What phonemes are acquired earlier consonants, or vowels?
Vowels
100
What are two key interaction patterns that enhance language development for infants and toddlers
Eye contact/shared reference and communication loops
100
What 2 things are important to consider in regard to eye contact with infants and toddlers
Need to position yourself so the infant can see your face as you talk
Provide opportunity for teacher to observe a child’s facial expressions and level of attentiveness.
200
What are the 3 levels of language knowledge?
Linguistic level, metalinguistic level, verbalization of metalinguistic level.
200
What are the 2 theories that focus on the contributions of nature?
Nativist
Cognitive Developmentalist
200
At what age does a full acquisition of consonant clusters occur?
age 7 or 8.
200
What is the optimum time for phonological developmental in infants and toddlers?
Birth to about age 10
200
What are the 3 types of activities that predominate the curriculum in a developmentally appropriate infant room?
What are the 2 theories that focus on the contributions of nurture?
Behaviorist
Interactionist
300
What is the first word that preschoolers typically learn to represent in writing?
Their Name
300
What is the optimum period of development of Syntactic and Morphemic knowledge in infants and toddlers?
birth to puberty (age 12 – 14)
300
What are 3 appropriate crib based activities
Mobiles
Crib activity centers
Crib-appropriate objects (safe, easily sanitized – not stuffed animals, items with bells or noisemakers).
400
What is the receptive form of written language
Reading
400
What term describes the inborn language specific mechanism that enables children to process and acquire language through innate knowledge of grammatical classes, underlying deep structure, and ways in which language can be manipulated.
LAD (Language Acquisition Device)
400
What is assimilation
Assimilation is when a new concept is incorporated into an existing conceptual schema
400
When can a fetus begin to perceive sounds
beginning with 25th week of gestation
400
What are two appropriate room-based activities
Balls and push toys
Music
500
What are some prosodiac features
Prosodiac features include intonation, loudness, tempo, and rhythm
500
The difference between what a child can accomplish alone and what she can accomplish with an adult’s mediation or assistance is referred to as
The zone of proximal development
500
What is accommodation?
Accommodation is when a cognitive structure or schema is changed to incorporate the new concept
500
When does a fetus’s hearing acuity reach a level similar to an adult’s
At 35 weeks
500
What are 3 types of teacher-mediated activities?
Songs and finger plays
Selected objects and activities
Books