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Vowel diphthong {Ans: two vowels that produce two sounds that glide into one another (blouse, towel)}Formative assessment {Ans: ongoing and provides immediate feedback to improve both teaching and learning. Authentic based on literacy activities children are engaged in. Informs teachers and learners, identify skills that need review, monitor student progress, guide teacher instruction, demonstrate effectiveness of instruction.}Why is an assessment collected? {Ans: To determine how well students are progressing with respect to specific aspect of learning to help students tale ownership of learning to demonstrate the effectiveness of your job}Stages of Language Acquisition {Ans: 1. 2 months old, speech-like sounds 2. 6-7 months, babbling of repetitive syllables 3. 12 months, one word utterance stage, babies understand 30-40 spoken words and can reproduce 3-4 words 4. 18 months old; babies recognize and point to objects when the objects are named 5. 25 months; utter complex sentences containing 3 or more words}Language milestones {Ans: "Checkpoints" 3 months: recognize a parents voice, demonstrate a startle response to loud noises. 6 months: make babbling sounds, pay attention to music, respond to changes in a persons voice 12 months: turn towards sounds, attempt to imitate words, say repeated words. 2