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AQA English Language - Child Language Acquisition
AQA English Language - Child Language Acquisition
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The holophrastic stage of speech is characterised by...
Individual words used to communicate
Interpretation of gestures and intonation being essential
Random noises
Complex grammatical features
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For Gentry's spelling stages, which description best fits the "phonetic" stage?
Some spelling is based on sounds
Random guesswork
All spelling based on letter-sound connections
Spelling is at the visual stage
3
Sorry. Seriously now: what's a grapheme?
A letter, or letters, which correspond to a phoneme e.g. c
A 'tricky' word
Letters which form common suffixes
The approach taken by Jolly phonics only
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What is Marie Clay's generating principle?
Realisation that letters can be rearranged to create meaning
Images required for understanding
Applying generalised rules
Introducing new words into the language
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Now onto reading: what's a phoneme?
The link between written text and its genre
A fake neme
One of the sounds of a language: English has 44
Two letters corresponding to a sound
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Of these, which can be considered features of child-directed speech?
Use of complex grammar
Shouting
Higher or melodic pitch
Repetition
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'Variegated' and 'reduplicated' are types of what early speech?
Babbling
Crying
Cooing
Non-verbal
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Examples of transactional writing (Britton) could include...
Forming bank statements
An information guide to a location
A narrative based on a fairytale
A formal news report
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The MKO stands for...
Mean Kinetic Operant
More Knowing Otter
Most Kind Other
More Knowledgeable Other
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Piaget's stages of cognitive development are...
Sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete and formal
Pseudo-cognitive, serious, developed, adult
Simple, formal, complex, adult
Beginner, Basic, Advanced, Perfected
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Overextension has two categories: they are...
Grammatical and lexical
Imprecise and formulated
Formative and summative
Analogical and categorical
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Sinclair and Coulthard proposed what structure for discourse?
CVC
WTF
CBA
IRF
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The case of Genie, a girl who was locked away until she was 13, gave rise to the theory of the
Tabula rasa
Critical period
Virtuous errors
LAD
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Which is not one of Marie Clay's principles of development?
Creating
Directional
Generating
Recurring
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Which spelling is incorrect?
Accommodate
Liaison
Exilharate
Indict
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Chomsky's 'language acquisition device' proposition could be summarised as...
Human brains are a 'blank slate'
Cognitive development is necessary for language development
Language development is dependent on caregivers
Humans have an innate, physical ability to acquire language
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Vygotsky argued that the best way to ensure progress is to work within the...
Zone of Proxemics and Grammar
Zone of Ideal Advancement
The Twilight Zone
Zone of Proximal Development
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What was Tomasello main theory?
LASS
LAD
scaffolding
cognitive patterns
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What features would you expect to find in early reading books?
Phonological devices such as rhyme
Repetition and parallel sentence structures
Lexical repetition
Hypernyms and hyponyms
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In Chall's stages of reading development, what best describes 'pseudo-reading'?
Children read only Jolly phonic books
Children imitate or pretend to read, acting out the motions
All reading requires phonetic sounding as they can't blend
Reading which takes place using ICT approaches
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Richard Gentry suggested five stages of....
Spelling acquisition
Spelling mistakes
Reading stages
Morpheme development
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According to Vygotsky, " a child's greatest achievements are possible in..."
fun
school
play
lessons
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According to Bruner's LASS model, these features are very important...
Caregivers, scaffolding, social situations
Positive feedback, negative feedback, summative marks
Biology, genes, the physical brain
Grammar, context, phonics
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If a child omits a sound within a word, this mistake can be called...
Deletion
Selection
Addition
Focus
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From Chall’s stages of reading development, what age do children use multiple view points?
9-13
7-8
birth
14-18
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Britton's 3 categories of writing are poetic, transactional and expressive. 'Poetic' is...
Creative, usually fictional writing: encouraging expression
Detached writing: no longer personal or first person
A waste of time
First developed. Focus on expression of self
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Again linking to Chall's reading stages: when do children become 'fluent'?
