Question

Assertion (A): Phonological development produces recognisable speech sounds.

Reason (R): Gestures help in learning new words.

Options

• A is true but R is false.

• A is false but R is true.

• Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.

Answer 1

Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

A is true because phonological development is the emergence of the ability to produce recognizable speech sounds (phonological development = ability to pronounce sounds/words). R is true because young children use gestures alongside words and gestures support early word learning, but gestures explain lexical/semantic learning rather than the development of speech-sound production, so R does not explain A.