MTTC 103 - Practice Test Questions & Answers 2024

MTTC 103 Review phonology ANSWER- the study of how sounds are put together to form words and other linguistic units morphology ANSWER- the study of word structure and describes how words are formed out of more basic elements of language, called morphemes morphemes ANSWER- smallest unit of language that has meaning example: dog/s/ or in/come/ing (incoming) semantics ANSWER- the study of the relationship between words and how we draw meaning from those words syntax ANSWER- the arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences in language. The rules that govern the way in which words combine to from phrases, clauses, and sentences pragmatics ANSWER- the study of rules that govern language use in social situations. how to use language in context phonological awareness ANSWER- broad skill that includes identifying and manipulating units of oral language - parts such as words, syllables, and onsets. sounds, syllables phonemic awareness ANSWER- the specific ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words alphabetic principle ANSWER- the understanding that there are systematic and predictable relationships between written and spoken sounds phonics ANSWER- method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with letters or groups of letters in an alphabetic writing system fluency ANSWER- accuracy, rate, and prosody (intonation/ rhythm) CVC words ANSWER- word that is made up of a consonant, vowel, consonant expressive vocabulary ANSWER- words that a person can express or produce by speaking or writing receptive vocabulary ANSWER- all the words that can be understood by a person including spoken written or manually signed words