EC-6 ELAR UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Phomenes - CORRECT ANSWER -SMALLEST sounds in a word (individual sounds)
Phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER -how our speech sounds (vocal related)
Phonology - CORRECT ANSWER -how we organize sounds (specific to every language)
Phonics - CORRECT ANSWER -how symbols and sounds in a language are connected
Phonemes Strategies - CORRECT ANSWER -rhymes, spelling practice with sounds,
show how it is used in different situations
Graphemes - CORRECT ANSWER -the way to write down the sounds
Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER -forms of words such ass prefixes, roots and suffixes
Ex: unreadable- un(not)read(root)able(can be done)
Morphemes - CORRECT ANSWER -every individual form of a word. Combinations of
sounds that CAN NOT be divided up into smaller parts
Orthography - CORRECT ANSWER -how we properly spell a word
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER -governing body of a language to produce phrases,
clauses and sentences
Pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER -language in action, not based on any structure
, Segmentation - CORRECT ANSWER -breaking something into parts. When the teacher
asks a child to identify the first sound in "cat" the child says "C" or makes the /C/ sound
Alphabetic Principle - CORRECT ANSWER -an understanding that letters and letter
patterns represent the sounds of spoken words.
Pre-Alphabetic Phase - CORRECT ANSWER -identify shape of logo or symbols on a
logo rather than identify specific letters
Partial Alphabetic Phase - CORRECT ANSWER -begin to connect the shape of letters
with sounds
Ex: knowing that their classmates start with which letter
Full Alphabetic Stage - CORRECT ANSWER -learners connect letters with sounds
Consolidated Alphabetic Stage - CORRECT ANSWER -learners begin to understand that
they can use parts of words they know to help them decode new words
Schema - CORRECT ANSWER -your background knowledge
Phoneme blending - CORRECT ANSWER -ability to hear the individual sounds in a
word put the sounds together and say the word that is made
Onset - CORRECT ANSWER -the part of the syllable that precedes the vowel of the
syllable Ex: the (t) in tap
Rime - CORRECT ANSWER -Part of a syllable that contains the vowel and all that
follows it ex: Tap... (ap)
and CORRECT Answers
Phomenes - CORRECT ANSWER -SMALLEST sounds in a word (individual sounds)
Phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER -how our speech sounds (vocal related)
Phonology - CORRECT ANSWER -how we organize sounds (specific to every language)
Phonics - CORRECT ANSWER -how symbols and sounds in a language are connected
Phonemes Strategies - CORRECT ANSWER -rhymes, spelling practice with sounds,
show how it is used in different situations
Graphemes - CORRECT ANSWER -the way to write down the sounds
Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER -forms of words such ass prefixes, roots and suffixes
Ex: unreadable- un(not)read(root)able(can be done)
Morphemes - CORRECT ANSWER -every individual form of a word. Combinations of
sounds that CAN NOT be divided up into smaller parts
Orthography - CORRECT ANSWER -how we properly spell a word
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER -governing body of a language to produce phrases,
clauses and sentences
Pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER -language in action, not based on any structure
, Segmentation - CORRECT ANSWER -breaking something into parts. When the teacher
asks a child to identify the first sound in "cat" the child says "C" or makes the /C/ sound
Alphabetic Principle - CORRECT ANSWER -an understanding that letters and letter
patterns represent the sounds of spoken words.
Pre-Alphabetic Phase - CORRECT ANSWER -identify shape of logo or symbols on a
logo rather than identify specific letters
Partial Alphabetic Phase - CORRECT ANSWER -begin to connect the shape of letters
with sounds
Ex: knowing that their classmates start with which letter
Full Alphabetic Stage - CORRECT ANSWER -learners connect letters with sounds
Consolidated Alphabetic Stage - CORRECT ANSWER -learners begin to understand that
they can use parts of words they know to help them decode new words
Schema - CORRECT ANSWER -your background knowledge
Phoneme blending - CORRECT ANSWER -ability to hear the individual sounds in a
word put the sounds together and say the word that is made
Onset - CORRECT ANSWER -the part of the syllable that precedes the vowel of the
syllable Ex: the (t) in tap
Rime - CORRECT ANSWER -Part of a syllable that contains the vowel and all that
follows it ex: Tap... (ap)
