Study Guide Flashcards
What is phonology?
the sound system of a language
What is phonological awareness?
- breaking speech into smaller units–words, syllables, sounds
- can exist without print
- phonological awareness is oral language
- rhyming, syllables, blending phonemes, segmenting phonemes
What is phonological processing?
using phonological information to process oral & written language
What is phonological representation?
stored knowledge about what a word sounds like and how to discriminate it from similar sounding words
What are phonological processing difficulties?
problems with phonological input (auditory processing) lexical representation, and/or phonological output speech
What are phonological deviations?
broad simplifications (e.g., stopping, cluster reduction) that adversely affect intelligibility
What is metaphonology?
emphasizes the explicit nature
What is phonemic awareness?
sounds–not the same as phonics
what is phonics?
decoding or spelling, phonetic recoding
Check the “simple view of reading” table
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If language comprehension is good and word recognition is poor, what is this?
dyslexia
if language comprehension is poor and word recognition is poor, what is this?
Mixed decoding/comprehension deficits
If language comprehension is good and word recognition is good, what is this?
typical reading or nonspecified
If Language Comprehension is poor and word recognition is good what is this?
specific comprehension deficit
What are Owen’s 4 areas of deficit that he thinks contributes to reading problems?
deficits in:
- phonological awareness
- orthographic awareness
- morphological awareness
- comprehension
What are the 4 processors in Adam’s Simple model of reading?
- orthographic
- phonological
- meaning
- context
For Adam’s simple model of reading, describe the orthographic processor
visual input from page
For Adam’s simple model of reading, describe the Phonological processor
Auditory images of words, syllables, and phonemes
For Adam’s simple model of reading, describe the Meaning processor
stores word meanings
For Adam’s simple model of reading, describe the context processor
constructs interpretation
What are the “key components” of reading instruction.. in other words.. what is successful reading fluency and text comprehension dependent on?
- phonemic awareness
- phonics instruction
- vocabulary and language development
- memory
In terms of successful reading fluency and text comprehension, describe the memory piece a little bit
(not sure if we need to memorize this one… just read it)
−Working memory is a workspace where information is juggled
−Working memory: interconnected systems in different parts of the brain
−Systems of working memory:
•Short term memory involves different parts of the brain
•Verbal stimulation in the left hemisphere
•Visual-spatial stimulation in the right hemisphere
•Central executive function
oVisuospatial sketchpad – Verbal phonological loop
*Paths exist between visuospatial sketchpad to central executive function and between verbal phonological loop to central executive function
•Working memory is like a computers RAM—it disappears
•Our job…
oPinpoint how to increase phonological storage
oStimulate visual sketchpad
oIncrease efficiency of central executive functioning
What is the old view of dyslexia?
that it’s visually based
What is the new view of dyslexia?
- most often has a language base, specifically in one system of language: phonology
- phonological core deficits
- reading problems may stem from underlying difficulties with phonological awareness and/or rapid serial naming abilities
How would you compare children with dyslexia to their TD peers in terms of listening comprehension?
-at or above grade level
if someone else reads the passage to them, they understand it