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LETRS Phonics Training Units 1-4 | 129 Questions And Answers
LETRS Phonics Training Units 1-4 | 129 Questions And Answers
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LETRS Phonics Training Units 1-4 |129 Questions And Answers
What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic orthography? - -Its
spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as sounds.
-Which statement most accurately describes how the human brain has
evolved to process spoken and written language? - -Our brains have evolved
to process spoken language much more easily than alphabetic writing.
-Which skills are least correlated with reading comprehension in children? -
-visual-motor skills and visual-spatial reasoning
-According to the Simple View of Reading model, which is more important to
reading comprehension—word recognition or language comprehension? - -
Both are equally important.
-According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, what
percentage of fourth-grade students have scored "basic" or "below basic" in
reading? - -64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students
making up a disproportionate amount
-Which of these is an example of morphology? - -We know the words
unique, uniform, united, and universe all contain the root uni, meaning
"one."
-How does the language system of pragmatics help us to understand why
written language is more structured than spoken language? - -Social context
and nonverbal gestures help the listener understand spoken language, so
there is less need for it to be highly structured.
-Which statement best describes the relative importance of oral reading
fluency and verbal comprehension as factors in reading comprehension? - -
As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than
oral reading fluency.
-What adds to the challenge of becoming literate? Select all that apply. - -All
meaning resides in the written words alone; there is no additional physical
context or gestures, facial expressions, etc., to support meaning.
-AND- Reading and writing require learning new forms of language, such as
changes to sentence structure, discourse, and presentation of vocabulary
and semantics.
, -Which is a characteristic of discourse in spoken language? - -It does not
use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized.
-English vowels are easier for students to pronounce and write than
consonants. - -False
-What makes r-controlled vowel sounds so confusing for students? - -The r
takes over the preceding vowel sound.
-Which of the following sounds is considered a front vowel? - -/ā/
-Which of the following vowels require that the mouth shift position during
production of the sound? Select all that apply. - -/oi/ -AND- /ou/
-Spanish has 22 phonemes represented by 27 symbols, compared to
English's 44 phonemes and 26 symbols. - -True
-The variations common in African American English are predictable and
governed by rules. - -True
-Which of the following misspellings likely results from confusion about
unaspirated or deaspirated stop consonants? - -spelling skip as "sgip"
-In which group of words does a tongue flap create significant differences
between American and British pronunciations? - -cattle, city, metal
-Students in Ehri's prealphabetic phase need instruction in basic oral
language skills before manipulating phonemes. - -True
-Sound chaining should begin with substituting the middle sounds and end
sounds in a word, as these are most difficult. - -false
-Which activities work with students at the early phonological awareness
level? Select all that apply. - -having students identify rhyming words in
texts you read aloud -AND- having students clap or tap to count the syllables
in a word you say -AND- saying a two-syllable word, then asking students to
delete one syllable and say the word that results
-A colleague is going to start beginning sound chaining activities with
students at the basic phonemic awareness level, using colored blocks to
represent sounds. What is the most important guideline to follow? - -Have
students add, change, delete, or move only ONE sound at a time.
-Which of the following principles are important for teaching phonological
skills in particular? Select all that apply. - -Focus students' attention on
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