F20 Lang Dev: review for final exam

Subcortical structures deep in the brain and the cerebellum are involved in language processing.

A developmental milestone for kindergarteners is to

In what lobe is Wernicke's area found?

Most definitions of reading fluency

Identify the view.

Which lobe is yellow?

What testing method assesses performance level as well as the child’s ability to learn?

Period of development when reading and writing skills are learned before conventional literacy is

The cerebellum is involved in retrieving which word class?

Which lobe is orange?

The ability to translate graphemes into phonemes is known as

Many cortical areas dedicated to language processes are located around what fissure?

Which of the following brain regions is in the temporal lobe and helps in processing language?

Oral language skills are associated with later reading achievement.

Children with language disorder show smaller left hemisphere language areas than children with typical language.

Listening comprehension and reading comprehension are highly correlated to each other.

What does it mean when a reader is “unglued” from print?

The ultimate goal of reading is

At what age do children develop phonological awareness skills?

What variables were related to children who were adopted as having inattentive and overactive behaviors?

What is the primary language of the majority of child English language learners (ELLs) in the U.S.?

Literacy does not begin until a child enters kindergarten.

The ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate using printed and written materials is

If a child can't hear the difference in syllables, words, and sounds in school, what is compromised?

It is likely that both environmental factors and neurobiological factors contribute to written language disorders.

The inferior prefrontal cortex is involved in what type of language processing?

Engaging in inventive writing is a developmental milestone typically expected at what age?

Syntactic complexity varies greatly due to all of the following except:

Facts or circumstances surrounding a communicative interaction

We must know words to communicate effectively. These words are our

A bilingual child’s abilities to communicate effectively is known as _____ competence.

Instructional discourse is used between ____ and _____.

The right hemisphere of the brain is dominant for language processes.

Which lobe is blue?

Reading includes both

Identify the view.

In most individuals, language centers of the brain are lateralized to the left hemisphere.

How long does the literacy learning process last?

At its most basic level, literacy can be defined as:

Which one of these words contains an inflectional morpheme?

All white matter tracts of the arcuate fasciculus are fully formed at birth.

Identify the view.

Which lobe is green?

Wernicke’s area is located in the parietal lobe.

The ability to think about and analyze language in a purposeful manner is

Which of the following is nonliteral language?

Broca's area is located in which lobe?

Children learn most vocabulary words

Orthographic knowledge is the understanding of

Phonics, fluency, phonemic awareness, comprehension, and vocabulary are components of

The tendency for neural functions to be specialized to one side of the brain

Semantic processing happens in which area of the brain?

Spelling is a ____________ skill.

The ability to notice, think about, and work with individual sounds in spoken words is

What white matter tract connects Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area?

Which of the following is NOT a modality of language?

Phonology, morphology, pragmatics, syntax, and semantics work in concert with reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Reading comprehension is only as good as what one’s linguistic comprehension allows