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Language and Literacy Development Exam
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Phonetics - Answer✔Study of the acoustical and articulatory characteristics of human speech
sounds
Manner of Articulation - Answer✔Refers to how the tongue and/or lips control airflow to vary
phonemes
Phonological Awareness - Answer✔Refers to the awareness of the sounds that make up a
spoken language
Phonemic Awareness - Answer✔Awareness of the individual phonemes or speech sounds used
in the child's native language
Phonological Awareness Instruction - Answer✔Teaches children:
• to recognize the speech sounds they hear
• to identify and differentiate these sounds
• to produce them accurately
• and to manipulate them
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How do children develop phonological awareness? - Answer✔Through exposure to language
and through direct training, both of which are provided by the adults around them and in their
lives.
Phonics - Answer✔Knowledge of letter-sound relationships
Decoding - Answer✔The ability to use knowledge of letter-sound relationships to accurately
read a word.
Encoding - Answer✔Blending/combining individual sounds/letters to form words
Strong phonological and phonemic awareness in children is often a predictor of what? -
Answer✔Future long-term success in spelling, reading, and literacy performance
Orthography - Answer✔A set of conventions for writing a language. It includes norms of
spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, word breaks, emphasis, and punctuation.
Orthographic Processing - Answer✔Using the visual system to form, store, and recall words
Phonology - Answer✔the study of speech sounds and how they change depending on certain
situations or placements in syllables, words, and sentences.
What does skilled reading require? - Answer✔The coordination of orthographic processing,
phonological processing, and the processing of meaning and context.
Morphology - Answer✔the smallest unit of speech that has meaning.
-- plural "s" ending
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-- past tense "ed" ending
Semantics - Answer✔the aspect of language function that relates to understanding the
meanings of words, phrases and sentences, and using words appropriately when we speak
Pragmatics - Answer✔he area of language function that embraces the use of language in social
contexts (knowing what to say, how to say it, and when to say it - and how to "be" with other
people).
-- how to speak at home vs. how to speak at school
"Following the CAR" - Answer✔Comment - the adult should comment on what a child is looking
at, handling, or talking about, then wait 5 seconds.
Ask - to continue the conversation the adult has begun and/or to start a new one, the adult
should then ask the child questions about something the child is looking at, handling, or talking
about. Adult should then wait 5 seconds again to give the child time to respond
Respond - Once the child gives an oral response, the adult should respond to what the child
says by repeating the child's response and then adding a bit more information to extend the
child's knowledge.
What is a "real" conversation? - Answer✔Conversations that interest the child and consist of
three to four exchanges/turns between the child and the adult
Teaching strategies that support children's active participation in real conversations -
Answer✔• attentively listening to what the children say
• inviting children to join extended conversations with adults and peers
• demonstrating a genuine interest in and affection for the children
• sending verbal and non-verbal messages that are consistent
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Language and Literacy Development Exam
Questions And Answers |Latest 2025 |
Guaranteed Pass
Phonetics - Answer✔Study of the acoustical and articulatory characteristics of human speech
sounds
Manner of Articulation - Answer✔Refers to how the tongue and/or lips control airflow to vary
phonemes
Phonological Awareness - Answer✔Refers to the awareness of the sounds that make up a
spoken language
Phonemic Awareness - Answer✔Awareness of the individual phonemes or speech sounds used
in the child's native language
Phonological Awareness Instruction - Answer✔Teaches children:
• to recognize the speech sounds they hear
• to identify and differentiate these sounds
• to produce them accurately
• and to manipulate them
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How do children develop phonological awareness? - Answer✔Through exposure to language
and through direct training, both of which are provided by the adults around them and in their
lives.
Phonics - Answer✔Knowledge of letter-sound relationships
Decoding - Answer✔The ability to use knowledge of letter-sound relationships to accurately
read a word.
Encoding - Answer✔Blending/combining individual sounds/letters to form words
Strong phonological and phonemic awareness in children is often a predictor of what? -
Answer✔Future long-term success in spelling, reading, and literacy performance
Orthography - Answer✔A set of conventions for writing a language. It includes norms of
spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, word breaks, emphasis, and punctuation.
Orthographic Processing - Answer✔Using the visual system to form, store, and recall words
Phonology - Answer✔the study of speech sounds and how they change depending on certain
situations or placements in syllables, words, and sentences.
What does skilled reading require? - Answer✔The coordination of orthographic processing,
phonological processing, and the processing of meaning and context.
Morphology - Answer✔the smallest unit of speech that has meaning.
-- plural "s" ending
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-- past tense "ed" ending
Semantics - Answer✔the aspect of language function that relates to understanding the
meanings of words, phrases and sentences, and using words appropriately when we speak
Pragmatics - Answer✔he area of language function that embraces the use of language in social
contexts (knowing what to say, how to say it, and when to say it - and how to "be" with other
people).
-- how to speak at home vs. how to speak at school
"Following the CAR" - Answer✔Comment - the adult should comment on what a child is looking
at, handling, or talking about, then wait 5 seconds.
Ask - to continue the conversation the adult has begun and/or to start a new one, the adult
should then ask the child questions about something the child is looking at, handling, or talking
about. Adult should then wait 5 seconds again to give the child time to respond
Respond - Once the child gives an oral response, the adult should respond to what the child
says by repeating the child's response and then adding a bit more information to extend the
child's knowledge.
What is a "real" conversation? - Answer✔Conversations that interest the child and consist of
three to four exchanges/turns between the child and the adult
Teaching strategies that support children's active participation in real conversations -
Answer✔• attentively listening to what the children say
• inviting children to join extended conversations with adults and peers
• demonstrating a genuine interest in and affection for the children
• sending verbal and non-verbal messages that are consistent
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