LETRS EARLY CHILDHOOD UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● The "online" memory system that remembers speech long enough to
extract meaning from it, or that holds onto words during writing
Answer: Phonological working memory
●● The ability to efficiently retrieve words stored in long-term memory
using phonological information
Answer: Phonological naming
●● The ability to hear and become sensitive to the sounds of language
Answer: Phonological sensitivity
●● The concept that letters are used to represent individual phonemes in
the spoken word
Answer: Alphabetic principle
●● The conscious awareness of all levels of the speech sound system,
including syllables, initial sounds, and phonemes
Answer: Phonological awareness
, ●● The stage at which children become more consciously aware of word
meanings and word structures, usually in the early preschool years
Answer: Metaphonological stage
●● What is the initial sound in "giraffe"?
Answer: /j/
●● What is the final sound in "six"?
Answer: /s/
●● How many sounds are in the word "eight"?
Answer: 2
●● How many sounds are in the word "thumb"?
Answer: 3
●● Phonological representation might be thought of as which of the
following?
Answer: inner speech
●● Children learn to hear the sounds in words before learning to
restructure them to whole words.
Answer: false
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● The "online" memory system that remembers speech long enough to
extract meaning from it, or that holds onto words during writing
Answer: Phonological working memory
●● The ability to efficiently retrieve words stored in long-term memory
using phonological information
Answer: Phonological naming
●● The ability to hear and become sensitive to the sounds of language
Answer: Phonological sensitivity
●● The concept that letters are used to represent individual phonemes in
the spoken word
Answer: Alphabetic principle
●● The conscious awareness of all levels of the speech sound system,
including syllables, initial sounds, and phonemes
Answer: Phonological awareness
, ●● The stage at which children become more consciously aware of word
meanings and word structures, usually in the early preschool years
Answer: Metaphonological stage
●● What is the initial sound in "giraffe"?
Answer: /j/
●● What is the final sound in "six"?
Answer: /s/
●● How many sounds are in the word "eight"?
Answer: 2
●● How many sounds are in the word "thumb"?
Answer: 3
●● Phonological representation might be thought of as which of the
following?
Answer: inner speech
●● Children learn to hear the sounds in words before learning to
restructure them to whole words.
Answer: false
