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TEFLCan a student's cultural background affect his or her learning? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Yes, because people learn from the world around them
What are cognates? - CORRECT ANSWER-A word that has a common
etymology with similar words in different languages
What is phonology the study of? - CORRECT ANSWER-The study of the sound
and structure of language
Which of the following are common types of phonemes? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Vowels and Consonants
What term describes a morpheme that is not dependent on other words and
carries meaning? - CORRECT ANSWER-Free lexical morpheme
Light & Dark and Day & Night are examples of what? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Antonymy
Why is phonemic awareness important no matter what native language a student
speaks? - CORRECT ANSWER-Phonemes are unique to a language
What are 3 advanced reading strategies? - CORRECT ANSWER-Summarizing,
Sequencing, & Identifying Main Ideas
Why is reading considered an active process? - CORRECT ANSWER-Because it
requires effort
What are 3 suggestions for teaching students to form letter-sound associations? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Assessment, Multi-sensory Teaching, & Explicit Instruction
What is decoding? - CORRECT ANSWER-Rapidly turning written word into
speech
T/F: The first reading skill you should teach is how to compare and contrast. -
CORRECT ANSWER-False
,Why is reading for purpose a higher level of thinking than comprehension? -
CORRECT ANSWER-B/c reading for purpose requires a comprehension of
implicit ideas and reading for purpose allows students to extend meaning
"Samuel ran to the store" is an pattern of what? - CORRECT ANSWER-S-V-O
"Myrtle drove to the store and Calvin bought a soda." is an example of what type
of sentence? - CORRECT ANSWER-Compound sentence
What is the word for the noun that a pronoun is replacing? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Antecedent
T/F- A verb always needs to have an object. - CORRECT ANSWER-False
T/F- In possessive nouns, possession is usually marked by an apostrophe (') -
CORRECT ANSWER-True
Which of the following is an important component of persuasive writing? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Thesis, Support, & Analysis
Alveolar ridge - CORRECT ANSWER-The gums just behind the upper teeth.
Palate - CORRECT ANSWER-The hard palate, or the roof of the mouth within
the sphere of your teeth.
Velum - CORRECT ANSWER-The soft palate, or the roof of your mouth as it
extends past the teeth, ending at the uvula.
Uvula - CORRECT ANSWER-The appendage that dangles in the back of your
mouth before your mouth turns into your throat
Pharynx - CORRECT ANSWER-The back of your throat, behind the uvula
Epiglottis - CORRECT ANSWER-A flap of flesh that rests below your pharynx, at
the top of your throat
, Trachea - CORRECT ANSWER-The windpipe, which is covered by the epiglottis
Stops - CORRECT ANSWER-This is when you completely block the flow of air
from your throat by closing your mouth at some point during the pronunciation of
the sound (p, t, k, b, d, and g)
Nasals - CORRECT ANSWER-In a nasal sound, you close your mouth just as
you would with a stop, but the back of your velum lowers, which allows air to flow
up through your nose and out of your nostrils (m, n,?).
Fricatives - CORRECT ANSWER-In this sound, you only close your mouth part
way so air is forced through a narrow passage, and makes a hissing sound (F, θ,
v, s, z, ?, ?, h).
Affricates - CORRECT ANSWER-A combination of stop and fricative sounds that
are made in a similar way (tS, dZ)
Approximants - CORRECT ANSWER-This sound is like a fricative, except that it
involves less obstruction. Sometimes, you will make these sounds by touching
the tip of your tongue to the alveolar ridge, lowering it as you release the air (l, r,
j, w)
voiced consonants - CORRECT ANSWER-consonant sounds that are
accompanied by vibrations in your throat as the air passes through
place of articulation - CORRECT ANSWER-Consonant sounds can also be
classified based on where in the vocal tract air gets obstructed
Bilabials - CORRECT ANSWER-When you close or constrict your lips
Labiodentals - CORRECT ANSWER-When your upper teeth and lower lip meet
as you speak
Dentals - CORRECT ANSWER-When you press the tip of your tongue to your
upper teeth as you speak
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