NES 102 questions with complete solutions

Alphabetic Knowledge correct answer: The ability to recognize, name, and write letters. syllabic writing system correct answer: writing system in which characters represent different syllables Phoneme Addition correct answer: ability to make new words by adding a phoneme to an existing word Ex: At -- BAT Semantics correct answer: The study of word or symbol meaning Ex: "love" which has many different meanings in English Phonology correct answer: the study of speech sounds in language Phoneme Deletion example correct answer: BAT without B is AT Reading fluency correct answer: The ability to read with appropriate speed, accuracy and prosody Emergent Reader correct answer: when children understand that written language has meaning and gives messages Phoneme Isolation correct answer: The ability to recognize individual sounds in a word. Phoneme blending correct answer: blending two sounds to make a word Ex: /B/ /A/ /T/ forms BAT Phonemic awareness correct answer: ability to hear, identify, and re-create individual sounds in spoken words Ex: B makes the first sound in the word blue Phoneme correct answer: smallest individual sounds in a word phonological awareness correct answer: knowledge of sounds and syllables and of the sound structure of words apart from print Early Reader correct answer: begin to understand that reading from printed pages needs to make sense; both from the pictures and from the print