Domain 2: Competency 5

Question 1

English phonograms (list of phonemes)

Answer 1

44 phonemes

Question 2

Four skills to develop literacy

Answer 2

Reading, writing, speaking, and listening

Question 3

Transfer of Literacy skills from L1 to L2

Answer 3

scaffold language acquisition by frequent use of strategies appropriate for each student’s proficiency

Question 4

Phonemic Awareness

Answer 4

the understanding that words are developed from sound “chunks”

Question 5

Beginner Proficiency

Answer 5

Listening as opposed to speaking (Silent Period)
Responding nonverbally
Using mostly concrete words and phrases from a limited bank of high-frequency,high-need words
Using short phrases with slow speech
Displaying limited writing skills in the target language

Question 6

Three cueing systems

Answer 6

The Cueing Systems are:

Semantics- meaning. What is happening? Does it make sense? This is based on shared background and cultural and linguistic knowledge. ELL’s tend to have gaps in this area.
Syntactic- internalized grammar and linguistic structures.
Visual/Graphophonic- meaning comes from understanding verbal connection to written symbols. Since English contains more meaningful sounds than most prominent languages, ELL’s often have to learn to “hear” the language first.

Question 7

Three cueing systems

Answer 7

The Cueing Systems are:

Semantics- meaning. What is happening? Does it make sense? This is based on shared background and cultural and linguistic knowledge. ELL’s tend to have gaps in this area.
Syntactic- internalized grammar and linguistic structures.
Visual/Graphophonic- meaning comes from understanding verbal connection to written symbols. Since English contains more meaningful sounds than most prominent languages, ELL’s often have to learn to “hear” the language first.

Question 8

Promote literacy development

Answer 8

Shared reading, guided reading, read aloud, think aloud