Chapter 12 (Reading) Flashcards
what is phonemic awareness
its being aware that a word consists of different phonemes
5 year olds cannot say what sand would sound without s
it is why learning to read is so difficult for children
what is dyslexia
it is not being able to read properly
lack of phonemic awareness is very important here
What helps to learn reading
instructions
phonemic awareness
a sense of rhyming
What is orthography
It refers to any aspect of print and spelling in a writing system
What kinds of languages are there
- Alphabetic script (english): letters correspond to phonemes
- Morphemes (chinese): Letter means morpheme
- Syllabary (japanese): letters mean moras
what are intrasyllabic units
Units of speech larger than syllables but larger than phonemes
–> onset and rimes
what predicts how good a child will develop reading
their understanding and sensitivity with rhymes
what are conditional spelling rules
when a letter is one sound in a word but a different one in another word (hop/hope) (hopping/hoping)
what is invented spelling
when children dont know and pay no attention to conditional spelling rules
what is split diagram
understanding that in the english language the e at the end of a sentence is silent
what are morphemic structures
the structures of morphemes, which are parts of a word that make it up. (Unpacked=Un, pack, ed)
They have different and difficult spelling rules
