CHILD DEVELOPMENT - Language Development

Question 1

4 yo playing with dolls and describing doll’s

actions aloud. What is the concern?

Answer 1

Developmentally normal use of language

Question 2

A toddler talks out loud to himself while
building a castle, describing his steps out
loud. This behavior is?

Answer 2

Private Speech

Question 3

10 year old asks for book from friend as,
“Hey, man, give me that.” He asks teacher
for book by saying, “May I please have the
book?” Example of?

Answer 3

Language pragmatics

Question 4

Best time to learn a new language?

Answer 4

Pre-school age

Question 5

Decreased ability to learn new language

after what age?

Answer 5

6 year old, decrease rate of growth of

cortical language learning centers