SLP Receptive and Expressive Language 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A bilingual child's total vocabulary across both languages meets age expectations, but vocabulary in each language alone appears below average. This is best described as:
- Language disorder
- Conceptual vocabulary deficit
- Distributed vocabulary across languages (Correct answer)
- Expressive language delay
Correct answer: Distributed vocabulary across languages
Bilingual children distribute vocabulary across two languages; assessing each language separately may underestimate total lexical knowledge.
Question 2: Which standardized test directly measures receptive vocabulary by having a child point to a picture that matches a spoken word?
- CELF-5
- PPVT-5 (Correct answer)
- GFTA-3
- CASL-2
Correct answer: PPVT-5
The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test–5th Edition (PPVT-5) measures receptive vocabulary by requiring the child to select one of four pictures matching a spoken word.
Question 3: A child who frequently substitutes a semantically related word for the target word (e.g., says 'fork' when meaning 'spoon') is demonstrating:
- Phonological paraphasia
- Semantic paraphasia (Correct answer)
- Neologism
- Circumlocution
Correct answer: Semantic paraphasia
Substituting a semantically related word for the intended word is called a semantic paraphasia.
Question 4: In language sample analysis, which measure best reflects syntactic complexity?
- Type-token ratio (TTR)
- Mean length of utterance in morphemes (MLUm) (Correct answer)
- Number of different words (NDW)
- Percentage of consonants correct (PCC)
Correct answer: Mean length of utterance in morphemes (MLUm)
MLUm counts morphemes per utterance and is a widely used index of grammatical and syntactic complexity in children.
Question 5: A 6-year-old child cannot retell the sequence of events in a story she just heard. This difficulty is most likely related to:
- Phonological memory
- Narrative macrostructure comprehension (Correct answer)
- Expressive phonology
- Receptive vocabulary
Correct answer: Narrative macrostructure comprehension
Retelling a story sequence requires comprehension of narrative macrostructure, including story grammar elements like setting, problem, and resolution.
Question 6: Which grammatical morpheme is typically acquired LAST among Brown's 14 grammatical morphemes?
- Present progressive -ing
- Plural -s
- Articles (a, the)
- Contractible copula (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Contractible copula
The contractible copula (e.g., 'He's big') is one of the last of Brown's 14 morphemes to be mastered, typically acquired around MLU 4.0+.
Question 7: A child with autism spectrum disorder uses rote phrases from TV shows in conversation without apparent communicative intent. This is best described as:
- Semantic jargon
- Delayed echolalia (Correct answer)
- Perseverative speech
- Immediate echolalia
Correct answer: Delayed echolalia
Delayed echolalia refers to the repetition of previously heard phrases (e.g., from media) in new contexts, often without flexible communicative intent.
SLP Receptive and Expressive Language 3
A bilingual child's total vocabulary across both languages meets age expectations, but vocabulary in each language alone appears below average.
This is best described as: