Ec-6 Study Guide Test.

EC-6 STUDY GUIDE TEST. Phonology - CORRECT ANSWER Study of the sound system of language Phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER Basic unit of sound Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER Study of word structure and formations Morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER Smallest representation of meaning Lexicon - CORRECT ANSWER Vocabulary of a language Semantics - CORRECT ANSWER The way meaning is conveyed in a language through vocabulary Connotation - CORRECT ANSWER Implied meaning of words and ideas Denotation - CORRECT ANSWER Literal meaning of words and ideas Pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER How context can affect the interpretation of communication Phonemic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER A child's ability to understand that words have small components called sounds Phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER Ability to recognize and manipulate components of the sound system of a language Alphabetic principle - CORRECT ANSWER Ability to connect letters with sounds Emerging Readers - CORRECT ANSWER Imitate the reading process Early reader - CORRECT ANSWER Read simple text and high frequency words Newly fluent reader - CORRECT ANSWER Relative fluency and comprehension using cuing systems. May only need to ask for clarification Bottom up approach - CORRECT ANSWER Proceeds from the specific to the general or part to whole Phonics - CORRECT ANSWER Teaching beginners to read and pronounce words by teaching them the phonetic value of letters, letter groups, & syllables