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What is the purpose of using the metal insets and filling them in with straight lines?
What is the purpose of using the metal insets and filling them in with straight lines?
What is the moveable alphabet made of?
What is the moveable alphabet made of?
What is the significance of the three periods in the method for the acquisition of written language, according to Montessori?
What is the significance of the three periods in the method for the acquisition of written language, according to Montessori?
What does Montessori recommend if a child hesitates in writing after mastering the materials?
What does Montessori recommend if a child hesitates in writing after mastering the materials?
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According to Montessori, what evolves as the child acquires more facility with language?
According to Montessori, what evolves as the child acquires more facility with language?
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What quality must the Montessori material exhibit for use in the classroom?
What quality must the Montessori material exhibit for use in the classroom?
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What prepares a child for the mechanical writing lessons in the Montessori method?
What prepares a child for the mechanical writing lessons in the Montessori method?
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What type of language environment does the Montessori classroom offer?
What type of language environment does the Montessori classroom offer?
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According to Montessori, when does direct study of grammar begin?
According to Montessori, when does direct study of grammar begin?
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What is the first step in elementary grammar work according to Montessori?
What is the first step in elementary grammar work according to Montessori?
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Why did Montessori believe cursive writing was easier for children to reproduce?
Why did Montessori believe cursive writing was easier for children to reproduce?
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What prepared students in the Children’s House to acquire writing skills according to Montessori?
What prepared students in the Children’s House to acquire writing skills according to Montessori?
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According to the text, what is the process of language acquisition in a Montessori classroom?
According to the text, what is the process of language acquisition in a Montessori classroom?
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What is Montessori's view regarding the understanding of language acquisition?
What is Montessori's view regarding the understanding of language acquisition?
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According to nativists, why are children able to acquire language at a young age?
According to nativists, why are children able to acquire language at a young age?
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What is Universal Grammar (UG) according to the text?
What is Universal Grammar (UG) according to the text?
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What method has become popular among Montessori educators, particularly in helping students with dyslexia?
What method has become popular among Montessori educators, particularly in helping students with dyslexia?
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According to Montessori, what should guides do to help children with their speech imperfections?
According to Montessori, what should guides do to help children with their speech imperfections?
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What is 'bloesitas' according to Montessori?
What is 'bloesitas' according to Montessori?
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What is the initial focus of grammar study in the Montessori method?
What is the initial focus of grammar study in the Montessori method?
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The acquisition of language takes place in the deepest layer of the sub-conscious of the child, according to Montessori, and it is there that it develops and fixes itself as a permanent ______.
The acquisition of language takes place in the deepest layer of the sub-conscious of the child, according to Montessori, and it is there that it develops and fixes itself as a permanent ______.
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Nativists claim that children are born with an innate ability to acquire language because they do have language ______.
Nativists claim that children are born with an innate ability to acquire language because they do have language ______.
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The Universal Grammar [UG] is the grammar of the human language, that is, the universal principles of organizing all ______.
The Universal Grammar [UG] is the grammar of the human language, that is, the universal principles of organizing all ______.
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UG is hard-wired in the brain, which contains a language acquisition device [LAD]. This is the reason children can accomplish cognitively a very challenging task of language acquisition even though they are still unable to do some ______, cognitively less demanding things.
UG is hard-wired in the brain, which contains a language acquisition device [LAD]. This is the reason children can accomplish cognitively a very challenging task of language acquisition even though they are still unable to do some ______, cognitively less demanding things.
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Montessori prepares little cards made from ordinary writing-paper with well-known ____ written in large clear script.
Montessori prepares little cards made from ordinary writing-paper with well-known ____ written in large clear script.
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The Orton-Gillingham Approach has become popular among Montessori educators, particularly in helping students with ____.
The Orton-Gillingham Approach has become popular among Montessori educators, particularly in helping students with ____.
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Montessori calls speech imperfections arising from immaturity ____.
Montessori calls speech imperfections arising from immaturity ____.
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Grammar study in the Montessori method begins with indirect ____.
Grammar study in the Montessori method begins with indirect ____.
