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Nature of Language
Chapter 1
Language Structure
Chapter 2
Learning Language
Chapter 3
Learning A Second Language
Chapter 4
Examples of questions
that you can use for your assignment
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What is language?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 1, Page 4
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How is the English language organized?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 2, Page 5
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How is it that are children born ready to learn language?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 3, Pg 3
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What does it mean to be bilingual?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 3, Pg 4
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How old was the baby?
This is an example of a closed question because there is only one correct answer to this question. While there is value in asking this question, it does not promote higher-level thought. Please only use this type of question sparingly in your assignment.
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How would you define language?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 1, Page 4
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What are the main components of the system of language?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 2, Pg 11
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What are some examples of how environment influences language development in children?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 3, Pg 9
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What does a supportive school environment look like for children learning a second language?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 4, Pg 6
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What are the some of the theories of language?
This question requires you to think about the acceptable answers. There is more than one correct answer and often answers will vary based on personal views and knowledge.
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What distinguishes human communication from animal communication?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 1, Page 4
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How are sentences made up?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 2, Pg 18
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What does a "normal" linguistic environment in our society consist of?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 3, Pg 13
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How might you set up your language environment to support English Language Learners?
This is a open-ended question because there are many ways to respond. This is a good question because it really gets you to think about your answer using your knowledge and personal views.
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What are the four attributes of language that set it apart from other means of communication?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 1, Page 4
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How is language to make meaning?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 2, Pg 22
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What theory of language acquisition is most aligned with your beliefs?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 3, Pg 21
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What are some of the various programs that support bilingual children?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 4, Page 11
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How will you encourage parent support for language acquisition?
This is a open-ended question because there are many ways to respond. This is a good question because it really gets you to think about your answer using your knowledge and personal views.
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Language is often the medium for human communication. What are other means of communication that humans use?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 1, Page 23
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How is language manipulated in our everyday world?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 2, Pg 24
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How does reading aloud to infants foster language development
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 3, Pg 16
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How does second language learning relate to your theory of choice from Chapter 3?
Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. (Piper, 2012) Chapter 4, Page 26
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What are some new words or new uses of the words that have entered the language because of television or the Internet during your lifetime?
This question is a Critical Thinking Question and is the best form of question because it causes us to think the most accurately and carefully, integrating our knowledge, our experiences, our assumptions and examining points of view. These make your brain work the most!