examine language development of child
For this Assignment, you examine the expressive vocabulary of a preschooler to determine his/her language development.
To prepare:
- Review this week’s Learning Resources, focusing on lexical and morphological language development in children.
- Review the questions in the “Examining Vocabulary Development†document to familiarize yourself with the requirements of the Assignment. Then, analyze one of the Child Language Sample videos in the Learning Resources using the document.
The Assignment (2–3 pages):
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you do the following:
- Identify which video you selected. Calculate the MLU of the child in the video using the guiding questions in the “Examining Vocabulary Development†document and the MLU normative chart.
- Explain how this data informs the language development of this child.
- Based on what you have learned so far, how does this child’s vocabulary development correspond with normative development?
Be sure to support your explanations with specific references to the Learning Resources. Use proper APA format and citations.