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______ is defined as the formation and communication of information, thoughts, and feelings through the use of words. |
| | A) | Emergent literacy |
| | B) | Registering |
| | C) | Language |
| | D) | Cognitive development |
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Regarding language, which of the following statements is not correct? |
| | A) | Language involves talking, understanding, reading, and writing. |
| | B) | Language is active, but not receptive. |
| | C) | Language involves physical, perceptual, mental, and social skills. |
| | D) | In language development, understanding comes before use. |
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Dakota Frier is an English-speaking 5-year-old. Her parents would like Dakota to learn Spanish, so they send her to a school in which she will only be exposed to Spanish in her school lessons and activities. Dakota's school is an example of which type of program? |
| | A) | emergent literacy |
| | B) | home language |
| | C) | limited English proficiency |
| | D) | language-immersion |
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In the Italian Reggio Emilia schools, the child's role is best described as a(n): |
| | A) | teacher. |
| | B) | student. |
| | C) | apprentice. |
| | D) | facilitator. |
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All but which of the following are recommendations for facilitating language development in infants and toddlers? |
| | A) | encouraging the child to symbolize what s/he is doing |
| | B) | labeling and expanding |
| | C) | using simple, short sentences |
| | D) | repeating what the child says and putting it into correct form |
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To facilitate language development among her 5-year-old students, kindergarten teacher Stacey Snider should do all but which of the following? |
| | A) | use a project approach in her curriculum |
| | B) | encourage conversations and refrain from interrupting |
| | C) | develop Level 4 listening skills |
| | D) | correct grammatical errors |
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Regarding the role of culture in communication styles, which of the following statements is true? |
| | A) | Early childhood education in the US is based on the perspective of a high-context culture. |
| | B) | Low-context cultures place more value on language than high-context cultures. |
| | C) | Body language plays a more important role for people from low-context cultures than for people from high-context cultures. |
| | D) | High-context cultures place a lot of emphasis on encouraging children to talk. |
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Preschool teacher Andrew Evans is listening to one of his students. Andrew listens intently, registers and receives what is being said, and screens out information that is not relevant to the communication. Andrew also uses both offensive and defensive listening. Andrew's listening is characterized as being at which level? |
| | A) | Level 1 |
| | B) | Level 2 |
| | C) | Level 3 |
| | D) | Level 4 |
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Four-year-old Eleanor speaks one way when talking with her friends, another way with her parents, and yet another way with her siblings. Linguists use the term ______ to describe Eleanor's different ways of talking. |
| | A) | literacy differences |
| | B) | registers |
| | C) | inventions |
| | D) | contextual differences |
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If A.J. is like the average 8-year-old, his vocabulary will be about ______ words. |
| | A) | 2,000 |
| | B) | 12,000 |
| | C) | 20,000 |
| | D) | 200,000 |
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Preschool Director Anita Ferguson wants to have the best literacy practices in her early childhood center. According to the International Reading Association, Ferguson should focus on all but which of the following? |
| | A) | including a formalized prereading program that isolates skills |
| | B) | focusing on the pleasure of reading as a primary goal |
| | C) | integrating the teaching of reading with oral language and writing |
| | D) | including a focus on individual learning styles among children |
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Which of the following is a recommendation from the International Association of Reading for children in the early childhood years? |
| | A) | Encourage children's attempts at writing, focusing on the proper formation of letters and correct spelling. |
| | B) | Respect the language that the child brings to school, and use it as the base for further literacy activities. |
| | C) | Focus on building specific literacy skills. |
| | D) | All of the above are recommendations from the International Association for Reading. |
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Professor Satriano asks her students to suggest strategies for helping 3-year-olds in the development of the motor skills necessary for writing. Which student's strategy is predicted to be least effective in developing literacy? |
| | A) | Arial says, "Set up areas for children to sting beads and do puzzles." |
| | B) | Brian says, "Give children specific exercises like pictures to color and sit with them so they don't go outside the lines. Praise them for success." |
| | C) | Chan says, "Encourage children to make collages with pictures they have drawn and cut out." |
| | D) | Darcy says, "Set up areas for different kinds of art, like painting and drawing." |
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According to the author of your text, what is the most important goal of reading to infants and toddlers? |
| | A) | to demonstrate the way to turn pages and hold the book |
| | B) | to develop vocabulary |
| | C) | to learn how to appropriately handle and care for books |
| | D) | to develop an association between reading and pleasure |
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Among school-age children, what is likely to be the last writing skill learned? |
| | A) | expository writing |
| | B) | expressive writing |
| | C) | editing and revising |
| | D) | story writing |
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