Reading and Text Comprehension (EXAM 3) Flashcards

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Saccades

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Short movements our eyes make from one point to another (info not extracted during saccades)

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Perceptual Span

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How much your eyes can cover during a fixation. Extending 3-4 letters to the left of fixation. Up to 15 letters to the right (for left-to-right language)

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Fixation Time

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Time spent reading a word
Used as a measure of processing

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What influences fixation time?

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Frequency, Predictability, Length, Familiarity

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Spillover Effect

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Fixation time on a word is longer when it is preceded by a rare word

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Regression

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Backwards eye movement - Used to clarify confusion

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Skipping

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No fixation made

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Dyslexia

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Difficulty with reading + writing
Due to difficulty mapping orthography to phonemes (leads to trouble spelling + reading)

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Parsing

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Breaking a sentence down into different grammatical phrases
Occurs while you’re setnece down into different grammatical don’t wait until the end

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10
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Garden Path Sentences

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Those that initially lead you astrary

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Garden Path approach

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You choose the simplest phrase strucutre that will accommodate the words heard so far

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Language Rules: Describe vs. Prescriptive

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Describe rules: Rules that correspond to how a language is normally used
Prescriptive Rules: Rules for how a language OUGHT to be used (proper grammar)

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13
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Whole-word approach

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Rote learning of words
Eventually learn to recognize upon a quick glance

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Phonics

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Sounding out words by noting their corresponding between the component letters and their sounds (cap -> /K/+/A/+/P/ )

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Whole-langauge approach

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Readers are encouraged to guess at new or unfamiliar words by using illustrations, context, and storyline

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