1. Differentiate among phonology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics.
   
   
2. Describe the infant's ability to respond to elements of human speech.
   
   
3. Identify dyslexia and ways of treating it.
   
   
4. Describe the infant's prelinguistic utterances and discuss the role of experience in the development of these utterances.
   
   
5. Discuss the young child's use of gesture as a communication tool.
   
   
6. Describe the general trends in the acquisition of first words and individual and cultural differences in children's acquisition of language.
   
   
7. Discuss the ways in which children derive meaning from words, particularly the role of parent-child interaction and the influence of the child's emerging conceptual skills.
   
   
8. Describe the acquisition of syntax as the child progresses from the two-word stage to mature speech.
   
   
9. Discuss the child's acquisition of pragmatics, the parent's role in guiding this acquisition, and the emergence of referential communication.
   
   
10. Describe the changes in metalinguistic awareness, including the child's increasing appreciation of humor.
    
    
11. Discuss the extent to which biological structures contribute to the development of language and the evidence for critical periods in language learning.
    
    
12. Compare and contrast the learning, linguistic, cognitive, and social interaction perspectives on language development.
    
    
13. Summarize the effective methods for reading to children.
    
    
14. Describe the evidence demonstrating how language influences cognition.
    
    
15. Identify the major strengths and weaknesses of bilingual education programs.
    
    
16. Identify the role of language in self-regulation and how it influences cultural socialization.