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Strephosymbolia - CORRECT ANSWER means twisted symbols. The first term
Orton used for dyslexia.
phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER the study of speech sounds in spoken language
phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER the ability to focus on units of
sound in spoken language at the sentence, word, syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER awareness of speech sounds or
phonemes in spoken words
phonics - CORRECT ANSWER instruction that connects sounds and letters
synthetic phonics - CORRECT ANSWER explicitly teaches individual grapheme-
phoneme correspondences before they are blended to form syllables or whole
words
alphabetic principle - CORRECT ANSWER the understanding that spoken
sounds are represented in print by written letters
consonant - CORRECT ANSWER blocked / voiced or unvoiced sounds - a class
of speech sounds with air flow that is constricted or obstructed
,CALT Exam Prep 2024-2025 LATEST UPDATE
vowel - CORRECT ANSWER open and voiced sounds - a class of open speech
sounds produced by the passage of air through an open vocal tract
phonology - CORRECT ANSWER the rules that determine how sounds are used
in spoken language
fluency - CORRECT ANSWER reading with rapidity and automaticity with
prosody
prosody - CORRECT ANSWER the rhythmic flow of oral reading
pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER set of rules that dictate communicative
behavior and use of language, rules we communicate by
syntax - CORRECT ANSWER sentence structure, grammar, usage
semantics - CORRECT ANSWER content of language, used to express
knowledge of the world around us - meaning
phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER smallest unit of sound in a syllable
spelling - CORRECT ANSWER sound to symbol / phoneme to grapheme,
connect grapheme to phoneme
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orthography - CORRECT ANSWER the spelling of written language
orthographic memory - CORRECT ANSWER memory of letter patterns and
word spellings
metalinguistics - CORRECT ANSWER awareness of language as an entity
guided discovery - CORRECT ANSWER a method of leading students to new
learning through questioning
Heuristic - CORRECT ANSWER means to discover by demonstration
grapheme - CORRECT ANSWER a letter or letter cluster that represents a
single speech sound
decoding - CORRECT ANSWER word recognition in which the phonetic code is
broken down to determine a word
blending - CORRECT ANSWER fusing individual sounds, syllables or words into
meaningful units
reading - CORRECT ANSWER symbol to sound / grapheme to phoneme
Strephosymbolia - CORRECT ANSWER means twisted symbols. The first term
Orton used for dyslexia.
phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER the study of speech sounds in spoken language
phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER the ability to focus on units of
sound in spoken language at the sentence, word, syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER awareness of speech sounds or
phonemes in spoken words
phonics - CORRECT ANSWER instruction that connects sounds and letters
synthetic phonics - CORRECT ANSWER explicitly teaches individual grapheme-
phoneme correspondences before they are blended to form syllables or whole
words
alphabetic principle - CORRECT ANSWER the understanding that spoken
sounds are represented in print by written letters
consonant - CORRECT ANSWER blocked / voiced or unvoiced sounds - a class
of speech sounds with air flow that is constricted or obstructed
,CALT Exam Prep 2024-2025 LATEST UPDATE
vowel - CORRECT ANSWER open and voiced sounds - a class of open speech
sounds produced by the passage of air through an open vocal tract
phonology - CORRECT ANSWER the rules that determine how sounds are used
in spoken language
fluency - CORRECT ANSWER reading with rapidity and automaticity with
prosody
prosody - CORRECT ANSWER the rhythmic flow of oral reading
pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER set of rules that dictate communicative
behavior and use of language, rules we communicate by
syntax - CORRECT ANSWER sentence structure, grammar, usage
semantics - CORRECT ANSWER content of language, used to express
knowledge of the world around us - meaning
phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER smallest unit of sound in a syllable
spelling - CORRECT ANSWER sound to symbol / phoneme to grapheme,
connect grapheme to phoneme
, CALT Exam Prep 2024-2025 LATEST UPDATE
orthography - CORRECT ANSWER the spelling of written language
orthographic memory - CORRECT ANSWER memory of letter patterns and
word spellings
metalinguistics - CORRECT ANSWER awareness of language as an entity
guided discovery - CORRECT ANSWER a method of leading students to new
learning through questioning
Heuristic - CORRECT ANSWER means to discover by demonstration
grapheme - CORRECT ANSWER a letter or letter cluster that represents a
single speech sound
decoding - CORRECT ANSWER word recognition in which the phonetic code is
broken down to determine a word
blending - CORRECT ANSWER fusing individual sounds, syllables or words into
meaningful units
reading - CORRECT ANSWER symbol to sound / grapheme to phoneme
