Title: Chapter 12 Quiz
Course: Intro Communication Disorder/Treat (SLPA 111-SLPA 111) > Section: Assessments

Q: The concept of emergent literacy has replaced the concept of reading readiness.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Speaking and writing are topographically similar.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Early kindergarten children do not yet have sound blending skills.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Phonetic spelling is spelling the way the words are pronounced.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Asking the child to identify the sounds in a word helps clinicians assess the sound segmentation skill.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Asking a child to write something about a personal experience is a task designed to assess expository writing.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Emergent literacy includes ______________________.
- book reading skills
- prereading and prewriting skills
- conventional writing skills
- none of the above
A: prereading and prewriting skills

Q: The smallest element of written language is called a _______________.
- phoneme
- morpheme
- rhyme
- grapheme
A: grapheme

Q: Speech–language pathologists are involved in literacy assessment and intervention because __________________.
- reading and writing are language-based skills
- reading and writing instruction can be integrated into communication training
- literacy skills are a form of communication
- all of the above
A: all of the above

Q: Compared to oral language skills, literacy skills __________________.
- require less formal training
- require more formal training
- are acquired naturally in the course of language learning
- none of the above
A: require more formal training

Q: Reading disabilities are found in ______________________.
- roughly 60% of children with language disorders
- roughly 20% of children with language disorders
- roughly 95% of children with language disorders
A: roughly 60% of children with language disorders

Q: Poor oral language skills but excellent writing skills may be found in ______________________.
- no one
- a few people with autism
- many individuals with intellectual disabilities
- all deaf individuals
A: a few people with autism

Q: Stages in children’s conventional reading development include __________________.
- the logographic stage
- the alphabetic stage
- the orthographic stage
A: (a choice with no text)

Q: Which of the following is correct?
- Younger children learn to read.
- Older children read to learn.
- both a and b
- neither a nor b
A: both a and b

Q: If you wish to promote good emergent as well as conventional literacy skills in your own child or a child in your family, what steps would you take? Be specific and detailed.

Q: Emergent literacy skills are certain skills that preschoolers exhibit.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: It is likely that literary skills evolved before oral language skills did.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Good oral language skills automatically result in good literacy skills.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: An early phonological skill is a knowledge of syllables in words.
- True
- False
A: True