Letrs unit 1 stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Phonics - ANSWER-The study of the relationships between letters and the sounds they represent; also used to describe reading instruction that teaches sound-symbol correspondences. Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER-The conscious awareness of the individual speech sounds (consonants and vowels) in spoken syllables and the ability to consciously manipulate those sounds. syllable - ANSWER-The unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel; it may or may not have a consonant after the vowel. ...

During reading, our eyes process each word letter by letter. - ANSWER-True How many letters does the eye normally take in at each fixation point before moving on to the next fixation point? - ANSWER-7-9 to the right and 3-4 to the left The Four-Part Processing Model helps us understand _________________. - ANSWER-how multiple parts of the brain must work together in order for word recognition to occur. The area known as the visual word form area or "brain's letterbox" is located in t...

syllable - ANSWER-The unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel; it may or may not have a consonant after the vowel Orthography - ANSWER-A writing system for representing language. morphophonemics - ANSWER-English orthography is morphophonemic which means that it is a deep alphabetic writing system organized by both sound symbol correspondences and morphology Morpheme - ANSWER-in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a word (such as ...

A student with dyslexia may also be intellectually gifted. - ANSWER-True Students who are slow at word reading and text reading, but can segment and blend sounds orally, typically have better outcomes than students with phonological processing deficits. - ANSWER-True Dyslexic is a term often applied to a large subset of poor readers. These readers' difficulties with accurate, fluent word recognition originate primarily with deficits in which of the following? - ANSWER-phonological process...

Which statement best describes the relative importance of a oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension as factors in reading comprehension? - ANSWER-b. As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than oral reading fluency. Which of these is an example of morphology? - ANSWER-d. We know the words unique, uniform, united, and universe all contain the root uni., meaning "one". Which is a characteristic of discourse in spoken language? - ANSWER-b. It does not use paragr...

Morphology - ANSWER-language system by which words are constructed out of letters, smallest meaningful unit is a morpheme, Pragmatics - ANSWER-language system of which is used for social interactions, and longer written or oral language determines type of expression required as well as the relationship of the speaker with the audience, Semantics - ANSWER-The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and the...

In comparison to other alphabetic languages, what feature of the English writing system makes English more difficult for young students to read and spell? - ANSWER-It is morphophonemic. What is one important distinction between the Four-Part Processing Model for Word Recognition and the Three-Cueing Systems model? - ANSWER-The Three-Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of phonology. Many students at risk for reading problems enter school without exposure to the academic language...

Many screening measures can be considered diagnostic since they provide extremely detailed data about a students skills in particular literacy domains. - ANSWER-False If a student needs work on phonics and decoding, what kind of informal diagnostic assessment would provide the most useful information on how to help this student with these skills? - ANSWER-b. a word-reading survey to show which sound-symbol correspondences the student knows and which ones still need practice Which of the fo...

phonics - ANSWER-The study of the relationships between letters and the sounds they represent; also used to describe as a descriptor for code-based instruction. phonemic awareness - ANSWER-The conscious awareness of the individual speech sounds (consonants and vowels) in spoken syllables and the ability to consciously manipulate those sounds. syllable - ANSWER-The unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel; it may or may not have a consonant after the vowel. orthography - AN...

Which statement best describes the relative importance of oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension as factors in reading comprehension? - ANSWER-I got it wrong both times but it is *not* "They are both equally important" or "Oral language is more important" Which of these is an example of morphology? - ANSWER-We know the words unique, uniform, united, and universe all contain the root uni, meaning "one." Which is a characteristic of discourse in spoken language? - ANSWER-It does...