The Textbook Describes Several Strategies Infants Use in Order to Identify

question 134

Multiple Choice

The textbook describes several strategies infants use in order to identify words in speech. Which of the following is one of these strategies?

• A) listening for sounds that are stressed
• B) noticing syllables that do not frequently occur together
• C) using their emerging knowledge of sounds in their native language
• D) avoiding eye contact with adults who are speaking to them

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