SPED 3460 Chapter 8 Quiz – Flashcards
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A loss of the ability to process and use language is known as
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aphasia
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How many bound morphemes are in the word unpleasantly?
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2
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Which of the following statements about dialects is most accurate?
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Dialects are linguistically correct within the rules that govern them.
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Most students with speech and language impairments receive services
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in general education classes
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Speech and language impairments constitute a secondary disability for approximately
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50% of students who receive special education services for another primary disability
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Which of the following need not be considered when deciding what items to include in a child's augmentative vocabulary?
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The words a student can pronounce
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Mrs. Robinson is a Speech and Language Pathologist. She asks one of her students to look into a mirror and say the word "working." This technique is helpful with
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production
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How can a teacher help a child who stutters?
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Pay attention to what the child is saying.
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Didactic teaching approaches to improve communication skills are problematic because
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children have difficulty generalizing the skills to everyday contexts
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Jake is a high school student. After school conversations with friends include the use of slang words and may include telling of a "dirty joke." When Jake arrives at his grandparents' house he uses standard English and says "ma'am" and "sir" when addressing them. This ability to adjust language represents skill in
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pragmatics
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Mrs. Gonzales is evaluating Maria for a possible communication disorder. She asks Maria a series of open ended questions to evaluate her expressive speech. This type of assessment is known as a/an
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language sample
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Kyle will celebrate his third birthday next month. His parents report that he has a vocabulary of approximately 30 words and speaks mainly in one word utterances. According to current research, which of the following terms most accurately describes Kyle?
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late talker
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Mrs. Crosby has been asked to evaluate Hector for a possible communication disorder. Hector's family came from Miami but they speak very little English. Mrs. Crosby has assessed Hector in both English and Spanish. What else can she do to be sure that she has adequately measured his true communicative competence?
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Listen when Hector speaks to family members in Spanish
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Which function of communication allows children to gain a sense of themselves and an awareness of others?
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expressing
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Which of the following is not a process involved in the production of speech?
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Intonation
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Which of the following is an example of an environmental influence on language?
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Opportunities to play with peers
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Which of the following students is most likely to have problems with reading?
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Abe, a child with a phonological disorder
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All of the following are true regarding therapy for phonological errors except
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sounds are taught in isolation
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According to B. F. Skinner, the simplest function of language is
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echoing
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Which of the following students is most likely to have a language disorder?
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6-year-old Parker, who has an extensive vocabulary but cannot answer questions
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Darius is a first grade student. His teacher, Mrs. Bluestone, has referred him for a speech evaluation because he says "wike" for "like" and has difficulty with consonant blends like the str in street. What common mistake has Darius's teacher made?
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she is confusing typical development with articulation errors
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Which of the following children shows signs of a receptive language disorder?
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Chelsea, who can't follow a sequence of demands such as "Get your coat" and "line up"
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The three components of augmentative and alternative communication are
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representational set, means of selection, means of transmission
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Which dimension of language is concerned with the meaning of words and combination of words
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semantics
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the smallest elements of of language that carry meaning are called
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morphemes
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vocal rehabilitation for voice disorders includes all of the following except
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throat clearing
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In the Lindcombe Project, children who stutter
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are praised for fluent speech
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Tests for communication disorders that have been translated into other languages for English Language Learners
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may actually be more unreliable than assessments administered in English
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Which of the following statements about speech-sound errors are true
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they result from problems recognizing or processing the sound of language
