Oral Language & Listening Comprehension Flashcards
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Which of the following tasks would BEST differentiate between a receptive language deficit and an expressive language deficit?
Answer: Comparing performance on a word-pointing task versus a word-naming task
A pointing task isolates receptive ability while a naming task isolates expressive ability, allowing direct comparison of the two domains.
A student hears an oral passage and later accurately summarizes it in their own words. This performance primarily demonstrates:
Answer: Listening comprehension and oral paraphrase ability
Paraphrasing a heard passage in one's own words shows both comprehension of the meaning and the ability to re-express it orally.
When a student uses context clues within a spoken sentence to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word, they are demonstrating:
Answer: Contextual vocabulary inference from oral input
Using surrounding spoken context to infer an unknown word's meaning is a key oral language and listening comprehension strategy.
On the WIAT, the Oral Language composite typically includes subtests assessing both expressive and receptive language in order to:
Answer: Capture the full range of spoken language ability including production and comprehension
Including both expressive and receptive subtests gives a comprehensive picture of a student's oral language functioning across input and output dimensions.
A student consistently struggles to follow multi-step oral directions but performs well on single-step directions. This pattern MOST suggests difficulty with:
Answer: Auditory working memory and sequential processing
Following multi-step directions requires holding multiple pieces of information in working memory and executing them in sequence.
A child hears: 'Break a leg at your recital tonight!' and responds, 'I don't want to break my leg!' This misunderstanding demonstrates difficulty with:
Answer: Interpreting idiomatic and figurative expressions
'Break a leg' is an idiom meaning 'good luck,' and taking it literally reflects a deficit in understanding non-literal language.
Which of the following scenarios BEST illustrates a strength in oral language skills despite weaknesses in reading?
Answer: A student who struggles to decode print but can accurately answer comprehension questions after listening to a passage
Strong listening comprehension despite poor decoding suggests intact oral language with a specific reading/decoding deficit.