April 23, 2020

Dialectal features

“How can dialectal features (e.g., Spanish-Influenced English, African American English) be confused as characteristics of a grammatical and phonological impairment?”.
June 11, 2020

Fostering Language Development

  Locate one recent (within five years) scholarly article with research-based strategies for fostering language development in an early childhood classroom. Using both the article and […]
June 22, 2020

Phonology: Syllables, features and rules

Use your knowledge about phonological data analysis to answer questions about and come up with phonological rules for the distribution of sounds in two different languages: […]
July 16, 2020

““Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan

Read the ““Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan pp.458-62 in your textbook. Answer one or more of the following prompts. Do not type out the questions when […]
August 1, 2020

Stages of language development

  What factors affect language development? How will you ensure you are addressing the needs of all students in regards to language development? Explain and provide […]
September 14, 2020

Frogs and Birds

Compare and contrast the mating signals of two very different vertebrate orders: anurans (frogs and toads) and passerines (songbirds). What features do the anuran and passerine […]
September 16, 2020

Honeybee dance language

    In this week’s module, you will learn about the honeybee dance language and how it is unique in the animal kingdom in terms of […]
September 21, 2020

Linguistics worksheets

    Hawaiian (Austronesian)Look at the Hawaiian data below and answer the following questions:1. List the consonants and vowels found in the Hawaiian data.2. List the […]
September 30, 2020

Discussion New York Accent

  In the not-so-distant-past, some schools and companies considered that some New Yorkers had speech problems because of their accent. Even today, you can find workshops […]