A form of communication-spoken, written, or signed
What is language?
100
strings of consonant-vowel combinations, such as ba, ba, ba, ba.
What is babbling?
100
stage in life that grasps an understanding of language.
What is Early Childhood?
100
Name at least two things children learn during the Middle and Late Childhood stage.
What is Vocabulary, Grammar, Metalinguistic Awareness, Reading, Writing, Bilingualism, and Second Language Learning?
100
_______ years ago when humans started to develop language.
What is 100,000?
200
The sound system of a language-includes the sounds used and rules about how they may be combined.
What is phonology?
200
the holiday the twin's were talking about in our Youtube video.
What is April Fool's?
200
a process that helps explain how children learn the connection between a word and its reference.
What is Fast Mapping?
200
knowledge about language.
What is Metalinguistic Awareness?
200
cooing at infants helps with language development.
What is Environmental Influences?
300
The way words are combined to form acceptable phrases and sentences.
What is syntax?
300
body movements used to show or indicate something.
What is gestures?
300
the age where children develop sensitivity to the needs of others in conversation.
What is 4 years old?
300
an approach that emphasizes that reading instruction should focus on phonics and its basic rules for translating written symbols into sounds.
What is Phonics Approach?
300
a period of learning readiness.
What is Critical Period?
400
The meaning of words and sentences.
What is semantics?
400
Infants learn the meaning of words before they can speak (between the ages of 10-15 months).
What is First Words?
400
as they move beyond two-word utterances, children know
What is Morphological Rules?
400
stresses that reading instruction should parallel children's natural language learning.
What is Whole-Language Approach?
400
the hemisphere of the brain that processes language
What is the left hemisphere of the brain?
500
the appropriate use of language in different contexts.
What is pragmatics?
500
use of short precise words without grammatical markers.
What is Telegraphic Speech?
500
Elementary school children become skilled in _______ to construct lengthy and complex sentences.
What is Syntactical Rules?
500
the ages where writing looks more like scribbles.
What is 2-3 years old?
500
Linguist Noam Chomsky defines this as a biological endowment that enables the child to detect certain features and rules of language, including phonology, syntax, and semantics.