TEFL
Can a student's cultural background affect his or her learning? - (ANSWER)Yes, because people
learn from the world around them
What are cognates? - (ANSWER)A word that has a common etymology with similar words in
different languages
What is phonology the study of? - (ANSWER)The study of the sound and structure of language
Which of the following are common types of phonemes? - (ANSWER)Vowels and Consonants
What term describes a morpheme that is not dependent on other words and carries meaning? -
(ANSWER)Free lexical morpheme
Light & Dark and Day & Night are examples of what? - (ANSWER)Antonymy
Why is phonemic awareness important no matter what native language a student speaks? -
(ANSWER)Phonemes are unique to a language
What are 3 advanced reading strategies? - (ANSWER)Summarizing, Sequencing, & Identifying
Main Ideas
Why is reading considered an active process? - (ANSWER)Because it requires effort
What are 3 suggestions for teaching students to form letter-sound associations? -
(ANSWER)Assessment, Multi-sensory Teaching, & Explicit Instruction
,What is decoding? - (ANSWER)Rapidly turning written word into speech
T/F: The first reading skill you should teach is how to compare and contrast. - (ANSWER)False
Why is reading for purpose a higher level of thinking than comprehension? - (ANSWER)B/c
reading for purpose requires a comprehension of implicit ideas and reading for purpose allows
students to extend meaning
"Samuel ran to the store" is an pattern of what? - (ANSWER)S-V-O
"Myrtle drove to the store and Calvin bought a soda." is an example of what type of sentence? -
(ANSWER)Compound sentence
What is the word for the noun that a pronoun is replacing? - (ANSWER)Antecedent
T/F- A verb always needs to have an object. - (ANSWER)False
T/F- In possessive nouns, possession is usually marked by an apostrophe (') - (ANSWER)True
Which of the following is an important component of persuasive writing? - (ANSWER)Thesis,
Support, & Analysis
Alveolar ridge - (ANSWER)The gums just behind the upper teeth.
Palate - (ANSWER)The hard palate, or the roof of the mouth within the sphere of your teeth.
Velum - (ANSWER)The soft palate, or the roof of your mouth as it extends past the teeth, ending
at the uvula.
, Uvula - (ANSWER)The appendage that dangles in the back of your mouth before your mouth
turns into your throat
Pharynx - (ANSWER)The back of your throat, behind the uvula
Epiglottis - (ANSWER)A flap of flesh that rests below your pharynx, at the top of your throat
Trachea - (ANSWER)The windpipe, which is covered by the epiglottis
Stops - (ANSWER)This is when you completely block the flow of air from your throat by
closing your mouth at some point during the pronunciation of the sound (p, t, k, b, d, and g)
Nasals - (ANSWER)In a nasal sound, you close your mouth just as you would with a stop, but
the back of your velum lowers, which allows air to flow up through your nose and out of your
nostrils (m, n,?).
Fricatives - (ANSWER)In this sound, you only close your mouth part way so air is forced
through a narrow passage, and makes a hissing sound (F, θ, v, s, z, ?, ?, h).
Affricates - (ANSWER)A combination of stop and fricative sounds that are made in a similar
way (tS, dZ)
Approximants - (ANSWER)This sound is like a fricative, except that it involves less obstruction.
Sometimes, you will make these sounds by touching the tip of your tongue to the alveolar ridge,
lowering it as you release the air (l, r, j, w)
voiced consonants - (ANSWER)consonant sounds that are accompanied by vibrations in your
throat as the air passes through
place of articulation - (ANSWER)Consonant sounds can also be classified based on where in the
vocal tract air gets obstructed
Can a student's cultural background affect his or her learning? - (ANSWER)Yes, because people
learn from the world around them
What are cognates? - (ANSWER)A word that has a common etymology with similar words in
different languages
What is phonology the study of? - (ANSWER)The study of the sound and structure of language
Which of the following are common types of phonemes? - (ANSWER)Vowels and Consonants
What term describes a morpheme that is not dependent on other words and carries meaning? -
(ANSWER)Free lexical morpheme
Light & Dark and Day & Night are examples of what? - (ANSWER)Antonymy
Why is phonemic awareness important no matter what native language a student speaks? -
(ANSWER)Phonemes are unique to a language
What are 3 advanced reading strategies? - (ANSWER)Summarizing, Sequencing, & Identifying
Main Ideas
Why is reading considered an active process? - (ANSWER)Because it requires effort
What are 3 suggestions for teaching students to form letter-sound associations? -
(ANSWER)Assessment, Multi-sensory Teaching, & Explicit Instruction
,What is decoding? - (ANSWER)Rapidly turning written word into speech
T/F: The first reading skill you should teach is how to compare and contrast. - (ANSWER)False
Why is reading for purpose a higher level of thinking than comprehension? - (ANSWER)B/c
reading for purpose requires a comprehension of implicit ideas and reading for purpose allows
students to extend meaning
"Samuel ran to the store" is an pattern of what? - (ANSWER)S-V-O
"Myrtle drove to the store and Calvin bought a soda." is an example of what type of sentence? -
(ANSWER)Compound sentence
What is the word for the noun that a pronoun is replacing? - (ANSWER)Antecedent
T/F- A verb always needs to have an object. - (ANSWER)False
T/F- In possessive nouns, possession is usually marked by an apostrophe (') - (ANSWER)True
Which of the following is an important component of persuasive writing? - (ANSWER)Thesis,
Support, & Analysis
Alveolar ridge - (ANSWER)The gums just behind the upper teeth.
Palate - (ANSWER)The hard palate, or the roof of the mouth within the sphere of your teeth.
Velum - (ANSWER)The soft palate, or the roof of your mouth as it extends past the teeth, ending
at the uvula.
, Uvula - (ANSWER)The appendage that dangles in the back of your mouth before your mouth
turns into your throat
Pharynx - (ANSWER)The back of your throat, behind the uvula
Epiglottis - (ANSWER)A flap of flesh that rests below your pharynx, at the top of your throat
Trachea - (ANSWER)The windpipe, which is covered by the epiglottis
Stops - (ANSWER)This is when you completely block the flow of air from your throat by
closing your mouth at some point during the pronunciation of the sound (p, t, k, b, d, and g)
Nasals - (ANSWER)In a nasal sound, you close your mouth just as you would with a stop, but
the back of your velum lowers, which allows air to flow up through your nose and out of your
nostrils (m, n,?).
Fricatives - (ANSWER)In this sound, you only close your mouth part way so air is forced
through a narrow passage, and makes a hissing sound (F, θ, v, s, z, ?, ?, h).
Affricates - (ANSWER)A combination of stop and fricative sounds that are made in a similar
way (tS, dZ)
Approximants - (ANSWER)This sound is like a fricative, except that it involves less obstruction.
Sometimes, you will make these sounds by touching the tip of your tongue to the alveolar ridge,
lowering it as you release the air (l, r, j, w)
voiced consonants - (ANSWER)consonant sounds that are accompanied by vibrations in your
throat as the air passes through
place of articulation - (ANSWER)Consonant sounds can also be classified based on where in the
vocal tract air gets obstructed
