NES Elementary Education Subtest 1
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1. the tools of communication chil- reading, writing, listening, and speaking
dren use to form their understand-
ing of the word
2. Competency 1 demonstrate an understanding of the foundations of
language development, oral language skills, listening
comprehension skills, and phonological and phonemic
awareness.
3. Informal conversations Time to talk about things that interest and excite chil-
dren.
4. Language play Exploring rhythms, sounds, and tones that young chil-
dren delight in as they work and play.
5. Rhymes and song Experiences rich in rhythm and rhyme encourage chil-
dren to play with words.
6. Stories Children discover new words and meanings as they
listen to good stories — either told or read aloud.
7. Group talk Times during the day when conventions of shared con-
versations are learned and practiced.
8. Because this entire period be- Emergent Literacy
tween birth and the early elemen-
tary school years helps prepare
children with the skills important
for conventional literacy, we refer
to this critical stage of language
development as _____ _____.
9. fundamental, relevant
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The key is to make reading and
writing _____ to the everyday life of
the classroom and to make literacy
activities _____ to each child.
10. _____ and _____ to what the children listen, respond
have to say and they will learn to
do the same.
11. LEA Language Experience Approach
12. Dictated Stories LEA
13. alliteration use of the same consonant at the beginning of each
stressed syllable in a line of verse
14. language delay There are many factors that cause language delay, both
environmental and physical. Common conditions in-
clude inadequate language stimulation (neither talking
to nor playing with the child); delayed general develop-
ment; parents/guardians or siblings who often talk for
the child; medical and physical problems; family history
of language delay; learning disabilities; and autism
spectrum disorders (ASD).
15. ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders
16. Listening can be described as receiving, interpreting, responding
part of an active communication
process that involves _____, _____,
and _____ to verbal input.
17. receiving, attending, assigning meaning
, NES Elementary Education Subtest 1
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The three steps in the listening
process are _____, _____, and _____
meaning.
18. Students can be given opportuni- pre-listening, during listening, after listening
ties to develop and practice listen-
ing skills during three phases of
the listening process: _____, _____
and _____ .
19. discriminative listening distinguishing beginning consonant sounds, for exam-
ple
20. aesthetic listening for enjoyment
21. critical listening to evaluate a message
22. efferent listening to understand a message
23. phonological the study of the sound system of a given language and
the analysis and classification of its phonemes
24. phoneme (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are
distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
25. Phonological awareness an understanding that words are composed of sound
units and that sound units can be combined to form
words.
26. graphemes a written symbol that is used to represent speech
27. orthography a method of representing the sounds of a language by
written or printed symbols
, NES Elementary Education Subtest 1
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28. Phonological awareness the awareness that language is composed of sounds
and the understanding of the relationship of these
sounds, such as rhyming and identifying sound units
such as words in sentences, syllables, onsets, and
rimes.
29. A ______ is a basic unit of speech syllable
sounds that can be divided into
two parts—onsets and rimes.
30. onset the consonant sound that precedes the vowel of the
syllable
31. rime the vowel and any consonant sound that follows the
onset.
32. Phonemic Awareness refers to the ability to focus on, hear, identify, and ma-
nipulate phonemes, or the individual sounds that make
up spoken words.
33. Phoneme segmentation is a child's ability to recognize the separate sound units
of words
34. phoneme blending is a child's ability to string together phonemes in a
meaningful way to create words.
35. Standard American English con- 42
tains about _____ basic phonemes,
although differences in regional
pronunciation and dialect can gen-
erate more.
36. One would expect that since there 26
are 26 letters in the alphabet
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1. the tools of communication chil- reading, writing, listening, and speaking
dren use to form their understand-
ing of the word
2. Competency 1 demonstrate an understanding of the foundations of
language development, oral language skills, listening
comprehension skills, and phonological and phonemic
awareness.
3. Informal conversations Time to talk about things that interest and excite chil-
dren.
4. Language play Exploring rhythms, sounds, and tones that young chil-
dren delight in as they work and play.
5. Rhymes and song Experiences rich in rhythm and rhyme encourage chil-
dren to play with words.
6. Stories Children discover new words and meanings as they
listen to good stories — either told or read aloud.
7. Group talk Times during the day when conventions of shared con-
versations are learned and practiced.
8. Because this entire period be- Emergent Literacy
tween birth and the early elemen-
tary school years helps prepare
children with the skills important
for conventional literacy, we refer
to this critical stage of language
development as _____ _____.
9. fundamental, relevant
, NES Elementary Education Subtest 1
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The key is to make reading and
writing _____ to the everyday life of
the classroom and to make literacy
activities _____ to each child.
10. _____ and _____ to what the children listen, respond
have to say and they will learn to
do the same.
11. LEA Language Experience Approach
12. Dictated Stories LEA
13. alliteration use of the same consonant at the beginning of each
stressed syllable in a line of verse
14. language delay There are many factors that cause language delay, both
environmental and physical. Common conditions in-
clude inadequate language stimulation (neither talking
to nor playing with the child); delayed general develop-
ment; parents/guardians or siblings who often talk for
the child; medical and physical problems; family history
of language delay; learning disabilities; and autism
spectrum disorders (ASD).
15. ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders
16. Listening can be described as receiving, interpreting, responding
part of an active communication
process that involves _____, _____,
and _____ to verbal input.
17. receiving, attending, assigning meaning
, NES Elementary Education Subtest 1
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The three steps in the listening
process are _____, _____, and _____
meaning.
18. Students can be given opportuni- pre-listening, during listening, after listening
ties to develop and practice listen-
ing skills during three phases of
the listening process: _____, _____
and _____ .
19. discriminative listening distinguishing beginning consonant sounds, for exam-
ple
20. aesthetic listening for enjoyment
21. critical listening to evaluate a message
22. efferent listening to understand a message
23. phonological the study of the sound system of a given language and
the analysis and classification of its phonemes
24. phoneme (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are
distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
25. Phonological awareness an understanding that words are composed of sound
units and that sound units can be combined to form
words.
26. graphemes a written symbol that is used to represent speech
27. orthography a method of representing the sounds of a language by
written or printed symbols
, NES Elementary Education Subtest 1
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28. Phonological awareness the awareness that language is composed of sounds
and the understanding of the relationship of these
sounds, such as rhyming and identifying sound units
such as words in sentences, syllables, onsets, and
rimes.
29. A ______ is a basic unit of speech syllable
sounds that can be divided into
two parts—onsets and rimes.
30. onset the consonant sound that precedes the vowel of the
syllable
31. rime the vowel and any consonant sound that follows the
onset.
32. Phonemic Awareness refers to the ability to focus on, hear, identify, and ma-
nipulate phonemes, or the individual sounds that make
up spoken words.
33. Phoneme segmentation is a child's ability to recognize the separate sound units
of words
34. phoneme blending is a child's ability to string together phonemes in a
meaningful way to create words.
35. Standard American English con- 42
tains about _____ basic phonemes,
although differences in regional
pronunciation and dialect can gen-
erate more.
36. One would expect that since there 26
are 26 letters in the alphabet
