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morphology - ANSWER - The study of Word formation patterns
MSLE - ANSWER - Multi sensory structured language education - instructional
approach that incorporates VAKT to link listening speaking reading and writing together.
norm-referenced test - ANSWER - example Gort - test of performance in relation to that
of the norm group used in standardizing the test
orthographic memory - ANSWER - memory of letter patterns and word spellings.
orthography - ANSWER - spelling rules - the writing system of a language
Orton gillingham approach - ANSWER - Multi sensory method of teaching language
related academic skills that focus on the structure and use of sounds, syllables, words,
sentences an written discourse. Instruction is explicit, systematic, cumulative, direct,
and sequential.
pragmatics - ANSWER - The practical application of language.
vowel prefix - ANSWER - contra/anti- changes meaning
suffix - ANSWER - changes form or usage
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,qualitative research - ANSWER - research that involves observing individuals and
settings and relies on observation and description of events in the immediate context
quantitative research - ANSWER - research using experimental or quasi experimental
design methods together data - may or may not have a control group
quasi experimental research - ANSWER - research that determines cause-and-effect
without strict randomized controlled trials example AZT testing with AIDS
r-controlled syllable - ANSWER - The sound short that might represent an unexpected
sound as an dollar star her
semantics - ANSWER - The meaning of words and the relationships among
words,example, phones, synonyms, antonyms
strephosymbolia- specific reading disability - ANSWER - coined Dr. Orton- means
twisted symbols, original term for dyslexia
summative data collection - ANSWER - procedure to gather information, typically
collected using norm-referenced measures but sometimes with curriculum and criterion
referenced tests.
syllable division - ANSWER - both analytic top down and synthetic bottom up
Word blindness - ANSWER - now referred to as acquired alexia resulting from
diminution of reading resulting from brain trauma, tumor or a stroke
This time period was the 3rd and most important introduction of Latin into English -
ANSWER - Renaissance
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,Latin roots are ____morphemes - ANSWER - Bound morphemes
Greek morphemes are ___ words (microscope) - ANSWER - compound words
Master's English caused _____ to be added to English - ANSWER - the letter r
precursor to modern ideas about localization of brain functions - ANSWER - Phrenology
whose theory was that dyslexia resulted from damage during fetal development -
ANSWER - Norman Geschwind
Professor at Syracruse
Done great deal of research in field of phonology/reading - ANSWER - Bonita Blachman
Columbia University
responsible for structure language trainning
Author of Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills - ANSWER - Judith Birsh
"The Roots of Phonics", an important historical introduction to phonics with a foreword
by Jeanne Chall - ANSWER - Miriam Balmuth
Texas dyslexia definition is - ANSWER - Exclusionary
NIH/IDA dyslexia definition is - ANSWER - Inclusionary
Where did language start - ANSWER - prehistoric times, started near the border
between Europe and Asia
Effects of Germanic Tribes - ANSWER - married, enslaved or drove out the Celts
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, Norse words were brought into the language - ANSWER - Viking Invasions 800 CE
Names for 6 days of the week comes from - ANSWER - Old English words
Language of the church
Language of the judicial system
Language of commoners
Spoken orally-when written, the writer created the spelling - ANSWER - Middle English
(1066-1500)
How were plurals formed in Middle English - ANSWER - adding -s or -es instead of
changing the vowel man/men, mouse/mice
-eth changed to -s (doeth/does, goeth/goes) during - ANSWER - Middle English
-en became -s (shoen/shoes) during - ANSWER - Middle English
Printing press
The Great Vowel shift
Started the beginning of _______ - ANSWER - Standard English
Took place slowly over 200 years
vowel sounds pronounced in new positions and created a distinct separation between
phonology and spelling - ANSWER - The Great Vowel Shift
textbooks after 4th grade have a lot of this language - ANSWER - Latin
Strephosymbolia - ANSWER - means twisted symbols. The first term Orton used for
dyslexia.
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