Encoding and decoding wk 1

Question 1

What does Decoding mean and what are some examples?

Answer 1

Decoding: extracting meaning from ‘text’.

Reading, viewing, listening

Question 2

What does Encoding mean and what are some examples?

Answer 2

Encoding: creating meaning through text.

Writing, creating, talking

Question 3

What is decoding/encoding?

Answer 3

The application of knowledge about & skills with letters, letter sounds & patterns to read and write.

Question 4

What is the language of the dominant culture in Australia?

Answer 4

Standard Australian English

Question 5

When is decoding/ encoding developed?

Answer 5

• When children develop language knowledge about letters, letter sounds and patterns.
• When there are opportunities to apply these in a range of situations.
• When they learn about them in the context in which they are used.

Question 6

What does non standard English mean?

Answer 6

People from non english speaking backgrounds.

Question 7

What is the ‘Bottom up’ early learning theory?

Answer 7

Readers	first	identify	letters,
 then put them together to form	words, 
then phrases, 
then sentences
 and finally derive	meaning.

Question 8

What is the ‘Top down’ theory?

Answer 8

Readers only sample enough print to confirm or disconfirm the predictions they have about meaning based on prior knowledge of topic or cues such as pictures and titles.

Question 9

What are the 3 cueing systems of language?

Answer 9

• Graphophonic - symbols & phonics, print, letters.
• Semantic - using background knowledge, context clues in the text, word order, “Does it make sense?”
• Syntactic - structure, using knowledge of language patterns, “Does it sound right?”

All these combined makes meaning.

Question 10

Reading is increasingly complex, so teachers must:

Answer 10

• Develop deep knowledge about the reading/writing processes as well as their ability to engage in critique.
• Analyse and reflect on children’s skills and strategies on formal and informal assessments.

Question 11

What is a literacy session?

Answer 11

• Daily uninterrupted literacy learning time.
• A combination of modes:
  Reading/viewing,
  Writing/creating,
  Talking and listening experiences
• For a range of purposes.
• For a range of audiences.

Question 12

What is content guided by?

Answer 12

• Student’s interests, strengths & needs.

- Syllabus.

Question 13

What are the 3 literacy episodes?

Answer 13

Reading & writing
- Modelled/ shared: demonstration to whole class. Shared: actively involve learners.

• guided: engage a small group of learners.
• independent: providing opportunities for learners.

Question 14

What is a miscue?

Answer 14

Errors that a child makes in their reading (skipping words, substituting).