Praxis 5031, Language Arts Flashcards
To Prepare for the PRAXIS 5031: Elementary Education, Multiple Subjects Test (Language Arts Portion)
What is Phonemic Awareness?
Hearing individual sounds in SPOKEN words
Children’s understanding of what they read is deepeded and cemented when they can __________ about it.
write
Encoding words into print is also known as…
Spelling
Name the 7 Characteristics of a Highly Effective Reading Teacher
- Understand how children learn oral language and how children learn to read.
- Are excellent classroom managers.
- Begin reading instruction by first assessing what students already know and can do.
- Know how to adapt instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners.
- Teach the essential components of reading using evidence-based instructional practices.
- Model and encourage reading and writing applications throughout the day.
- Partner with other teachers, parents, and community members to ensure children’s learning.
Expressive Language
Requires the sender of a message to encode or to put his or her thoughts into symbolic systems (verbal and visual) of the language.
Receptive Language
Requires the receiver of a message to decode or unlock the code of the language symbols systems used by the sender in order to construct meaning.
Alphabetic Language (orthographic system)
a language in which the sounds of spoken or oral language and the symbols or print found in written language relate to one another in more or less predictable ways. i.e. “buh = /b/ (symbols represent sounds)
Logographic system
represents entire concepts or events (phrases) with pictures.
Structure of Language #1
Phonology
Refers to the study of the sound structures of oral language and includes both understanding and producting speech.
Structure of Language #2
Orthography
refers to patterns linking letters (graphemes) to sounds (phonemes) in spoken language to produce conventional word spellings.
graphemes
Printed or visual symbol that represents a phoneme. (Letters)
phonemes
sounds
Structure of Language #3
Morphology
refers to the study of word structure
Structure of Language #4
Syntax
refers to the rule system of ow words are combined into larger language structures, especially sentences. i.e. grammar
Structure of Language #5
Semantics
Connecting ones background experiences , knowledge, interests, attitudes, and perspectives with spoken or written language to comprehend the meaning of that language.
Structure of Language #6
Etymology
The study of how word meanings and language meanings change over time in popular culture.
Structure of Language #7
Pragmatics
the study of how language is used by people in societies to satisfy their need to communicate.
Behaviorists
Believe that oral language is learned through conditioning and shaping, processes that involve a stimulus and a reward and punishment.
Innatists
Believe that language learning is natural or “in-born” for human beings. (Major Figure: Chompsky)
Constructivists
Believe that language development is built over time and linked to overall thinking ability or cognitive development. (Major Figure: Piaget)
Social Interactionists
Assume that oral language development is greatly influenced by physical, social, and linguistic factors found in the child’s immediate environment. (Major Figure: Vygotsky; Zone of Proximal Development)
Factors of Good Classroom Management
- Allocate classroom space for multiple uses.
- Supply and arrange classroom materials.
- Clearly communicate classroom expectations and rules within a positive classroom climate.
- Employ effective instructional practices.
- Effectively train students in classroom routines and procedures.
- Establish and predictable and familiar daily classroom schedule.
Types of Assessments
- screening
- progress monitoring
- diagnosis
- outcome
Differentiated Instruction
instruction that is responsive to the specific needs of every child based on ongoing assessment findings.
Curriculum essentials of evidence based instruction
- oral language development
- concepts of prinnted language
- Letter name knowledge and production
- sight word recognition
- phonemic awareness
- phonics
- fluency
- vocabulary
- comprehension
- writing/spelling
5 Pillars of evidence based Instruction
- Teacher Knowledge
- Classroom Assessment (before, during and after instruction)
- Effective Practice
- Differentiated Instruction for Diverse student needs.
- Family/Community Connections
* 80% of what students learn is done outside of school.
Effective Teachers DO:
a) Use highly motivating and effective teaching strategies.
b) Build strong affective relationships with their students.
c) Create a feeling of excitement about what they are teaching.
d) Adjust instruction to meet the individual needs of students.
e) Create rich classroom environments to support teaching.
f) Have strong organization and management skills.
Oral Language
spoken form of communication Foundation to all literacy learning
Phonology; 2 features
Sounds in speech
- Prosodic Features
- Articulatory Features
Prosodic Features
“Speaking with Expression”
- Intonation- how a voice rises or falls
- Stress- speech intensity (loudness or softness)
- Juncture- time between words
Articulatory Features
Individual Speech sounds, syllables, and words:
- rime- the vowel sound and every other sound that follows the vowel sound in a spoken word.
- onset- all sounds in a spoken syllable that come before the vowel sound.
- phoneme- smallest unit of sound in a spoken word. (wake= /w/ /a/ /k/)
- Phonemic Awareness- student’s knowledge of phonemes.
Orthography, simple definition
Connecting letters and sounds
Is the English grapheme-phoneme relationship more or less predictable than other langauges?
Less predictable. English breaks it’s own rules, so its more unpredictable and harder for second language learners to learn.
alphabetic principle
knowing tht speech sounds and letters link to one another.
phonics
when students are able to grasp the relationships between letters and sounds.
grapheme-phoneme correspondence
spoken sounds represented by letters
Morphology “The building blocks of meaning in words”
refers to the study of word structures that create meaning.
morpheme
smallest unit of meaning
free morpheme
a word that stands alone and has meaning. ex. “ball”
bound morpheme
meaningful unit of language that must be connected to another morpheme (affixes- “bio” or “ed”)
inflected morphemes
words with an added suffix or meaningful word ending. (ed, s, ing, est)
Derivational morphemes
adding a letter to or changing letters within a word to change the part of speech they refer to. (Rust to Rusty, noun to adj.)
Compound morphemes
compound words
Syntax and Grammar (simple definition)
“The Rule Book of Grammar”
grammar
rule system for describing the structure or organization of a language.
Semantics (simple definition)
Connecting Past Experiences to Reading
Schema Theory
connecting new learning with previously known information or concepts. (schemata=plural)
Pragmatics (simple definition) 3 kinds
Using langauge to get what we need.
- ideational
- interpersonal
- textual
dialect
speech variations (vary i different regions or ethnic groups)
Piaget’s Cognitive Stages (Constructivist View)
- 0-2 years: Preverbal (sensorimotor)
- 2-7 years: Vocabulary and true language (pre-operational)
- 7-11 years: Logical and Socialized Speech (concrete operational)
- 11+ years: Abstract reasoning and symbolism (formal operations)
Preverbal Stage Behavior
crying or babbling moving to imitation and repetition of phonemes (usually consonants)
Preoperational Stage Behavior (Egocentric)
identify things with one word phrases called “holophrases” to communicate a complex set of needs or ideas. Use Telegraphic speech
Holophrases
one word phrases to convey meaning
telegraphic speech
two word sentences
Concrete Operational Behavior
Begin to use symbolic langauge to express concepts (freedom, bravery)
Formal Operations Behavior
Can express abstract ideas.
Vygotsky
A Social Interactionist, believed that deelopment was influenced by physical, social and linguistic factors. (Nuture)
Zone of Proximal Development
The difference between what a child can do alone and what a child can do in collaboration with others. (Hinged on a “expert/learner” interaction)
Piaget
Constructivist, believed that learning came in Cognitive stages that were essentially uniform in all children’s development. (Nature)
3 steps to Internalize Language
- Modeling a skill
- Guided practice
- Independent practice