6-7
7-8
5-6
5
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What is cursive writing?
Really, really angry writing
Where some letters are joined and some aren't
Cursive writing: all letters are joined up with orthography
Cursive writing: all letters are joined with ligatures
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So what ARE the 4 categories of writing, according to Rothery?
Narrative|Poetic|Transactional|Observation
Observation|Recount|Report|Narrative
Fictional|Non-fiction|Expressive|Dramatic
Expressive|Poetic|Transactional|Other
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Which of these are TRUE, according to the Department for Education?
Scaffolding is essential for many learners to progress
Boys underachieve compared to girls in writing.
ICT approaches may assist spelling.
Contextualised grammar teaching is effective
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What is Barry Kroll's differentiation spelling stage?
Being different
Personal writing develops
Writing, speaking happen simultaneously;
Awareness of difference between speech and writing
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Grice's Maxims are about effective, valued speech conventions. They are...
Quantity, quality, relevance, manner
Style, form, genre, mode
Audience, context, volume, pitch
Image, text, structure, layout
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With what can we credit Jean Rothery?
3 stages of speech development
4 categories of writing
The Star Trek franchise
7 steps to a slimmer waist
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Which of these ARE examples of Halliday's core functions of language?
Heuristic
Instrumental
Personal
Imaginative
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The best description of graphology would be...
The style of handwriting one develops
The study of graphs
The norms of spelling and punctuation within a system
A mix of text and images: layout, shape, space, images, font
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Who proposed the idea that there are seven key functions of language?
Hovgotsky
Hallsmith
Holliday
Halliday
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What's a proto word?
A word with more than 4 morphemes
A word that is made longer to sound simpler
A letter which is used in place of a word
Made up words a child uses in place of complex words
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So, what's a graphite?
A pair of letters which do not link to a phoneme
A form of carbon typically used for pencils
A letter, or letters, which correspond to a phoneme e.g. c
A follower of the graph religion
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'Writing similar to spoken language' fits in which stage of Kroll's writing stages?
Integration
Differentiation
Preparation
Consolidation
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If a child only uses the word 'house' for their own house, and not other houses, this is...
The result of not developing beyond the egocentric stage
Overextension
Underextension
Just plain silly
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Vygotsky also argued for the importance of the...
OAP
LAD
BRO
MKO
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Tomassello's main idea could be summarised as...
Pattern-forming abilities are necessary for language
Usage-based learning and linked to cognitive development
Sensory input and caregiver input allows children to develop
Children learn best without direct teaching
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What's a hyponym?
a specific word that falls in a category e.g. apple
a broad category of words
a word with no clear definition
a needle
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Skinner's operant (or instrumental) conditioning theory suggests that...
Positive + negative feedback leads to learning and progress
Children have an innate ability to learn language
Children can't learn from caregiver criticism
Children become conditioned to seek caregiver praise
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The image shows...
Emergent writing
Scaffolded teacher-led work
Mrs Stocking's GCSE art project
The innermost, darkest fears of a young child
46
Sinclair & Coulthard's IRF structure for discourse stands for...
Initiation - reply - forgetting
Initiation - response - feedback
Initial comment - response comment - conditioning
Initiative - response - feedback
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In terms of spelling, what is 'overgeneralisation'?
a known, standard rule is incorrectly applied to a situation
A long word
when a plural form is applied accurately & logically
The process of formulating erroneous assumptions
48
'Kitty' and 'doggie' are examples of...
Animals
Recasts: caregivers repeating a word in order to correct
Overgeneralisation: applying a rule incorrectly to new words
Diminutives: using addition to reduce the scale of an object
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Bruner's LASS model stands for...
Linguistic Advancement Speciality System
Language Articulation Support Style
Language Advancement Scaffolding Support
Language Acquisition Support System
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Which of the following is an example of underextension?
A poor hair extension job
Calling all males Daddy
Using the noun 'drink' only for milk
Calling own teddy bear 'teddy' but not using for other bears
