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Three Layers of the English Language: Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek

Approximately 20-25% of the English language is Anglo-Saxon.


ANSWER: 60% of the English language is Latin.

Approximately 10-12% of the English language is Greek.

Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon words - Answer Short, common, every day, and
down to earth; many have non-phonetic spellings.

Examples of Anglo-Saxon terms - ANSWER: names of agricultural animals.

Anglo-Saxon - Answer words beginning with wr, kn, and wr

Latin words – Answer technical and advanced words.

ANSWER: Schwa sounds are frequently encountered in Latin words.

Latin words - examples: audience, contradict, disruptive, retract, survive.

Greek words: ANSWER specialized words for science

Greek words - answer combining forms.

Greek terms - examples: atmosphere, chromosome, thermometer.

Number of syllable kinds. - Answer six.

Letters have four characteristics: their name, shape, sound, and feel.

This is the single unchanging attribute of a letter: ANSWER name.

, Identifiers for determining reading and spelling circumstances. - ANSWER AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE: Accent, syllable, adjacent letters, and position.

Letters in English - Answer 26

Sounds in English - Answer 44

Three components of language: form, content, and use.

Form (language): ANSWER Includes the observable aspects of language:
phonology, morphology, and syntax.

Syntax: ANSWER A set of rules that guide sentence comprehension and
composition.

Content (language) - ANSWER Semantics

Semantics - Answer Meaning of words and the link between them as they are
employed to reflect our understanding of the world.

Use (language): ANSWER Pragmatics

Pragmatics - Answer Set of principles governing communication

The two biggest determinants of reading success are ANSWER phonemic
awareness and rapid letter naming.

Four components of the phonological process: ANSWER. Verbal short-term
memory, quick serial naming, articulation speed, and phonological awareness

Phonological awareness includes word awareness, syllable awareness, and
phonemic awareness.

Phonemic awareness encompasses... - sensitivity to rhyme, matching alliteration
and rhyme, partial phoneme segmentation, and phoneme manipulation.

Accent - stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words
in a phrase or sentence.

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