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The directress presents to the child two of the cards upon which ______ are mounted
The directress presents to the child two of the cards upon which ______ are mounted
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The letters are cut in clear script form, the shaded parts being made broader. We have chosen to reproduce the ______ script in use in the elementary schools.
The letters are cut in clear script form, the shaded parts being made broader. We have chosen to reproduce the ______ script in use in the elementary schools.
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The child analyses, perfects, fixes his own spoken language,–placing an object in correspondence to every sound which he utters. The composition of the word furnishes him with substantial proof of the necessity for clear and forceful ______.
The child analyses, perfects, fixes his own spoken language,–placing an object in correspondence to every sound which he utters. The composition of the word furnishes him with substantial proof of the necessity for clear and forceful ______.
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The significance of such a method is clear. The psycho-physiological acts which unite to establish reading and writing are prepared separately and carefully. The muscular movements peculiar to the making of the signs or letters are prepared apart, and the same is true of the manipulation of the instrument of writing. The composition of the words, also, is reduced to a psychic mechanism of association between images heard and ______.
The significance of such a method is clear. The psycho-physiological acts which unite to establish reading and writing are prepared separately and carefully. The muscular movements peculiar to the making of the signs or letters are prepared apart, and the same is true of the manipulation of the instrument of writing. The composition of the words, also, is reduced to a psychic mechanism of association between images heard and ______.
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According to Montessori, the child's development of language involves the relationship between the psychic centers for receptive and expressive language and the ________ and physiological components necessary for communication.
According to Montessori, the child's development of language involves the relationship between the psychic centers for receptive and expressive language and the ________ and physiological components necessary for communication.
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In the Montessori classroom, the guides present lessons orally and read to students, introducing them to new ________.
In the Montessori classroom, the guides present lessons orally and read to students, introducing them to new ________.
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The Montessori material must exhibit seven qualities for use in the classroom: it must aid in the development of the child, be limited in quantity, lend itself to action, isolate one quality, progress from simple to complex and concrete to abstract, contain a built-in control of error, and be ________ gratifying.
The Montessori material must exhibit seven qualities for use in the classroom: it must aid in the development of the child, be limited in quantity, lend itself to action, isolate one quality, progress from simple to complex and concrete to abstract, contain a built-in control of error, and be ________ gratifying.
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Preparation for the mechanical writing lessons in the Montessori method begins with practical life and sensorial exercises that help the child develop a capable ________ grip.
Preparation for the mechanical writing lessons in the Montessori method begins with practical life and sensorial exercises that help the child develop a capable ________ grip.
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Montessori believed that the child absorbs all of these ideas from speech so that by the time they are ready to think about them more abstractly, they are equipped with so many repetitions and examples that the work is almost ______.
Montessori believed that the child absorbs all of these ideas from speech so that by the time they are ready to think about them more abstractly, they are equipped with so many repetitions and examples that the work is almost ______.
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Montessori states that the child who draws a letter using sandpaper materials and hears its sound engages more entirely in the activity because the connection of the sound to the brain comes through multiple sensory ______.
Montessori states that the child who draws a letter using sandpaper materials and hears its sound engages more entirely in the activity because the connection of the sound to the brain comes through multiple sensory ______.
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Montessori observed that reproducing cursive letters is easier for the child. 'The first steps should be the easiest, and the up and down stroke, is, on the contrary, one of the most difficult of all the pen movements. Only a professional penman could fill a whole page and preserve the regularity of such strokes, but a person who writes only moderately well would be able to complete a page of presentable ______.'
Montessori observed that reproducing cursive letters is easier for the child. 'The first steps should be the easiest, and the up and down stroke, is, on the contrary, one of the most difficult of all the pen movements. Only a professional penman could fill a whole page and preserve the regularity of such strokes, but a person who writes only moderately well would be able to complete a page of presentable ______.'
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Montessori also explains that the sensorial materials, particularly the metal insets, have prepared students in the Children’s House to acquire ______ skills.
Montessori also explains that the sensorial materials, particularly the metal insets, have prepared students in the Children’s House to acquire ______ skills.
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