Question 1

How does the adage "the more the better" apply to language intervention with preschoolers?
A) increased exposure is beneficial
B) the more goals the better
C) increased complexity of models is key
D) the more educated the clinician the better

Accepted Answer

The adage "the more the better" suggests that increased exposure to language is beneficial for preschoolers. This can be achieved through various means, such as frequent conversation, reading to the child, and providing language-rich play opportunities. Research has shown that children who have greater exposure to language have larger vocabularies and better language skills.

Question 2

When and why would you begin to use a metalinguistic teaching approach?

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Toddlers and preschoolers possess only rudimentary metalinguistic skills and the beginning of relatively sophisticated metalinguistic skills emerges in the early school years. Therefore, for young children it is inappropriate to base intervention strategies solely on metalinguistic skills. That is, we do not teach a word's meaning, a discourse rule, or a morphosyntactic structure only by explaining the meaning or the rule to a toddler or preschooler. Rather, we teach by example. This does not mean, however, that we avoid referring to a regularity. In fact, such reference may actually help a young child focus on the regularity and promote development of metalinguistic skills, as well as provide direct instruction about a language feature. Intervention for school-aged children and adolescents may not only include metalinguistics as an intervention strategy but may actually focus on improving metalinguistic abilities as intervention objectives themselves.

Question 3

Why do you need to specifically teach language rules to children with language impairment?

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One needs to specifically teach language rules to children with language impairment because some children with language disorders seem to have particular difficulties figuring out the principles, rules, and regularities of language (e.g., semantic maps of super- and subordinate classifications of words, use of verb allomorphs, preposing and transposing patterns for question form, appropriate and inappropriate conversational topics with teachers); one principle of language intervention is that intervention should help children to discover these. One objective of intervention, therefore, is to create and/or capitalize on situations and experiences so that the child can discover the regularities.

Question 4

Why is controlling language complexity important in child language therapy?

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Question 5

What type of motivator is it when a child asks for chocolate ice cream and receives it as a result of the communication?
A) one to one reinforcement
B) scaffolding
C) intrinsic motivator
D) extrinsic motivator

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Question 6

Lead a discussion based on the statement that "Language-disordered children must learn to communicate, not just learn the forms and content of language." What are the implications for intervention?

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Question 7

What is the process of "discovering a general rule from observing multiple individual cases" known as?
A) inductive processing
B) deductive processing
C) modeling
D) joint attention

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The process of "discovering a general rule from observing multiple individual cases" is known as inductive processing. This involves using specific observations to draw broader conclusions or generalizations.

Question 8

Present a reasoned argument for or against working on comprehension before production.

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Question 9

How do you ensure generalization of language therapy?

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Question 10

How could you use the zone of proximal development in language therapy?

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Question 11

What approach is based on the knowledge that normal children learn language by actively exploring their environments and communicatively interacting with others?
A) child-centered approach
B) causative model approach
C) non-developmental approach
D) direct instruction approach

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The child-centered approach is based on the idea that children learn best by actively exploring their environment and interacting with others, which is also known as the naturalistic approach. This approach emphasizes the importance of play, communication, and social interaction in language development.

Question 12

Introduce the idea of intrinsic and extrinsic motivators in college students. Survey the students about their own motivators. How does this relate to their academic success?

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Question 13

While he is washing dishes, a father is commenting to the child, "The water is hot. Oh, no, I got wet." What is this an example of?
A) parallel talk
B) self-talk
C) intrinsic motivation
D) extrinsic motivation

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Parallel talk is when a parent talks to a child about what they are doing or experiencing, providing a running commentary on their actions. In this case, the father is talking to the child about the water being hot and getting wet while washing dishes.

Question 14

What is the difference between developmental and non-developmental intervention?

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Question 15

Discuss the practice of addressing comprehension prior to production. In what circumstances does comprehension not precede production?

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Question 16

Compare intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcement.

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Question 17

Parallel talk emphasizes what the adult is doing or what is about to happen to the adult or in the environment.

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Question 18

An example of using a developmental approach in choosing intervention goals for syntax or morphology could include emphasizing the third‑person present‑tense regular verb inflections ("runs") before past tense verbs or present progressive verb inflection (‑ing).

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Question 19

There is evidence that the language systems (syntax, morphology, etc) do not interact in development and therefore should not be targeted together in therapy.

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Question 20

Children with language impairments need to be given opportunities to produce intervention targets in order for them to be realized in their expressive language.

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Quiz 14: Considerations for Language Intervention

How does the adage "the more the better" apply to language intervention with preschoolers?