Unit 1 Session 2 Flashcards
If a student is learning two languages simultaneously, as in bilingual households, the brain establishes a separate neural system for each language.
Listening Comprehension may exceed reading comprehension, but the reverse is not true. One cannot understand by reading what one cannot understand by listening.
No matter how strong a child’s oral language development is that child must mater a whole new language concept and skills in order to read and write.
Which statement best describes the relative importance of oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension as factors in reading comprehension?
As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than oral reading fluency.
Which of these is an example of morphology?
We know the words unique, uniform, united, and universe all contain the root uni, meaning “one.”
Which is a characteristic of discourse in SPOKEN language? (not written because it’s opposite)
It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized.
How does the language system of pragmatics help us to understand why written language is more structured than spoken language?
Social context and nonverbal gestures help the listener understand spoken language, so there is less need for it to be highly structured.
What adds to the challenge of becoming literate? Select all that apply.
All meaning resides in the written words alone; there is no additional physical context or gestures, facial expressions, etc., to support meaning.
Reading and writing require learning new forms of language, such as changes to sentence structure, discourse, and presentation of vocabulary and semantics.
