Language - reading, acquisition, disorders

Question 1

dual route model: divided into what routes?

Answer 1

sub lexical and lexical

Question 2

sublexica route purpose

Answer 2

reading non words (eg: keer)

Question 3

lexical route purpose

Answer 3

reading irregular words (eg: idea)

Question 4

sublexical steps:

Answer 4

1. recognise letters
2. Group into graphemes
3. grapheme–>sound
   merge sound into a large unit

Question 5

lexical route steps:

Answer 5

1. recognise letters
2. match to WHOLE word in lexicon
3. direct link from whole word whole sound

Question 6

plaut (1997) what did he do/find and what this shows. (SINGLE ROUTE MODEL SUPPORT)

Answer 6

d) made a computer program to learn patterns of language. f): computer learnt how to talk through patterns. s) suggests that humans could have learnt in a similar way.

Question 7

phonology

Answer 7

sound patterns in language (basically)

Question 8

semantics

Answer 8

meaning of words and phrases

Question 9

grammar

Answer 9

rules for arranging words in sentences

Question 10

No. words known by teen (bloom, 2000)

Answer 10

60k-80k

Question 11

what age are first words spoken?

Answer 11

1 y/o

Question 12

average number of words learned per day for a young child?

Answer 12

10

Question 13

fast mapping

Answer 13

ability to learn a new word with limited exposure

Question 14

phonological awareness:

Answer 14

conscious knowledge that words are made of distinct sounds

Question 15

what does phonics help?

Answer 15

helps letter sound correspondences and people at risk of dyslexia (savavge et al 1997)

Question 16

acquires dyslexia

Answer 16

dyslexia caused by trauma to brain (eg stroke)

Question 17

phonolgoical dyslexia

Answer 17

difficulty processing and converting words to sounds.

Question 18

surface dyslexia

Answer 18

difficulty recognising words as a whole

Question 19

speech and language comprension are an example of _____ dissociation

Answer 19

“double”

Question 20

double dissociation

Answer 20

mental processes shown to function independently

Question 21

developmentla dyslexia

Answer 21

deficit in learning to read (poor phonological awareness associated with this)

Question 22

what is poor phonological awareness often associated with?

Answer 22

developmental dyslexia

Question 23

visual deficit (related to reading)

Answer 23

difficulty analysing letters in order

Question 24

Memory deficit (related to reading)

Answer 24

difficulty holding sounds in memory