Foundations Linguistics/LangLearning Flashcards by John Cloer | Brainscape

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four stages of spelling development

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pre-phonetic
phonetic
transitional
conventional

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characteristics of pre-phonetic stage of spelling

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incomplete understanding of relationship between sounds and letters
leave out syllables in spelling
not yet acquired alphabetic principle

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characteristics of phonetic stage of spelling

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gradually uses appropriate letters for sounds
attempts (imperfectly) to represent all the sounds in a word
one letter to represent complex sounds
know how to write all letters, with occasional mistakes
limited sight vocabulary

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characteristics of transitional stage of spelling

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small sight vocabulary
solid understanding of relationship between letters and sounds
writing short sentences with no spelling mistakes

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characteristics of conventional stage of spelling

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near-perfect spelling
massive sight vocabulary
spelling errors confined to large and unusual words

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phoneme

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smallest distinguishable unit of sound that can hold meaning

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morphology

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the system by which words are constructed out of letters

- smallest meaningful unit is a morpheme

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