Praxis 5302 Reading Specialist - Curriculum & Instruction Set

Factors that affect literacy development Medical Environmental Cultural Social Emotional, Environmental Linguistic Language disabilities (i.e., dyslexia) engagement/motivation Developmental continuum of oral language Phases and indicators in a child's oral language development (spoken words) from pre-literacy to independence 6 major areas: 1. Phonology 2. vocabulary (semantics) - includes expressive and receptive 3. Morphology 4. Grammar (syntax - structure and language of words) 5. Pragmatics (social cues and norms) 6. Discourse The Six Major Areas of Oral Language Development 1. Phonology 2. vocabulary (semantics) - includes expressive and receptive 3. Morphology 4. Grammar (syntax - structure and language of words) 5. Pragmatics (social cues and norms) 6. Discourse 1. The organization of sounds in a language 2. Semantics (meaning) - includes both expressive and receptive vocab 3. Study of word structure. (morphemes are the smallest unit of meaning in a word - prefixes, suffixes, root words) 4. Syntax - structure and language of words 5. Social cues and norms in language (situations) 6. Focuses on speaking and listening skills in language Phonology the ability to recognize and manipulate sound in spoken language Syntax Structure; the ways words and phrases are joined together to form sentences. STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES* Morphology Understanding of the smallest word parts and their meanings -prefixes, suffixes, roots, inflectional endings (-s, -ing, -ed)