1. Chapter 11 Oral Language: Listening and Speaking

2. Forms of Language Figure 11.1, page 352
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3. Communication Process
Fig 11.3, page 355

4. Theories of How Children Acquire Language
Behavioral theories
Innatist theories
Cognitive theories
Social theories
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5. Linguistic Systems Phonology: phonemes Morphology: morphemes
Syntax: grammar
Semantics: word meaning
Pragmatics: social side of language
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6. Language Problems Phonological awareness
Temporal acoustical processing
Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN)—difficulty with word finding
Language disorders
Nonstandard English
Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
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7. Promoting Early Literacy
Oral language activities
Literacy environments
Concepts about print
Word and sound games
Alphabet knowledge
Letter-sound correspondence
Early writing
Beginning reading vocabulary
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8. An Elkonin Card for Segmenting Speech Sounds
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