A learner who processes language but may not actively produce language demonstrates which skill set?

A learner who processes language but may not actively produce language demonstrates which skill set?

• A. Receptive Skills
• B. Expressive Skills
• C. Phoneme Deletion
• D. Phonological Awareness

Answer: (A)

Receptive language skills are what’s being described here. This is the ability to understand and process language input—listening, comprehending what is said, and following directions—without necessarily producing language yourself. A learner who can process and make sense of spoken language but doesn’t consistently speak yet is showing receptive skills. Expressive skills, by contrast, involve producing language—speaking, writing, or gesturing to convey meaning. The other two options point to specific phonological tasks: phoneme deletion is about manipulating sounds in words, a component of phonological awareness, which is the broader ability to think about and work with sounds in language. Those are related to language processing, but they describe particular abilities rather than the overall ability to understand language input without producing it.

Receptive language skills are what’s being described here. This is the ability to understand and process language input—listening, comprehending what is said, and following directions—without necessarily producing language yourself. A learner who can process and make sense of spoken language but doesn’t consistently speak yet is showing receptive skills.

Expressive skills, by contrast, involve producing language—speaking, writing, or gesturing to convey meaning. The other two options point to specific phonological tasks: phoneme deletion is about manipulating sounds in words, a component of phonological awareness, which is the broader ability to think about and work with sounds in language. Those are related to language processing, but they describe particular abilities rather than the overall ability to understand language input without producing it.