Language and Literacy Chapter 12 quiz

What is the best description of expressive jargon?

a child's string of sounds that are not real words

Questions that begin with the words what or where encourage longer elaborated student responses.

False

Children's dramatic play should be mostly free of adult involvement.

True

Dramatic play for young children should be:

child-directed.

What is the best definition of discourse skills?

children using language in structured ways

A teacher who uses a style that is responsive to children's questions and conversation, and features open-ended questions and scaffolding to support learning is using the opposite of which of the following teaching styles?

didactic teaching

Children who are able to engage in symbolic dramatic play have _____ reading achievement.

greater

Michael, age 4, said to his playmates, "I want to be the daddy next!" How would you classify this type of speech?

instrumental

When a teacher adds a missing word to what a child has said or restates the child's statement with the correct form of a word, what is this technique called?

recasting

Which type of grouping is less likely to enhance preschool children's speaking abilities?

whole group led by a teacher