For the vast majority of children, language development occurs spontaneously and requires little conscious i on the part of adults.

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Instruction and correction are key factors in child language development.

In general, children’s holophrastic sentences begin（ ）

In general, children's holophrastic sentences begin （）.

At some point in the late part of the first year or the early part of the second year, the babbling stage gradually gives way to the earliest recognizable stage of language, often referred to as the o stage.

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holophrastic sentence

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At children’s language development, one-word utterances can be used to express a concept or predication similar to a sentence in adult speech. For example, a child might use the word “dada” to mean “Dada, come here”, “more” to mean “Give me more candy”. Those utterances can also be called h sentences.

Judge whether the following statement is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false on the ANSWER SHEET for the statement. If you think the statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.

Instruction and correction are key factors in child language development.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

It is suggested that even before children master the phonemic contrasts of their language, they begin to develop the a movements needed to produce these distinctions in speech.

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holophrastic sentence

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Of the two sounds /b/ and /l/, children are more likely to acquire /l/ first rather than /b/. 

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Of the two sounds /b/ and /l/, children are more likely to acquire /l/ first rather than /b/. 

Generally speaking, the （）stage of first language acquisition begins roughly in the second half of the child’s second year.

In general, children's two-word stage begins roughly（ ）.

The language at（ ）stage begins to reflect the distinction between sentence-types, such as negative sentences, imperatives, and questions.

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During the two-word stage of language acquisition, two-word expressions are absent of syntactic or morphological markers.

When children's language develops towards the early（）stage, negative words occur at the beginning of expressions, for example, “No mitten,” “No singing song”.

According to the （ ） view of language acquisition, children are believed to gradually assume correct forms of the language of their community when their “bad” speech gets corrected and when their good speech gets positively reinforced.

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B learning theory suggested that a child's verbal behavior was conditioned through association between a stimulus and the following response.

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According to Behaviorist learning theory, children are believed to gradually assume correct forms of the language of their community when their “bad” speech gets corrected and when their good speech gets positively reinforced.