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Foundations of Reading Midterm
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Undergraduate 2
03/30/2011

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Dipthong
Definition

2 vowel sounds that glide from one to another

 

Ex. -ow, -oi, -oy, -ou

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Consonant Digraph
Definition
2 consonant put together to make 1 sounds
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Vowel Digraph
Definition
2 vowels put together to make 1 sound
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When should all phonics related instruction be completed by?
Definition
The end of 2nd grade
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Why should phoncs be taught by the end of 2nd grade?
Definition
Because students are not studying reading in 3rd grade and are going into more expository text
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Consonant Blend
Definition

2 consonants put together but do not lose their identity

 

ex. cr in crunch

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Why teach phonics?
Definition
Teaches decoding of words and letter/sound relationships
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Structual Analysis
Definition
meaningful parts of words that are pulled apart to understand the meaning of the word
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Morpheme
Definition
Smallest unit of the meaning of a word
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How many morphemes types are there?
Definition
2
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What are the 2 types of morphemes?
Definition
Free & Bound
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What is a free morpheme?
Definition
Can stand alone in the English language
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What is a bound morpheme?
Definition
Cannot stand alone. Must be attached to a free morpheme in order to carry out a meaning
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What 4 components mean a student knows the alphabet?
Definition

1. writing ability

2. letter sound

3. letter recognition

4. letter shape

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Phoneme
Definition
Smalled unit of a sound
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Phonemic Awareness
Definition
Ability to identify letter and sounds in a spoken language
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Difference between phonemic and phonological awareness?
Definition

Phonemic- Broader-- hear/identify sounds (syllable, rime, etc.)

Phonological- More narrow-- deals w/ writing out sounds of a word

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Grapheme
Definition
Written letters (not a sound)
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Synthetic Phonics Instruction
Definition
Parts of words to whole
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Analytic Phonics Instruction
Definition
Whole to part
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Onset
Definition
Sound/syllable at the beginning of a word
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Rime
Definition
Comes after the onset (the rest of a word)
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Communication
Definition
Sending/receiving messages
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Can infants produce any speech sounds?
Definition
Yes, all of them
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Speech
Definition
Manefestation 
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Affixes
Definition

Prefix/suffix that changes the meaning of a word

 

ex. un happi er

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Phonics
Definition
Letter/sound relationship
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What is CVC-E
Definition
long vowel where the 'e' is silent
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Percent of Utility
Definition
generalization that applies to words in the English language
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What percent of utility makes a gernalization useful?
Definition
75%
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True/False: Consonant generlizations are more consistent than vowel generalizations.
Definition
True
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What vowels following "c" make the "c" say "s" or soft c?
Definition
e, i, or y
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True/False: Vowel generalizations are as consistent as consonant generalizations.
Definition
Flase
Term
The vowel oi, oy, ou and ow blend into a single sounds called a ?
Definition
dipthong
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Deductive instruction
Definition
teaches generalizations and has students apply those generalizations to specifics
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True/False: research has determined that there is a best sequence in which decoding skills should be taught.
Definition
Flase
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Phonogram
Definition

an ending of a word which ends with a vowel and consonant

 

ex. -ig as in wig

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What 4 consonants do not show a consistent one-to-one correspondence between letter and phoneme?
Definition
c, g, s, x
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Systematic Instrution
Definition
focuses on teaching vowels and consonants
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Non-systematic
Definition
encourages informal phonics and neglects vowels
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Root
Definition
words that are bound morphemes which cannot stand alone
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Base
Definition
words that are free morphemes which CAN stand alone
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Breve
Definition
Orthographic symbol that makes the vowel short
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Macron
Definition
Orthographic symbol placed over the vowel to show it is pronounced as a long vowel sound
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Best time to learn a 2nd language?
Definition
0-7 years of age. Children are able to learn more quickly
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Language
Definition
words/sounds/phrases that we interact with to other humans
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Semanticity
Definition

developing meaning to words.

 

Importnant in order to understand a word you also have to understand its meaning

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LAD
Definition
Language Acquisition Device
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Perlocutionary Act
Definition
considers the listener and is part of the Pragmatist view of Language Acquisition
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Social Interactivist view of language acuisition
Definition
They believe speech and language have biological and environmental factors to play by
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What did Vygotsky believe?
Definition
Children are influenced by their environment/culture around them
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What did Piaget believe?
Definition
Children learn best by experience
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How does phonemic awareness instruction help foster independent reading?
Definition
Improves children's ability to read words and improves reading comprehension.
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Name the 7 phonemic awareness tasks:
Definition

1. Isolation

2. Identification

3. Categorization

4. Bleding

5. Segmenting

6. Deletion/Addition

7. Substitution

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Who was Piaget and Vygotsky?
Definition
Constructivists who studied child development
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What do Behaviors believe?
Definition
Language is learned. (nurture)
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What do Nativists believe?
Definition
Bilogically based. (Nurture)
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