
"What three criteria make a true word?" (Morgan)
1. It's produced with a clear purpose
2. Must be recognizable pronunciation similar to adult form
3. It's used consistently and extends beyond original context
The ability to attend to sounds in words rather than other word structures (Savannah)
what is... phonemic awareness
School-age children increase their ambiguity of language significantly, compared to preschool-age children. What is the difference between Lexical Ambiguity and Phonological Ambiguity? (Alana R.)
Lexical ambiguity - multiple meanings within syntactic context ("I saw her DUCK"
Phonological ambiguity - confusing boundaries between words ("She's watching her WEIGHT vs. She's watching her WAIT.")
What morphological forms are noticeably developed in preschoolers? a) possessive -s, b) plurality, or c) verb markings (Alana S.)
ALL OF THEM - but mostly verb markings, including "to be" verbs (auxiliary/main verbs, copula/helping verbs)
In school-age children and beyond, describe "functional flexibility" as it relates to morphosyntactic and pragmatic language skills (Megan)
The ability to use language for a variety of communicative purposes and functions (e.g., comparing/contrasting, hypothesizing, arguing/persuading, etc.)
Who identifies, assesses, and manages disorders of the auditory systems, balance systems, and other neural systems? (Ashley F.)
what is... an audiologist
A toddler's ability to quickly learn words after one or a few exposures is called... (???)
what is... fast mapping
Once a school-age child is reading to learn, what are the final two steps of reading development as it relates to oral language skills (Think of Chall's stages of reading development!) (Audrey)
4) Understanding multiple viewpoints
5) Construction and reconstruction
At what age do children shift from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn'? (Think of Chall's levels of reading development!) (Lucy)
8-10 years. Children "start to gain more language through their reading"
The difference between an accent and a dialect (Isaac)
Dialect - regional/social varieties of language that differ in terms of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
Accent - varieties of language that differ solely in pronunciation
According to Wendy Chung, what is a telling risk factor of ASD in infants, and how is this measured? (Emily)
Eye contact in screening assessments with advanced technology
According to the WHO ICF model, how might the health condition of a Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder impact a school-age child's "functionality"? (Emily)
They may have difficulty with the precise functions of understanding and producing language. Examples may include: structuring sentences, word finding, reading and comprehending what they've read, using a slower rate of speech, etc.