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Communication
200

The child is 1.5-2.5 years of age where they begin to string words together in one utterance.

What is the 2 word stage? 

200

Words and grammar of a language directly shape the thoughts of its speakers.

What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis? 

200

A pariticular variety of speech used by a group which may be regarded as low status; not to be confused with the Jamaican version.

What is patois?

200

When inividuals speak more than one language in their daily life.

What is multilingualism?

200

All people, all backgrounds, everyone participates

What is inclusion?

400

Up until the age of two, the child is in this stage where the development of object permanance occurs.

What is the sensorimotor stage?

400

This theory deals with simple sentences, hesitency, commands and questions.

What is the Resticted code?

400

The suggests that certain minorities in a society have much less power than others

What is the muted group theory?

400

Regional forms of English that are not judged to be socially acceptable 

What is non-standard English? 

400

Children no longer learn their  first language as a mother tongue

What is definitely endangered? 

600

There is an increase in the understanding of grammar, syntax and pragmatics

What is the post-telegraphic stage?

600

A pattern of discussion between teacher and student in which the teacher asks a question, student responds and teacher gives feedback. 

What is Initiation- Response-Feedback?

600

A-listers, gang members, goths are pretty much part of this. It can be positive or negative

What is exclusion? 
600

The style of speech  shared by people in a particular region or social group. 

What it sociolect? 

600

Anyone of these languages could become the lingua franca because of the number of people who speak them. 

What are Spanish, Arabic, or Chinese? 

800

Adolescents are able to understand abstract ideas and the language associated with them.

What is the formal operational stage? 

800

This is the gap between what children can do for themselves and what they can do with appropriate support. 

What is the Zone of Proximal Development?

800

A form of non-standard English used by specialists groups or by professionals.

What is jargon? 

800

The degree of respect and value given to a particular style of language by a speech community

What is language prestige?

800

Literature and instruction are centered on a view of Britain. 

What is Anglocentric?

1000

This stage includes babbling and non-vocal interaction.

What is the pre-lingustic/phonological? 

1000

This theory states that women are more aware of the more prestigious form of pronunciation. 

What is the Norwich, UK Study

1000

Model  which demonstrates how English is spread throughout the world.

What is Kachru's Circles model?

1000

When we make our language style similar to those speakers around us.

What is convergence?  

1000

RBF is known by this proper term.

What is conversational face?