Language Development

Question 1

4 y/o 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 y/o asks for book from friends 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 y/o, decreased rate of growth of cortical language learning centers