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CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 1 Reading Language and Literature
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CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 1Reading Language and Literature
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION - Correct Answer ✅ Almost every
human child succeeds in learning language. The most
complex skill that a human being will ever master. Nearly all
people succeed in learning this complex skill demonstrates
how well language has adapted to human nature. Language
is the complete expression of what it means to be human.
Basic Components of Human Language - Correct Answer ✅
1.Phonology
2.Semantics
3.Grammar:
4.Pragmatics:
5.Morphology:
6.Syntax:
phonology - Correct Answer ✅ The study of the sound
system of a given language and the analysis and
classification of its phonemes.
,CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 1
Reading Language and Literature
Semantics - Correct Answer ✅ The system of meanings
that are expressed by words and phrases. In order to serve as
a means of communication between people, words must have
a shared or conventional meaning. Picking out the correct
meaning for each new word is a major learning task for
children.
Grammer - Correct Answer ✅ The system of rules by which
words and phrases are arranged to make meaningful
statements. Children need to learn how to use the ordering of
words to mark grammatical functions such as subject or
direct object.
Pragmatics - Correct Answer ✅ The field of study that
emphasizes how language is used in specific situations to
accomplish goals
Morphology - Correct Answer ✅ The study of word
formation and structure.
,CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 1
Reading Language and Literature
Syntax - Correct Answer ✅ The grammatical arrangement
of words in sentences;the rules for combining words into
grammatically sensible sentences in a given language,
Methods for Studying Language Acquisition - Correct
Answer ✅ 1. Recording and transcribing what children say.
2. Researchers can HABITUATE
3. Children can be shown pictures of toys along with their
name
Methods for Studying Language Acquision - Correct Answer
✅ 4. Children can be asked to answer questions,
5. repeat sentences
6. judgments about grammar.
Reasons for Studying Language Acquisition - Correct
Answer ✅ Having obtained a set of data from children or
their parents, researchers next need to group these data into
measures of particular types of language skills, such as
vocabulary, sentences, concepts, or conversational
, CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 1
Reading Language and Literature
abilities.
What is Language? - Correct Answer ✅ Language is the
human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of
communication.
Linguistics - Correct Answer ✅ The scientific study of
language is called linguistics.
How Many Language are there? - Correct Answer ✅
Number of languages and dialects. estimates vary between
around 6,000 and 7,000 languages
What does Human Language Rely on? - Correct Answer ✅
social convention and learning.
How did Language originate? - Correct Answer ✅ Language
is thought to have originated when early hominins first
started cooperating, gradually changing their primate
communication systems as they acquired the ability to form a
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