KPEERI Exam 2023 With Questions and
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phonology - -speech sound system of a language, how the sounds can be
produced, sequenced, and combined to make words
-morphology - -smallest unit of meaning in a language, how the units
combine to change meaning, prefixes, suffixes, base elements
-morpheme - -smallest unit of meaning
-phoneme - -smallest unit of sound
-semantics - -meanings of words, phrases, and sentences, and their
relationship in a language, expressions and figurative language
-syntax - -rules for organizing words, phrases, and clauses to form
sentences in a language, parts of speech, sentence types
-pragmatics - -rules for how language is used appropriately in different
social contexts, linguistic and nonlinguistic, discourse
-orthography - -written or spelling system of a language
-What provides the foundation for working with written language (reading
and writing)? - -Oral language
-Oral language is - -inherent.
-Literacy, the ability to read and write, is - -not inherent and must be
learned.
-expressive language - -our ability to put thoughts and feelings into words
and sentences
-receptive language - -our ability to understand information in spoken or
written form
-Parieto temporal lobe controls - -receptive language, context and meaning
processor, word analysis.
-Occipito temporal lobe controls - -letter recognition, orthographic
processor, words recognized by sight. Known as the brain's letterbox.
-dyslexia - -A specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is a
deficit in the phonological component of language and is characterized by
poor spelling and decoding abilities.
-What are some secondary consequences of dyslexia? - -problems in
reading comprehension
reduced reading experience (impedes vocabulary and background
knowledge)
-Part of the brain that allows you to sound out words - -parieto temporal
lobe
-Part of the brain that recognizes words by sight - -occipito temporal lobe
, -Part of the brain that thinks about how to pronounce words - -inferior
frontal gyrus
-People with dyslexia - -have little to no neuronal activation in posterior
reading systems and rely only on the inferior frontal gyrus (which causes an
overactivation and disruption in gyrus).
-What percentage of the world's population have at least some symptoms of
dyslexia? - -15-20%
-What is an essential prerequisite to understanding that the sequences of
individual spoken sounds are represented by sequences of printed letters on
a page? - -phonological awareness
-language comprehension - -the ability to simultaneously integrate and
organize information from various language systems into a single meaningful
representation
-True or False: Typical reading comprehension strategy instruction
(questioning, visualizing, summarizing, etc.) cannot replace a lack of
language comprehension. - -True
-True or False: Everyone with dyslexia qualifies for special education
services. - -False
-How we teach - -explicit instruction, systematic & cumulative curriculum,
differentiated instruction, opportunities for practice & feedback, and effective
instructional strategies
-Corrective feedback... - -provides opportunities for teacher responses
during and following the execution of tasks that account for an individual
student's level of mastery.
-Cumulative instruction... - -builds on and regularly reviews what a student
already knows.
-Diagnostic-Prescriptive instruction... - -uses an understanding of the
individual needs of students to adapt instructional strategies. Information
from initial and ongoing assessment of students' needs as well as their
understanding, and application of skills taught are used to develop a
teaching plan based on careful and continuous assessment; lessons paced
on students' understanding and demonstration of understanding.
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