Final Exam

Language acquisition

1- Are the following sentences true or false:

1- Language acquisition is an important aspect of human development. ( )
2- The earliest vocalizations for infants are not the voluntary crying. ( )
3- Children cannot hear the differences between sounds. ( )
4- At 12 months, most babies can produce a word or two. ( )
5- Researchers have found that 14 grammatical morphemes were acquired in the same
sequence. ( )
6- Children learn the function of negation very late. ( )
7- Sentences like ‘Mummy Juice’ are called telegraphic. ( )
8- By age of two children can produce about 30 words. ( )
9- Children do not use temporal adverbs such as tomorrow until they develop some
understanding of time. ( )
10- Children distinguish the voice of their mother before they were born. ( )
11- Children acquire the correct use of irregular plurals very early. ( )
12- Children who had mastered the grammatical morphemes at the top had also
mastered those at the bottom. ( )
13- Negation is expressed by the word ‘no’. ( )
14- There is predictable order in which the ‘wh- words’ emerges. ( )
15- ‘whassat?’ is a part of chunk. ( )

2- Choose the correct answer:

1- The ability to use question words is partly tied to children_________ development.
a. Word b. cognitive c. language
2- By age of ____ most children can ask questions, give commands.
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6
3- The_________ viewed imitation and practice as the primary processes in language
development.
a. Innatist b. interactionist c. behaviourism
4- Chomsky argued that all human language are based on_______ universal
principals.
a. Important b. innate c. amazing
5- CPH is often linked to ___________
a. Innatist b. interactionist c. behaviourism
6- The best-known figure of behaviourist theory is __________
a. Chomsky b. BF Skinner c. Piaget
7- Children appear to imitate ___________.
a. Selectively b. randomly c. simply
 8- The innatist perspective is related to _____________
a. Chomsky b. BF Skinner c. Piaget
9- For Chomsky language acquisition is very___________
a. Similar b. different c. important
10- Interactionist perspective is related to __________
a. Chomsky b. BF Skinner c. Piaget and Vygotsky

11- Vygotsky observed the importance of____________ that children have with adults.

a. imitating b. interaction c. conversation

12 – all second language learners have acquired at least_______ language.

a. One b. two c. three

13- Young second language learners are allowed to be ______ until they are ready to
speak.

a. Silent b. talking c. singing

14- older second language learners are often forced to _________

a. Speak b. silent c. imitate

15 most ___________children would be able to correctly interpret the grammatical
sentences and recognize the ungrammatically of the others.
a. Pre school b. school aged c. 4 year

3- Match the following:

1- Stage 1 1 the negation element is inserted into a more complex

sentence.
2- Stage 2 2 negation is expressed by the word ‘no’
3- Stage 3 3 children begin to attach the negative element to the
correct form of auxiliary.
4- Stage 4 4 subject may be included.