SLP Receptive and Expressive Language 5

Question 1

A child with developmental language disorder (DLD) frequently omits past tense '-ed' morphemes in obligatory contexts. Which grammatical morpheme tense marker is MOST diagnostic for DLD in English?

Accepted Answer

Past tense -ed and third-person singular -s

Answer

Past tense -ed and third-person singular -s are among the most diagnostically sensitive grammatical morphemes for identifying DLD in English-speaking children.

Question 2

An SLP uses 'expansion' as an intervention technique. Which of the following best illustrates expansion?

Accepted Answer

Child: 'Dog run.' SLP: 'Yes, the dog is running fast!'

Answer

Expansion takes the child's utterance and recasts it in a more complete, grammatically correct form while preserving the child's intended meaning.

Question 3

Which receptive language task is considered the MOST cognitively demanding?

Accepted Answer

Following a two-step unrelated command

Answer

Following two-step unrelated commands (e.g., 'Touch your nose and then give me the ball') requires holding and sequencing two independent instructions in working memory.

Question 4

A 5-year-old uses the word 'yesterday' to refer to any time in the past, including last year. This reflects immature development in which domain?

Accepted Answer

Temporal semantics

Answer

Imprecise use of temporal terms like 'yesterday' reflects immature temporal semantic knowledge — understanding of words that encode time relationships.

Question 5

Which approach is MOST evidence-based for improving expressive syntax in school-age children with language impairment?

Accepted Answer

Recasting with focused stimulation on target structures

Answer

Focused stimulation combined with recasting — providing multiple models of a target structure and recasting the child's errors — has strong evidence for improving expressive syntax.

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SLP Receptive and Expressive Language 5