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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Parentese, the exaggerated, drawn-out form of speech that people use to communicate with babies, apparently is universal and plays a vital role in helping infants to analyse and absorb the phonetic elements of their parents' language. An international study shows that infants are so good at analysing this speech that by the age of 20 weeks they are beginning to produce the three vowel sounds common to all human languages - "ee", "ah" and "uu".
"Parentese has a melody to it. And inside this melody is a tutorial for the baby that contains exceptionally well-formed versions of the building blocks of language", explains Patricia Kuhl, a University of Washington neuroscientist. The new study examined differences in how American, Russian and Swedish mothers speak to their infants and to other adults. The study shows that parentese is characterised by over-articulation that exaggerates the sounds contained in words. Mothers in the study were, in effect, sounding out "super-vowels" to help their infants learn the phonetic elements of language.
"In normal, everyday speech adults generally race along at a very fast pace", Kuhl says. But we know it is easier to understand a speaker when they stretch out sounds. That's why we tend to speak more slowly and carefully to increase understanding when we teach in the classroom or talk to strangers. We also do this unconsciously with babies, giving them an improved verbal signal they can capitalise on by slowing down and over articulating.
Which of the following best serves as the title for the passage?
A. Parentese and Standard Speech.
B. Parentese - A New Discovery in the field of Language.
C. Parentese - A Style of Speech for Babies.
D. How to Boost Babies' Language Development.
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Ý nào sau đây hay nhất làm tiêu đề cho đoạn văn?
A. Phương pháp Parentese và lời nói chuẩn.
B. Phương pháp Parentese - Một khám phá mới trong lĩnh vực Ngôn ngữ.
C. Phương pháp Parentese - Một phong cách nói cho trẻ sơ sinh.
D. Cách tăng cường phát triển ngôn ngữ của bé.
Thông tin: Parentese, the exaggerated, drawn-out form of speech that people use to communicate with babies, apparently is universal and plays a vital role in helping infants to analyse and absorb the phonetic elements of their parents' language.
Tạm dịch: Phương pháp "Parentese", dạng lời nói phóng đại, lôi cuốn mà mọi người sử dụng để giao tiếp với em bé, rõ ràng là phổ biến và đóng một vai trò quan trọng trong việc giúp trẻ sơ sinh phân tích và tiếp thu các yếu tố ngữ âm trong ngôn ngữ của cha mẹ chúng.
Đáp án C.
 

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