EDU 233 Phonics Final Flashcards
phonics
the relationship between sounds of language and the letters or letter combinations used to represent those sounds
Orthography
the spelling system of language.
Phonological Awareness
Awareness of the unit of speech, such as words syllables, and phonemes.
Phonemic Awareness
The understanding that words are made up of individual sounds.
Phoneme Segmentation
Splitting a spoken word into its constituent phonemes in which order they are heard in a word
Phoneme blending
Taking given phonemes and combining them to make a word. The opposite of phoneme segmentation.
Decode
to take written words and translate them into phonemes.
Encode
to translate spoken language into written symbols opposite of decode.
Consonant Digraph
Two consonants together that represent a phoneme
Consonant Blend
A sequence of two or three consonants, each which is heard
Vowel Digraph
Two letters together that represent one vowel sound
Onset
consonant sounds before the vowel sound in a syllable
Rime
the vowel sound any others that follow it in a syllable
Diphthong
The vowel Sound of any unaccented syllable in English. An example is about.
Homonyms
Words that sound alike, share the same spelling but have different meanings.
