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Skinner states that many
human behaviour are
reactions to

A child's tendency to use
only one or two important
words to express meaning
is

Anyone can learn a
language , but
find it easier to do so

In literacy, how many
language skills are there

Children use language not
to

The behaviourist theory is

From birth, babies acquire
speech sounds from one
these

Which of these represents
the stage infants start their
speech development
without understanding that
the purpose is to
communicate

During egocentric speech
at age 3-7, children are
likely to

Lenneberg called the fixed
developmental pattern of
language in normal children

Fafunwa sees
as a base for learning
subsequent languages

Listening and reading are
regarded as
skills

Children's earliest grammar
is very

The innate ability present in
every individual to learn
and understand is

Language is an important
factor in the overall
development of a child's

is used to express thoughts
and feelings

The situation where
children read the same
book in turns is called the
approach

Which of these explains the
art of matching words with
the correct pictures

Speech that does not
communicate is

Children's ability to use
language to regulate
behaviour increases with

specify the end product of a
successful human
development

All but one of these are prewriting activities for hand
coordination

According to Skinner,
language can be acquired
through reinforcement from
others as well as from

Children's spontaneous
language is often
in nature

The position of the Nigerian
government on the
language of instruction is
embedded in the

According to the cognitive
theory, language
behaviour

is closely related to
vocational efficiency

Retardation in reading is
more prevalent in the
mental ability of those

Visual
is the ability to see
similarities and differences

In stringing words together,
infants
the same sound patterns

is a creative activity

The only set of animals to
acquire highly developed
and complex
communication system is

Human beings express
themselves using a system
of vocal
signs

The behaviourist's claim
that children make mistakes
in language by producing

If children are taught in a
language most familiar to
them, they would acquire all
of these except

distinguishes human beings
from lower animals

Which is untrue? In order to
comprehend a
word/phrase, children must
be able to associate it with

Children learn language
acquisition through

The mother tongue is one's
own
language

Reading is done in Nigerian
public schools during

The Experience reading
approach is
centred

According to Skinner's
model, all learning is
regarded as a means of
establishing habits as a
result of

Activities for developing
language facility do not
include

All but one of these are
means by which humans
communicate through
language using sounds and
words

Behaviourist theory is not

Behaviourists are
concerned with

One of these encourage
children's transition from
speech as a private toy to a
social tool

Children's speech becomes
'other-centred' when they
realise communication is

Children generally have the
to learn languages

Which of these have
powerful influence on
human development

A reading approach where
pupils blend individual letter
sounds and group of
sounds to form words is the

Which of these is not a
factor militating against the
procurement of reading
materials

Literacy has been defined
as the ability to read and
use
information

language ability is required
for effective reading
development

Vygosky believed language
is both genetically
determined and
influenced

The 3Rs in school business
is

The attainment of reading
readiness
from child to child

All but one of these are to
be found in normal
children's language learning
process

Elementary mental
functions according to
Vygosky are people's

Two people must be talking
about the same subject
before they can be said to
be

Human beings have the
innate ability to be
in language use

The innate mechanism
which allows children
process language sounds is

Children's superiority in
language learning has been
attributed to all except they

The mimicry-memorisation
techniques of language
teaching is a feature of
which methodologists

Pick the odd item. Failed
communication can lead to

Babies 4-6 months
hears/understands by doing
all of these except

All but one of these
characteristics of children
form the basis of the
individualistic reading
approach

Skinner is the proponent of
model

Reading is magical,
powerful and

Which of these is not one of
the three themes underlying
Vygosky's theory

Which of these is untrue of
reading based on the
opinions of Voltaire and
Jefferson. Reading

Language development is
influenced by both innate
and
factors

Comparable damage to the
left hemisphere of an adult
brain leads to permanent

Which of Skinner's books
contain the seed of his
language learning theory

What does early exposure
to different languages
activate in child's brain
which allow them switch
without confusion between
two languages

Vygosky belonged to which
school of thought

All of these will stimulate a
child's language
development except

The ideal medium of
instruction for a child living
in his own environment is
the

English language in Nigeria
is an important
factor

Skinner asserts that babies'
babbling behaviour is an

From egocentric speech,
children move on to
speech

Story telling, drama,
curiosity corners are used
to encourage children to

People are culture
producing as well as culture

Children learn to make finer
discriminations in language
through

Children's spontaneous
language is often
in nature

All but one of these are
results of forcing a child to
begin a specific activity
before he is ready

At birth to one year, babies
sound together

Lenneberg and Chomsky
observed that the early
grammatical errors of
children indicate that
language acquisition is a
process of

Reading is an aid to

Language
is the child's ability to use it

When a child actually
understands what is
spoken, the child has

English Language is an
important communication
tool in Nigeria because of
its

For a child to be able to
learn to read, she/he must
have all of these except

In predicting reading
success,
is of more importance than
intelligence quotient

To do well in speaking two
languages, children need

The learning of language
for
comprehension/production
is

The biological views of
language learning is in line
with the tradition of

Handwriting is defined as

Human beings are
animals

According to Vygosky,
human beings create

The social speech stage fall
within which age

When a child is contented,
he makes a
sound

According to Chomsky,
language is

Which of these is not an
ability involved in the
process of learning to read

The name for children use
speech to exchange ideas
and information is

All but one of these are
ways one can tell a 3
months old baby hears

The freedom of a child to
choose the book to read is
a major feature of the
reading approach

Research has proven that
the mother tongue
facilitates all except

Children comprehend much
more than they

is the language learning
theory of John Locke

The advantages of using
the mother tongue as initial
medium of instruction
includes all but one of these

Language is an important
factor in the development of

Which is not needed for
developing the writing skill
in the early year

All but one of these are true
of the maturation theory of
language acquisition

Jean Piaget is a
developmental

A systematic attempt to
organise and interpret
observations is called

Language comprehension
begins from

Pick the odd item. Reading
is

The
adopted the behaviourist
view of language learning