1. Upgrading Your Pedagogical Knowledge: Language Acquisition Theories 2. Crafting Literacy Development: Examining Writing Stages in Children 3. Nurturing Young Minds: Encouraging Emergent Literacy Sk

Question: Question 25 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Which theory maintains that children do not even need the influence of an adult because language acquisition is a natural phenomenon. Select one: 1. Socio-cultural approach 2. Behaviorist approach 3. The cognitive and social approach 4. Nativist theory Clear my choice Question 26 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Complete the sentence …………… assumes that language learning is a result of formed habits just like other habits and it is learned over time. Select one: 1.   Pavlov 2.    Vygotsky 3.   Chomsky 4.    Skinner Clear my choice Question 27 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Complete: Qualitative formative assessments ……………. Select one: 1.   It reflects learner scores accumulated over a period of time after instruction was given 2.   Assessment usually is in the form of a test 3.   Are descriptive and more informative to teachers. 4.  Produces numerical data that teachers can analyse Clear my choice Question 28 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Select the reading approach that best aligns with the understanding that words are learned from their shapes as well as from memory. Select one: 1. Decoding approach 2. Sight word approach 3. Phonics approach 4. Whole word approach Question 25 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Which theory maintains that children do not even need the influence of an adult because language acquisition is a natural phenomenon. Select one: 1. Socio-cultural approach 2. Behaviorist approach 3. The cognitive and social approach 4. Nativist theory Clear my choice Question 26 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Complete the sentence …………… assumes that language learning is a result of formed habits just like other habits and it is learned over time. Select one: 1.   Pavlov 2.    Vygotsky 3.   Chomsky 4.    Skinner Clear my choice Question 27 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Complete: Qualitative formative assessments ……………. Select one: 1.   It reflects learner scores accumulated over a period of time after instruction was given 2.   Assessment usually is in the form of a test 3.   Are descriptive and more informative to teachers. 4.  Produces numerical data that teachers can analyse Clear my choice Question 28 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Select the reading approach that best aligns with the understanding that words are learned from their shapes as well as from memory. Select one: 1. Decoding approach 2. Sight word approach 3. Phonics approach 4. Whole word approach Question 29 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text In the provided statement, what term describes the strategy of labelling various elements in the learning environment, such as areas, pictures and furniture, to facilitate incidental learning through association and daily routines? Select one: 1. Incidental vocabulary 2. Phonemic awareness 3. Environmental print 4. Symbolic representation Clear my choice Question 30 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Complete this statement by choosing the correct option below: Which area of development is related to gross motor development as indicated in the picture below:   Select one: 1.    Emotional development 2.   Physical development 3.      Social development 4.   Mental development Clear my choice Question 31 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Which of the following does not form parts of Piaget’s developmental stages? Select one: 1.    The pre-operational period. 2.   The concrete operational 3. Reading of familiar parts by students 4.    The sensory-motor period. Question 32 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Complete this sentence: Piaget (Morrow, 2012) saw language skills as ……………. Select one: 1.  Basically physical 2.   Individual development 3.  Developing thought 4.   Emotional development Clear my choice Question 33 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Identify the spelling phase where children use their phonological knowledge to spell a word. Select one: 1. Transitional phase 2. Acceptance phase 3. Phonemic phase 4. Pre-communicative phase Clear my choice Question 34 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Complete this sentence: Gruhn and Weideman (2017) maintain that print knowledge, phonological processing, and oral language are considered as ………………. for prospective literacy achievement. Select one: 1.   Pre-conditional skills 2.   Less essential skills 3.    Non-significant 4.  Unnecessary Clear my choice Question 35 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Which one of the following is not an emergent writing stage? Select one: 1. Letter and word practice 2. Uncontrolled scribbling 3. Controlled scribbling 4. General sketches stage Question 36 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Identify the phrase that best describes play. Select one: 1.  Dramatic play 2.   Spontaneous play 3.     A window into the child’s world 4.     Television play Clear my choice Question 37 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Fill in the correct option: Children need to get rid of the………….through active play. Select one: 1.   Pre-Exercise energy 2.  The surplus energy 3.  The recreation energy 4.  The physical Clear my choice Question 38 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Identify the reading practice that encourages children to tell a story using the language that they are familiar with? Select one: 1. Guided reading 2. Independent reading 3. Interactive reading 4. Shared reading Question 39 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Choose the correct option below to complete this sentence:  Fonsen, Aronen and Riekkola (2016) states that in Finland……….is understood as a contextual and cultural phenomenon. Select one: 1. The reflective teacher 2.   The teacher as an assessor 3.   Pedagogical leadership 4. The teacher as an evaluator Clear my choice Question 40 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Select one (1) option that does not form part of the phases of the development of spelling. Select one: 1. Pre-communicative 2. The phonemic phase 3. The transitional phase 4. Comprehension Clear my choice Question 41 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Identify a theorist from the list below that perceived that learning is more the product of social interaction and cultural influences. Select one: 1.   Pavlov 2.  Piaget 3.   Vygotsky 4.  Skinner Clear my choice Question 42 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text In the given statement, what concept is described as the early awareness and understanding that spoken words can be written and written words can be read, the process often begins at home? Select one: 1. Literacy acquisition 2. Metacognition 3. Emergent literacy 4. Phonemic awareness. Question 43 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Identify the stage of writing development where children adopt a more mature pencil or crayon grip. Select one: 1. Letter and word practice 2.  Uncontrolled scribbling 3.  Controlled scribbling 4. Pictures of objects and people interspersed with writing marks. Clear my choice Question 44 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Which technique is most significant to emphasise the development of oral and comprension of skills? Select one: 1. Memorising the story 2. Summarising the story 3. Predicting the story 4. Retelling the story Clear my choice Question 45 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text There are four stages of writing development that children go through from 18 months to three years. Which of the following is Stage 3? Select one: 1.  Controlled scribbling 2.   Uncontrolled scribbling 3.  Pictures of objects and people interspersed with writing marks. 4.  Letter and word practice Clear my choice Question 46 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Identify the statement that best describes a skill that children specifically develops during story reading. Select one: 1. Plot analysis 2. Dancing like the characters 3. Evaluation of characters 4. Theme searching Question 47 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Which theorists is of the opinion that language acquisition through operant conditioning are based on the fact that children often ignore language corrections from adults. Select one: 1.   Skinner 2.   Nativists 3.   Humanists 4.     Behaviorists Clear my choice Question 48 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Complete this sentence: After reading a story, the teacher should…………. Select one: 1.   Ask children questions relating to the story. 2.  Tell learners to sleep. 3.   Play music. 4.  Sing a song. Clear my choice Question 49 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text What types of books can be used for shared reading? Select one: 1. Chapter books 2. Big books 3. Hard cover books 4. Paperback books Question 50 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Flag question Question text Identify the theory that maintains that play is inherited and the child will engage in behaviors and activities instinctively.   Select one: 1.  The instinct theory 2.   The recreation theory 3.   Pre-Exercise theory 4.   The surplus energy theory