Texas Teacher Certification Test ELA &
Reading Exam Question & Answers
2025
Phonemes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔basic units of
sound
Semantics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The way
meaning is generated in language also including the way
words, phrases, and sentences combine in ways that
make sense.
How meaning is conveyed in a language through the use
of its vocabulary
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The way words are
placed, organized, and arranged in a language
Language Acquisition is made of 3 main components: -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. innate abilities and
mechanism of the learner
2. exposure to the speech of caretakers and parents
3. the interaction of children in their immediate linguistic
environment
Language Acquisition Device (LAD) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Something all humans are born with that
give us the mechanisms and abilities to acquire language.
,Texas Teacher Certification Test ELA &
Reading Exam Question & Answers
2025
This is universal and adapts to the languages being
exposed or learned.
Language only emerges if this is triggered by stimuli from
people in the child's environment
6 Key components of language: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon, pragmatics,
semantics
Phonology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The study of the
sound system of language
Graphemes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Individual
letters that represent phonemes
Morphology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Study of the
structure of words and word formation
Morphemes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the smallest
unit of meaning in a language
, Texas Teacher Certification Test ELA &
Reading Exam Question & Answers
2025
Lexicon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Refers to the
vocabulary of a language
Ex: the word "hot"
-meanings can be temperature, sexy, fashionable, lucky
-these meanings can change based on context or
historical framework
Pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔How context can
affect the interpretation of communication. The hidden
rules of communication understood by native speakers of
the same language
Connotation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The implied
meaning of words and ideas
Denotation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The literal of
words and ideas (Dictionary definition)
Babbling or Pre-Language Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔0-6 months. use reflexive crying to communicate. Play
vocally
Reading Exam Question & Answers
2025
Phonemes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔basic units of
sound
Semantics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The way
meaning is generated in language also including the way
words, phrases, and sentences combine in ways that
make sense.
How meaning is conveyed in a language through the use
of its vocabulary
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The way words are
placed, organized, and arranged in a language
Language Acquisition is made of 3 main components: -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. innate abilities and
mechanism of the learner
2. exposure to the speech of caretakers and parents
3. the interaction of children in their immediate linguistic
environment
Language Acquisition Device (LAD) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Something all humans are born with that
give us the mechanisms and abilities to acquire language.
,Texas Teacher Certification Test ELA &
Reading Exam Question & Answers
2025
This is universal and adapts to the languages being
exposed or learned.
Language only emerges if this is triggered by stimuli from
people in the child's environment
6 Key components of language: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon, pragmatics,
semantics
Phonology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The study of the
sound system of language
Graphemes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Individual
letters that represent phonemes
Morphology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Study of the
structure of words and word formation
Morphemes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the smallest
unit of meaning in a language
, Texas Teacher Certification Test ELA &
Reading Exam Question & Answers
2025
Lexicon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Refers to the
vocabulary of a language
Ex: the word "hot"
-meanings can be temperature, sexy, fashionable, lucky
-these meanings can change based on context or
historical framework
Pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔How context can
affect the interpretation of communication. The hidden
rules of communication understood by native speakers of
the same language
Connotation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The implied
meaning of words and ideas
Denotation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The literal of
words and ideas (Dictionary definition)
Babbling or Pre-Language Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔0-6 months. use reflexive crying to communicate. Play
vocally
