M12 Reading

Question 1

speech is specifically designed for communication and serves no other purpose. Speech is a specialized human function

Answer 1

Specialization

Question 2

humans are biologically and genetically pre-wired to speak and develop language. While environment may impact the quality, rate, and quantity of language learned, almost no event or situation is powerful enough to stop the acquisition of speech and language.

Answer 2

Traditional transmission

Question 3

the combination and interaction between the environment, a person’s innate cognitive abilities along with their desire to interact socially, produce language

Answer 3

Learnability

Question 4

distancing

Answer 4

cognitive development that represents how learning based on sensory experiences allows an individual to understand representations of real objects through words/images/letters

Question 5

4 Aspects of phonological awareness

Answer 5

word awareness,
rhyming & alliteration
syllable awareness and phonemic awareness

Question 6

3 design features of language

Answer 6

specialization
traditional transmission
learnability

Question 7

the most relevant factor to a child’s success in reading & written language is

Answer 7

the home environment

read to early and often

Question 8

2 prerequisites to reading

Answer 8

• read to early and often

- children learn finger plays rhymes and songs to play with language

Question 9

syllabication 3 rules

Answer 9

1. every syllable has one vowel sound
2. the number of audible vowel sounds in a word is the same as the number of syllables
3. a one-syllable word is never split

Question 10

syllabication is

Answer 10

separating words in to syllables or ‘beats’

Question 11

rhyming 3 stages

Answer 11

1. rhyme is presented to the child often so they can easily repeat what they hear
2. a child will identify two words that rhyme
3. given a word, child can give another word that rhymes

Question 12

when words in a sentence all start with the same sound

Answer 12

alliteration

Question 13

What is Phonemic awareness?

Answer 13

the ability to hear, identify and manipulate the smallest units of sounds that make up words

Question 14

___ had the child mastering movement and the beginning of language acquisition

Answer 14

sensori-motor period (-2)

Question 15

__ is when there is the greatest language burst of language growth (they also learn to read)

Answer 15

pre-operational stage (2-7)

Question 16

what are some examples of acqusition?

Answer 16

Phoneme isolation - say /p/, feel the air pop
Phoneme identification - finds all the words that start with /k/ (cat, kite, can)
Finds all the word that end with /b/ (tub, cab, rib)
Phoneme blending- /d/ /o/ /g/ = dog

Phoneme segmentation - block has 4 phonemes

Phoneme deletion - say smile without /s/ = ‘mile’