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Language Development In Early Childhood Question Paper

Language Development In Early Childhood

Course:Bachelor Of Education In Early Childhood Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYA TT A UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL BASED (SSP)
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 200712008
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
(EARL Y CHILDHOOD)
ECE 203:
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
DATE: Friday, 4th January, 2008
TIME: 8.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
INSTRUCTIONS:
.Answer ALL the questions in Section A and any TWO in Section B.
SECTION A: Answer ALL questions in this Section
(30 marks)
1.
Briefly describe the stages children go through in their development of oral communication from birth to 2 - years of age. (6 marks)
2.
Briefly describe the stages involved in simultaneous language acquisition. (6 marks)
3.
Briefly describe three factors that influence children's phonological development in Early Childhood. (6 marks)
4.
Discuss the following definition of language "language is audible, articulate human speech as produced by the action of the tongue and adjacent vocal organs". (6 marks)
5.
Citing relevant examples, briefly describe any four characteristics oflanguage. (6 marks)

SECTION B: Answer any TWO questions in this Section.
6.
a)
Describe Noam Chomsky's inmate theory of language development. (12 marks)
b)
Discuss the implications of this theory for language learning in Early Childhood. (8 marks)

7.
a)
Explain clearly the reading readiness approach to literacy instruction (6 marks)
b)
Describe, giving examples, the activities that you would expect a teacher using this approach to involve 4 - year - olds in before introducing them to conventional writing.

8.
a)
Discuss how children develop language according to the social- constructivism theory.
b)
Discuss the implications of the social - constructivism theory for care giving.

9.
a)
Describe the two major speech fluency disorders in children.
b)
Discuss how a parent can handle a child with one of these fluency disorders.

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