CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Metalinguistic Awareness is the ability to think about, reflect upon, and manipulate the forms and ____ of a language apart from its meaning.
A
functions
B
features
C
label
D
sentences
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Metalinguistic awareness is defined as the ability to distance oneself from the content of speech in order to reflect upon and manipulate the structure of language (Ramirez et al., 2013).

Detailed explanation-2: -Metalinguistic awareness refers to an individual’s ability to go beyond the literal meaning of language and manipulate language forms. Key PointsMetalinguistic awareness is defined as one’s ability to consciously, think, and talk about language and its nature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metalinguistic Function. Metalinguistic function means comment on the language itself. This function is the use of language to discuss or describe itself. It focuses attention upon the code itself, to clarify it or negotiate it. This is the function of language about language.

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