TEXES SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING (293) EXAM
NEWEST 2026/2027 QUESTIONS and CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
Pre-Production/Silent Period - CORRECT ANSWER-the learner is actively, but
not yet producing oral language
Early Production - CORRECT ANSWER-the learner is listening and absorbing
new information and collecting new words. They are communicating mainly in
one and two-word phrases and making many errors in this stage.
Speech Emergence/Productive Language Use - CORRECT ANSWER-speech
becomes more frequent, words and sentences are longer, but the learner still
relies heavily on context clues and familiar topics. Vocabulary continues to
increase and errors begin to decrease, especially in common or repeated
interactions.
Intermediate Fluency - CORRECT ANSWER-the learner begins to communicate
in more complex sentences, often beginning to think in one's second language.
, phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER-the smallest individual sounds in a word
phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER-the sounds of human speech
phonology - CORRECT ANSWER-the systematic organization of sounds in
language
phonics - CORRECT ANSWER-the relationship between symbols of an
alphabetic writing system and sounds of a language
morphology - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of forms of words; this includes
prefixes, roots, and suffixes.
morphemes - CORRECT ANSWER--are a combination of sounds that have
meaning in speech or writing and cannot be divided into smaller grammatical
parts.
-are the smallest units of meaning in a word
orthography - CORRECT ANSWER-the conventions for proper spelling in a
language
NEWEST 2026/2027 QUESTIONS and CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
Pre-Production/Silent Period - CORRECT ANSWER-the learner is actively, but
not yet producing oral language
Early Production - CORRECT ANSWER-the learner is listening and absorbing
new information and collecting new words. They are communicating mainly in
one and two-word phrases and making many errors in this stage.
Speech Emergence/Productive Language Use - CORRECT ANSWER-speech
becomes more frequent, words and sentences are longer, but the learner still
relies heavily on context clues and familiar topics. Vocabulary continues to
increase and errors begin to decrease, especially in common or repeated
interactions.
Intermediate Fluency - CORRECT ANSWER-the learner begins to communicate
in more complex sentences, often beginning to think in one's second language.
, phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER-the smallest individual sounds in a word
phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER-the sounds of human speech
phonology - CORRECT ANSWER-the systematic organization of sounds in
language
phonics - CORRECT ANSWER-the relationship between symbols of an
alphabetic writing system and sounds of a language
morphology - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of forms of words; this includes
prefixes, roots, and suffixes.
morphemes - CORRECT ANSWER--are a combination of sounds that have
meaning in speech or writing and cannot be divided into smaller grammatical
parts.
-are the smallest units of meaning in a word
orthography - CORRECT ANSWER-the conventions for proper spelling in a
language
