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21) Which one of the following statements is true about milestones in early childhood language development?

A) Woolfolk recommends avoiding the use of milestones because they can label and stereotype young children.

B) There are no established milestones for bi-lingual children.

C) One of the milestones frequently used in the number of words a child uses in a sentence.

D) Milestones are not accurate until children are at least four years of age.

22) By what age do most children master the sounds of their native language?

A) 5

B) 9 months

C) 7

D) 2

23) An adolescent who knows how to keep a conversation going at an informal gathering is demonstrating good

A) inside skills of emergent language development.

B) sheltered language.

C) pragmatics.

D) syntax

24) Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

A) Preschool children’s oral language skills plays an important role in predicting reading in the transition to school.

B) Preschool teachers are encouraged to teach code skills before oral language skills in order to promotes reaching achievement.

C) Oral language has been found to interfere with preschool children’s reading fluency.

D) There has been no research on understanding the relations between oral language, code skills, and reading achievement.

25) Carol Hammer’s research suggests:

A) teachers should encourage children to read in their native language until the age of 7.

B) children’s receptive language can harm their expressive language.

C) children need to read in English at school.

D) children should more time reading in their native language at school until they have perfected their reading skills.

26) Children who are raised bilingual from birth can be expected to:

A) reach the language milestones in both languages at about the same time.

B) to learn the pragmatics of one language before the other language.

C) develop a receptive vocabulary set in only one language.

D) to develop inside-out skills in one language before their second language.

27) Monika has a dialect that differs in pronunciation from her cousin who lives in another country. The concern about dialects is that they can lead to

A) humiliation by peers.

B) a delay in the development of the child’s receptive vocabulary set.

C) decreased fund of knowledge.

D) spelling problems for the child.

28) Teachers must also pay attention to _____________, which are the different ways of talking for males and females.

A) genderlects

B) sheltered language.

C) Heritage language.

D) code-switches

29) Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

A) Contemporary educational psychologists reject the cultural deficit model.

B) Researchers have just started to investigate the cultural deficit model in the United States during the past five years.

C) The cultural deficit model is useful for designing bilingual education programs.

D) Educational psychologists today rely upon the cultural deficit model to understand student achievement.