SPRING Literacy Development Flashcards
Define a Semantic Prime
Innately understood words that are learnt via practice
cannot be defines any better than the word that already describes the concept
ie smaller/lighter
Define a Rhyme
corresponsing sounds that are shared by words
Define a Rime
corresponding words that share word endings
Define a Spelling Rhyme
Corresponding sounds despite alternative spellings ie fighter/mitre
Define a Visual Prime
Similar spellings of words but innately nderstood to differ in meaning and sound
ie Metre/mitre
Define Same vowel Words
Words that are different in their spelling and meaning but create similar sounds
ie metre/sweet both produce ‘ee’
Define Words with Different vowels
Subtle changes in the vowels of similar words alters the words pronunciation and meaning
ie. Sweet/Sweat
Define an Anagram
Use of the same letters that can be reordered to form a new word with different sounds and meaning
Define a Psuedoword
not all words are wrds
can use same primary words as real words but hold no meaning
What is reading? (Basic linear development)
1 - recognise language as represented as symbols
2 - map symbols to sounds
3- put symbols together to identify words
4- read for meaning
When do we learn to read
learnt internally around 3 but formally around 4-5
What is lexical encoding
ability to see and read a word in context
what is lexical recoding
single word reading
Gough and Turner 1986
Simple view of reading (SVR)
Describe the simple view of reading (Gough and turner, 1986)
Reading is dependent on ability to decode and ability to comprehend words
discrepency/dissociation between these words determines ability to read
Good reader in Gough and Turner (1986) simple view of reading
good at decoding and comprehension of words
Non readers in Gough and Turner (1986) simple view of reading
poor decoding and poor comprehension
Poor comprehension in Gough and Turner (1986) simple view of reading
good at decoding but poor comprehension of words
Dyslexia in Gough and Turner (1986) simple view of reading
poor at decoding but good comprehension of words
Describe the multiplicative model of SVR
reading comprehension is determined by listening comprehension x decoding
ie a student who has virtually no decoding skill will be a
non-reader. Similarly, a student who has no language comprehension skill will also be a non-reader 0x…=0
Both comprehension and decoding are necessary for reading and neither are sufficient on their own
describe the additive model of SVR
Reading comprehension is determined by listening comprehension + decoding
ie can have one and not the other, but overall still poor reading performance
Describe lee and whelda (2009) model of SVR
Not a static model
with age as need for decoding skills decreases, need for comprehension of the words increases (need for meaning > basic reading of words and letters
Limits of svr
oversimplifies reading
explains what is important in reading but not how factors change
Oversimplification of reading limitation of SVR
doesnt account for reading of complex words
ie irregular words that do not follow regular constructs, and are inconsistent in spelling or pronounciation (transparency of words) , or grain size
Define transparency of words
relative ability of language to be pronounced in the way it is spelt
ie turkish transparent but English opaque (harder)
define grain size of words
how many letters/how much of a word must be accessed in order to obtain correct pronunciation and meaning
How have dual route models been established
through investigations into adult acquired dyslexia
- problems with some words and not others
most dominant explanation