tic 2: learning to read

Question 1

define phonology

Answer 1

the sounds of language

Question 2

define orthography

Answer 2

the spelling of language

Question 3

define grapheme

Answer 3

symbolic representation of a phoneme

Question 4

define orthographic regularity

Answer 4

the realtionship between sounds and spelling

Question 5

what are the three phrases in Frith’s theory of children learning how to read (1985)

Answer 5

logographic, alpabetic and orthographic

Question 6

what is involved in the logographic phase

Answer 6

recognising whole words

Question 7

what is involved in the alphabetic plase

Answer 7

recognising individual letters

Question 8

orthographic plase

Answer 8

recognising groups of letters

Question 9

using flashcards encourages ____ learning

Answer 9

logographic

Question 10

using phonics encourages ____ learning

Answer 10

alphabetic

Question 11

define lexicon

Answer 11

a database of words

Question 12

define phonological awareness

Answer 12

the analysis of spoken language

Question 13

define syllabic awareness

Answer 13

knowledge of syllables

Question 14

define phonemic awareness

Answer 14

ability to detect and manipulate phonemes

Question 15

what does the dual route cascaded model assert? (Coltheart, 2001)

Answer 15

that reading words and non-words take different routes (lexical vs. non-lexical)

Question 16

what does the non-lexical route involve? (Coltheart, 2001)

Answer 16

converting graphemes to phonemes

Question 17

what does the lexical route involve? (Coltheart, 2001)

Answer 17

activation of words from lexicon, then meaning, then sound

Question 18

what does the triangle model suggest? (Pault et al. & Harm & Seidenburg, 2003)

Answer 18

sound-spelling correspondences are processed together