LETRS Unit 4 - Session 1- 8 Unit 4 - Session 1

LETRS Unit 4 - Session 1- 8 Unit 4 - Session 1 Proficient word reading requires rapid recognition of all relevant layers of word structure in a mental process called ___________ ________________. - ANS - orthographic mapping English is a _________ orthography, knowing a word well means being able to identify all the aspects of language represented in the printed word, including the meaningful parts, syllables, graphemes, and phonemes. - ANS - deep A ___________ is a letter or letter combination that spells a phoneme; can be one, two, three or four letters. - ANS - grapheme A _________ is a speech sound that combines with others in a language system to make words; English has 44 phonemes. - ANS - phoneme The language from which a word came into English, as well as its history of use, often explains a word's spelling. - ANS - Language of Origin __________ -_____________ correspondences are the mapping between speech sounds and letter groups. - ANS - Phoneme-grapheme The ________ of a phoneme or grapheme in a word refers to whether it is at the beginning, middle or end of a syllable and what sounds (or letters) come before or after it. - ANS - position Over time scribes and dictionary writers have put constraints on where and in what order letters can be used is called... - ANS - Arbitrary Orthographic Conventions for Letter Sequence English is _______________, meaning it has a deep alphabet writing system organized by both sound-symbol correspondence and morphology. Breaking words into morphemes, or meaningful