CTEL EXAM questions with verified answers

CTEL EXAM

phonology - correct answer ✔✔the study of speech sounds in language



phoneme - correct answer ✔✔in a language, the smallest distinctive sound unit



ELL - correct answer ✔✔English language learner



pitch - correct answer ✔✔determines the context or meaning of words, or series of words



stress - correct answer ✔✔can occur at a word or sentence level and can modify a word's meaning



phonographics - correct answer ✔✔study of letter and letter combinations



grapheme - correct answer ✔✔all of the letters and letter combinations that represent a phoneme such
as f, ph, gh for /f/



homonym - correct answer ✔✔words having the same sound but different meanings



homograph - correct answer ✔✔a word written the same way as another word but having a different
meaning (e.g., bow--hair and bow--ship)



homophone - correct answer ✔✔One of two or more words pronounced alike, but different in spelling
or meaning (e.g., hair/hare, scale (fish)/scale (musical).



heteronym - correct answer ✔✔one of two or more words that are spelled alike but have different
meanings and pronunciations, Polish/polish



digraph - correct answer ✔✔is any two letters that form a single sound /ph/ in phone or /ea/ in read