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Toddlers
Preschool
Early School Age
Syntax
Literacy
100
At this age toddlers undergo the most development in which aspect of language?
Semantics or Vocabulary
100

At this age, children begin to understand that others have different perspectives. This is the emergence of?

Theory of mind.

100

At this age the largest area of growth is seen in which aspect of language?

Pragmatics

100
use of 'to' + verb is known as

Infinitive

100

Breaking a word into its component sounds and then blending them together to form a recognizable word is known as?

Decoding

200

At the age of 12-14 months, Toddlers are naming and using this gesture?

Pointing

200

At the preschool age, most language is occurring in what kind of exchanges?

Conversation

200

In regards to conversational abilities the ability to make a request using only hints is known as?

Indirect request

200

When a speaker requests, demands, asks or insists that the listener perform an act, they are using what kind of sentence form?

Imperative

200

The knowledge of sounds, syllables and the sound structure of words is known as?

Phonological awareness

300

The main intent behind toddler communication is this?

Wants

300

The retelling of a familiar story or personal event is known as?

A narrative

300

Categorical organization of objects that share common essence such as trees or tools are known as?

taxonomies

300

What are two types of dependent clauses?

Subordinate or Relative clause

300

This element of reading is actively constructed by interaction of words, sentences along with personal meaning and experiences or world knowledge?

Comprehension

400

Increased cognitive word storage and increased practice of using words results in this skills that is typically evident around 24 months?

Word combinations

400
At this age, Semantic development in children includes lexicon and 'this' which refers to the relationship between words and objects or referents?
Relational Terms
400

Idioms, metaphors and similes are all examples of?

Figurative Language

400

Two independent clauses that are joined with a conjunction is called a?

Compound Sentence

400

Information stored in the memory that tells us how to represent spoken language in written form is known as?

Orthographic Knowledge

500

Systematic processes used by children to make adult sores pronouncable is know as?

Phonological Processes

500

The terms in/on/under are known as what kind of relational term?

Spatial relations or Location prepositions

500
In Early school age these 'stories' are becoming organized in rule governed ways including a setting, plot and resolution?

Narrative

500

Asking a question with 'okay?' at the end is known as?

A tag question

500

Spelling a word with the name of a letter such as 'DA' for 'day' is known as what kind of spelling?

Conventional or invented