LETRS Unit 1 Session 1 Test Answers
phonics
study of relationships between letters and the
sounds they represent; also used as a
descriptor for code-based instruction
phonemic awareness
conscious awareness of the individual speech
sounds (consonants and vowels) in spoken
syllables and the ability to consciously
manipulate those sounds
syllable
unit of pronunciation that is organized around
a vowel; it may or may not have a consonant
after the vowel
orthography
writing system for representing language
morphophonemic
English orthography is morphophonemic,
which means that it is a deep alphabetic
writing system organized by both “sound-
symbol” correspondences and morphology
morpheme
smallest meaningful unit of language; it may
be a word or a part of a word; it may be a
single sound (plural /s/), one syllable (suffix -
ful), or multiple syllables (prefix inter-)
cognate
word in one language that shares a common
ancestor and common meanings with a word
in another language. Many Spanish words,
such as problema or digrama are cognates
that are built around the same Latin and
Greek prefixes, suffixes, or roots that English
words also employ.
, metalinguistic awareness
ability to think about and reflect on the
structure of language itself; the invention of
the alphabet was an achievement in
metalinguistic awareness.
decoding
ability to translate a word from print to speech,
usually by employing knowledge of sound-
symbol correspondences
LETRS Unit 1 Session 2 Test Answers
b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be
disorganized. Which is a characteristic of discourse
in spoken language? a. It generally
uses complete, well-formed
sentences. b. It does not use
paragraphs and tends to be
disorganized. c. It may use unusual
or topic-specific vocabulary. d. Its
sounds are coarticulated in words.
a. As children get older, verbal comprehension
becomes more important than oral reading Which statement best describes the
fluency. relative importance of oral reading
fluency and verbal comprehension as
factors in reading comprehension? a.
As children get older, verbal
comprehension becomes more
important than oral reading fluency. b.
Oral reading fluency and verbal
comprehension are equally important
throughout childhood and
adolescence. c. As children get older,
verbal comprehension matters less,
and oral reading fluency becomes
more important. d. Although oral
reading fluency and verbal
comprehension are both important, a
child with problems in
one domain can usually use the
other domain to compensate.
b. Social context and nonverbal gestures help
the listener understand spoken language, so How does the language system
there is less need for it to be highly structured. of pragmatics help us to understand
phonics
study of relationships between letters and the
sounds they represent; also used as a
descriptor for code-based instruction
phonemic awareness
conscious awareness of the individual speech
sounds (consonants and vowels) in spoken
syllables and the ability to consciously
manipulate those sounds
syllable
unit of pronunciation that is organized around
a vowel; it may or may not have a consonant
after the vowel
orthography
writing system for representing language
morphophonemic
English orthography is morphophonemic,
which means that it is a deep alphabetic
writing system organized by both “sound-
symbol” correspondences and morphology
morpheme
smallest meaningful unit of language; it may
be a word or a part of a word; it may be a
single sound (plural /s/), one syllable (suffix -
ful), or multiple syllables (prefix inter-)
cognate
word in one language that shares a common
ancestor and common meanings with a word
in another language. Many Spanish words,
such as problema or digrama are cognates
that are built around the same Latin and
Greek prefixes, suffixes, or roots that English
words also employ.
, metalinguistic awareness
ability to think about and reflect on the
structure of language itself; the invention of
the alphabet was an achievement in
metalinguistic awareness.
decoding
ability to translate a word from print to speech,
usually by employing knowledge of sound-
symbol correspondences
LETRS Unit 1 Session 2 Test Answers
b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be
disorganized. Which is a characteristic of discourse
in spoken language? a. It generally
uses complete, well-formed
sentences. b. It does not use
paragraphs and tends to be
disorganized. c. It may use unusual
or topic-specific vocabulary. d. Its
sounds are coarticulated in words.
a. As children get older, verbal comprehension
becomes more important than oral reading Which statement best describes the
fluency. relative importance of oral reading
fluency and verbal comprehension as
factors in reading comprehension? a.
As children get older, verbal
comprehension becomes more
important than oral reading fluency. b.
Oral reading fluency and verbal
comprehension are equally important
throughout childhood and
adolescence. c. As children get older,
verbal comprehension matters less,
and oral reading fluency becomes
more important. d. Although oral
reading fluency and verbal
comprehension are both important, a
child with problems in
one domain can usually use the
other domain to compensate.
b. Social context and nonverbal gestures help
the listener understand spoken language, so How does the language system
there is less need for it to be highly structured. of pragmatics help us to understand
