ED. 331 CH. 6 & 7 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026

ED. 331 CH. 6 & 7 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026 Figurative language includes which of the following? - Answers Similes When working with students with literacy and language difficulties, a speech-language teacher may use all of the following strategies EXCEPT: * 1 - Answers Give parents information about social-emotional problems Sheila is a third grader who often uses nonspecific words (e.g., thing, stuff) for specific words. Sheila most likely has a: - Answers Word-retrieval problem What governs the structure of words and word forms and deals with the smallest units of language that convey meaning? - Answers Morphology Mrs. Pollock writes sentences on sentence strips and then cuts out the individual words. She asks her students to put the words in order to form correct sentences. This activity focuses primarily on which aspect of language? - Answers Syntax In the Italian language, "gn" can form a letter combination at the beginning of a word ("gnocchi") whereas in English, this letter combination never occurs at the beginning of a word. This example illustrates a difference between Italian and English - Answers Phonology Ms. Garrison teaches her third graders to ask each other questions. She instructs them to learn information about each other by conducting an interview. She starts by having them ask open-ended questions and then closed questions. What aspect of language is she targeting in this activity? - Answers Pragmatics Floyd is a 6-year-old who often has difficulty communicating about topics that are not in his immediate environment. For example, he was trying to describe his weekend trip with his family to an amusement park. He couldn't remember the words for roller coaster or Ferris wheel so he called them the "fast thing" and the "round thing." Based on this information, Floyd has difficulty with what aspect of language? - Answers Semantics Teachers use a variety of strategies to make learning English easier for culturally and linguistically diverse students. Which of the following choices would NOT be one of those strategies? - Answers Increase students' listening comprehension by reading instructions one time and avoiding extra explanations Which of the following factors is NOT an influence on pragmatics? - Answers The method of communication used six-year-old says "bis" for "fish," "bi" for "fine," and "bi" for "five." He most likely has a deficit in which area of language? - Answers Phonology "Un" as in unhappy and "-ed" as in walked are examples of: - Answers Morpheme All of the following ideas are things speech and language therapists do to promote RTI in their schools EXCEPT: - Answers Eliminate Process Monitoring Which of the following systems of language refers to its structure? - Answers Form Language development is an excellent predictor of which of the following? - Answers Reading Outcomes When working with culturally and linguistically diverse students, which of the following strategies would NOT be representative of an effective teacher? - Answers Reminding students that the classroom is no place for their first language What does the language component "content" refer to? - Answers Ideas and concepts Mrs. Moore's class was learning about the skeletal system and discovered where the smallest bone in the body is located. Students were instructed to ask their parents if they knew where it was. This is an example of - Answers Using newly learned language concepts in a variety of environments. When planning a language program for students with delayed language skills, begin by: - Answers Determining what knowledge and skills a student has already acquired. Which of the following is a language skill that is too advanced for a 6-year-old? - Answers Making deliberate use of metaphors In comparison to the Spanish language, English has which of the following? - Answers More vowel sounds What components of language are included under "form"? - Answers Syntax, morphology and phonology Throughout school-age years, students become more empathetic toward their conversational partners and are better able to understand a variety of perspectives. This is an increase in: - Answers Language pragmatics Which of the following is an inflectional ending? - Answers ing Which of the following features of language refers to the rules for combining and patterning sounds within the language? - Answers Phonology Which of the following definitions best describes a morpheme? - Answers The smallest unit of language that conveys meaning Al is a seventh grader who loves to talk to people. He often approaches other students and abruptly starts talking about his computer game collection. When the other student takes a turn in the conversation (e.g., "I've got a computer game collection too!"), Al does not seem to hear and continues to talk about his own collection. He includes a lot of detail about specific computer games and does not seem to notice when his conversational partner gets bored or walks away. Al has difficulty with: - Answers Pragmatics In Spanish, the noun is often placed before the adjective. In English, the adjective precedes the noun. This example illustrates - Answers A syntactical difference between the two languages. Children are more likely to learn new vocabulary when they practice at home. Examples of good home activities include the following EXCEPT: - Answers Encourage families to ask closed questions to their child about the new vocabulary A student who has word-finding problems has difficulty with what aspect of language? - Answers Content Mr. Hinton creates a barrier game for his students to work in pairs. The pairs sit facing each other with a barrier (large piece of cardboard) between them. One student has a picture and the other student has a blank piece of paper. The student with the picture describes it while the other student draws. This activity is designed to achieve all of the following language goals EXCEPT: - Answers Forming complete sentences The different uses of the word "running" in the two sentences below are representative of which component of language? Bob is running for office. Bob is running a marathon. - Answers Semantics Which of the following choices represents the basic syntactical structure for English? - Answers Subject + verb + object For students who have difficulties with social-emotional communication skills, a speech-language teacher may use all of the following strategies EXCEPT - Answers Adopt the role of a special education teacher and coteach in the general education classroom Which of the following components of language refers to the purposes or functions of communication, or how we use language to communicate? - Answers Pragmatics Approximately how many phonemes are there in the English language? - Answers 45 Which of the following statements is the overarching goal that represents the standards for language development, according to the Common Core Standards? - Answers Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. Mr. Kokoska teachers his class one proverb a day and they discuss what it might mean. What aspect of language is he targeting by this activity? - Answers Content Ms. Moreau is working with a third grader who is an English language learner and has difficulty forming complex sentences and causal structures. The third grader said, "I didn't arrive school on time. The bus was late." Ms. Moreau says, "Oh, you didn't arrive at school on time because the bus was late." What technique is she using to assist this third grader? - Answers Expansion How do the words "bat" and "cat" differ? - Answers By one phoneme What strategy would be best to use when readers want to cross-check their pronunciation and confirm their comprehension of text they are reading? - Answers Syntax and semantics What kind of assessments compare a student's performance to other students of the same age or grade? - Answers Norm-based assessments Ms. Marcus wants to teach the individual sound of /t/. What skill is she teaching? - Answers Phonemic awareness A book from a reading program displays the following text, and the pictures of the book reflect the meaning of the sentences. "I ate a cookie." "I ate a banana." "I ate a hamburger." This text structure most closely reflects which type of instructional approach? - Answers Implicit code instruction programs Mrs. Nguyen is teaching a small group of students who experience difficulties in developing fluent word-recognition and effective word-identification strategies. She uses an approach that facilitates the transfer from oral language to written language by capitalizing on her students' linguistic,