Unit 1 Sessions 1-8
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,Phoenician alphabet was developed in _________ and was the granfather of our
alphabet 19 of 26 letters can be traced. Correct Answer: 1,000 BCE
Modern American English spelling was settled in 1828 with______________
Correct Answer: Webster's Dictionary
Orthograpy: Correct Answer: a writing system for representing language
Morphonphonemic: Correct Answer: alphabetic writing principle organized by
both sound-symbol correspondences and morphology.
Morpheme: Correct Answer: the smallest meaningful unit of language; it may be
a word or a part of word; it may be a single sound, one syllable or multiple
syllables
To read an alphabetic alphabet a person must_______________________
Correct Answer: mentally link the alphabetic symbols with the single speech
sounds or phonemes that they represent.
All alphabets require ____________Correct Answer: speech sound (phoneme)
awareness by the reader.
Shallow or Transparent Alphabetic Orthography ______________________
Correct Answer: correspondences in the alphabetic writing system are regular
and predictable.
One sound represented by one symbol or letter.
,Deep or Opague Alphabetic Orthography:Correct Answer: the spelling system
represens morphemes (meaningful parts) as well as speech sounds.
Morphophonemic contains both phonemes and morphemes.
Advantages of Alphabetic Writing Correct Answer: permits any word to be read
or written in a language with a small set of symbols. A limited number of symbols
can be combined to create the entire language, even new words. Language can
be written and read by anyone who can match the symbols to the sounds they
represent.
Disadvantages of Alphabetic Writing Correct Answer: People are wired to
process speech sounds. The phoneme -that sound that a letter represents - is not
self evident, natural, or consciously accessible understanding for humans.
Metalinguistic Awareness Correct Answer: the ability think about and reflect on
the structure of language itself. The invention of the alphabet was an
achievement.
The Simple View of Reading Correct Answer: Word Recognition x Language
Comprehension = Reading Comprehension
Word Recognition Correct Answer: The accurate and fast retrieval of decoded
word forms, is essential for the development of reading comprehension.
Language comprehension Correct Answer: listening comprehension or the
linguistic processes involved in the comprehension of oral language.
, Decoding Correct Answer: the ability to translate a word from print to speech,
usually by employing knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences.
Unit 1 - Session 2
Reading
______________ is the act of translating print into meaning. Correct Answer:
________________ is the written or spoken communication "or the exchange of
information and ideas, usually longer than a sentence, between individuals or
between the writer and the reader. Correct Answer: Discourse
Learning two languages simultaneously, the brain establishes a separate
_____________________ for each language. Correct Answer: neural system
The ______________ of typical reading begins around age five and continues for
about six years until full reading fluency is achieved. Correct Answer: progression
_________________ comprehension may exceed reading comprehension. The
reverse is not true. Correct Answer: Listening
Tests of phonemic awareness, phonics, word recognition, and spelling are more
important for locating students at risk for reading problems in the ____________
____________. Correct Answer: primary grades