Introduction to Language Development Workbook

Sandra Levey is a faculty member at the City University of New York, Lehman College. She received her Ph.D. in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and an M.A. in Linguistics from Stanford University, with a minor in African Studies. Dr. Levey has been designated by ASHA as a Board Recognized Specialist in Child Language. She has received research grants for study at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria, and has served as a consultant in Bratislava, Slovakia, for a study of Slovakian children's morpheme acquisition and as a guest lecturer for speech-language pathologists and linguists from Slovakia and the Czech Republic. In 1985, she was the Conference Coordinator of the Stanford Child Language Research Forum for the Stanford University Department of Linguistics. Dr. Levey's research and publications have focused on bilingualism and cultural differences, and she has presented her research efforts at national and international conferences. She is the editor and chapter author of Language Development: Understanding Diversity in the Classroom, a textbook designed to help pre-teachers understand children's language development and the language diversity found in classrooms.

Contents Preface vii CHAPTER 1. An Introduction to Language Acquisition Case Study Question Multiple Choice Questions Sentence Completion CHAPTER 2. An Introduction to Theories of Language Development Case Study Question Multiple Choice Questions Sentence Completion CHAPTER 3. Speech Production Case Study Question Multiple Choice Questions Sentence Completion Project CHAPTER 4. The Brain and Speech and Language Development Case Study Question Multiple Choice Questions Sentence Completion Projects CHAPTER 5. Infant and Toddler Language Development Case Study Question Multiple Choice Questions Sentence Completion CHAPTER 6. Preschool-Age Children's Language Development Case Study Question Multiple Choice Questions Sentence Completion CHAPTER 7. Language Development in Middle and Late Childhood and Adolescence Case Study Question Multiple Choice Questions Sentence Completion CHAPTER 8. The Development of Literacy Skills Case Study Question Multiple Choice Questions Sentence Completion CHAPTER 9. Factors Associated With Delivering Speech and Language Services to Bilinguals Case Study Question Multiple Choice Questions Sentence Completion CHAPTER 10. The Effect of Hearing Loss on Language Case Study Question Multiple Choice Questions Sentence Completion ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS