CRITICAL DISCUSSION Quiz

1. Which of the following strategies is most effective in supporting language diversity and inclusion in early childhood education settings?

2. How can a teacher effectively use play-based activities to enhance language development in young children?

A. Structuring play to follow a predetermined script for language interactions.

B. Allowing unstructured play without any language-focused interventions.

C. Incorporating open-ended questions and rich vocabulary during play interactions.

D. Discouraging imaginative play as it may distract children from language learning.

3. Considering Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), how might a teacher apply this concept to support language learning in a diverse classroom?

A. Focus on advanced language tasks to challenge all students equally.

B. Assign language tasks based solely on chronological age, disregarding individual differences.

C. Tailor language activities to each child's current abilities and provide guided support to extend their language skills.

D. Group children solely based on their language proficiency, avoiding interactions with those at different levels.

4. Compared with adult-directed speech, the phonology of infant-directed speech is ______.

a. slower, with exaggerated pitch contours and generally lower in pitch

b. faster, with exaggerated pitch contours and longer pauses

c. slower, with exaggerated pitch contours and generally higher in pitch

d. faster, with exaggerated pitch contours and generally lower in pitch

5. Studies of imitation have shown that ______.

a. Both parents and children imitate one another, but parental imitations are more accurate

b. Children frequently imitate grammatical rules incorrectly and therefore require correction

c. Children use imitation to improve the accuracy in reproducing grammatical rules

d. Both parents and children imitate each other frequently

6. When infants and very young children live in environments where they have no exposure to or experience with language, their language development is severely limited. These limitations are not reversible. This supports which of the following terms?

a. Sensitive periods of development

b. semantics

c. syntax

d. nativism

7. What is the most significant factor in the development of literacy levels of young children?

A. Reading aloud

B. Independent reading

C. Story telling

D. Watching movies

8. A typically developing child in a language rich setting should hear how many words by the age of 4?

A. 30 million

B. 40 million

C. 50 million

D. 60 million

10. Dialogic Reading......

A. Is most effectively done after kindergarten age

B. Puts the children in the role of the teacher

C. Is retelling or acting out stories

D. Is when a teacher reads a book out loud to the class.

11. Procedural Play is....

A. When children play in a group

B. When children follow adult direction in play

C. When children act out what they see others doing, mimicking others in play.

D. When you ask children open ended questions during play.

12. Which statement is true when it comes to language development....

A. We are driven from a young age to communicate our needs.

B. Home life has no effect on children's ability to communicate and learn language.

C. We should ask children simple yes, no question as to not stress them out and make it easier for them to answer.

D. We should not bother children while they are playing or interrupt them in any way.

13. The six visual components that help children with their reading and literacy are facial expressions, written text, gestures, clothing, setting, objects.

True

False

14. It is important to use multimodal literacy because when a number of our senses are being engaged during learning, we understand and remember more.

True

False

15. Visual literacy and reading work together in language development to help the children make meaning of what is trying to be communicated when they do not always know the the written words in front of them.

True

False

16. 1. Which is a proven method of encouraging language acquisition for a young child?

A. Read a picture book

B. Read a chapter out of a chapter book once a day

C. Provide alphabet games on a computer device

D. Purchase a workbook that teaches letters and words

17. Characteristics of how play may be linked to language acquisition include all but which one?

A. Symbolic thinking

B. Social interactions

C. Independent play

D. Language input

18. Which early childhood skill is NOT provided to a child when listening to a story?

A. Comprehension of concepts from hearing and listening

B. Development of phonological awareness

C. Increased vocabulary knowledge

D. Improved reading fluency

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