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Early Language Development and First Words in Young Children (Professionals, Parents)

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1.  The words recorded in the Di-EL can NOT include: Words said spontaneously Swear words Imitated words Onomatopea Names of people or places

2.  The accuracy of behaviors reported by a parent report is said to be poorer if: The behavior being required is emerging The behavior is recorded close to the time it was observed The recorder has a vested interest in the behavior The behavior being recorded occurred retrospectively

3.  The Di-EL is a tool to be used by: Only the nominated parent Immediate family members Two nominated persons The nominated parent in conjunction with the teacher/therapist Only the therapist

4.  Grace has 8 entries in her Di-EL so far (mum, up, more, gone, juice, moo, yukkie, that). Grace then says "all gone" spontaneously as she gives her mum an empty cup. Using the Di-EL definitions, "all gone" would be coded a: True word combination Frozen phrase Single word Unclassified word combination Rote-learned phrase

5.  Research using the Di-EL technique has shown that true word combinations begin to emerge when the size of the single-word lexicon: Is between 50 and 100 words for most deaf and hearing children. Is less than 50 words for both deaf and hearing children Is 50 words for the hearing child and 100 words for the deaf child. Is between 50 and 100 words for all children regardless of hearing status

6.  The Di-EL database automatically calculates the number of words as they are entered in the database. Entries not included in the count are Single words True word combinations Frozen phrases Single words and Frozen phrases

7.  The teacher/therapist role in the Di-EL technique is NOT: To use the Di-EL database To print diary updates To suggest to parents what words to look out for To record new words in the diary

8.  A true word combination must be: A combination in which one of the words has previously been recorded as a single word A combination in which none of the words has previously been recorded as a single word A combination in which two or more words have previously been recorded as a single word A combination in which two or more words have NOT previously been recorded as a single word

9.  The data recorded in the Di-EL by the nominated person does NOT include: The date the word/s were produced How the word was produced The situation in which the word/s were produced The date of the second occurrence of the word

10.  The Di-EL database will automatically code all word combinations as: Two word combinations True word combinations Frozen Phrases True word combinations or Frozen Phrases