FTCE Exceptional Student Education K-12 (Competenc
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,1. Receptive Language: Refers to the ability to understand language. (Ability to understand
speech, written text, and/or the elements of a sign language).
2. Expressive Language: Refers to the ability to express oneself using language. (Ability to speak,
write, and/or sign).
3. Phonology: Refers to speech sounds.
4. Phoneme: Each phoneme in s language consists of a distinct sound used to distinguish
spoken words in the language. The English language contains 45 phonemes.
5. Semantic: Refers to the MEANING of parts of words, words, sentences, and larger units.
Vocabulary acquisition is an important part of semantic development, involving changes in both
expressive and receptive language.
6. Grammar: Refers to rules that govern the structure of language. Grammar can be further
divided into 2 systems of rules, syntax and morphology.
7. Syntax: Pertains to rules governing the placement of words in phrases, clauses, and sentences.
(Example: "Steve here is now" should be "Steve is here now").
8. Morphology: Refers to rules governing the use of MORPHEMES, the smallest parts of words
that contribute to meaning. In English, for example, the verb, "learn" takes on somewhat different
meanings depending on whether we refer to someone as "relearning," "unlearning," "learning," or
, "having learned," because the prefixes "re-" and "un-" and the suffixes "-ing" and "-ed" each
modify the basic meaning of
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5)
,1. Receptive Language: Refers to the ability to understand language. (Ability to understand
speech, written text, and/or the elements of a sign language).
2. Expressive Language: Refers to the ability to express oneself using language. (Ability to speak,
write, and/or sign).
3. Phonology: Refers to speech sounds.
4. Phoneme: Each phoneme in s language consists of a distinct sound used to distinguish
spoken words in the language. The English language contains 45 phonemes.
5. Semantic: Refers to the MEANING of parts of words, words, sentences, and larger units.
Vocabulary acquisition is an important part of semantic development, involving changes in both
expressive and receptive language.
6. Grammar: Refers to rules that govern the structure of language. Grammar can be further
divided into 2 systems of rules, syntax and morphology.
7. Syntax: Pertains to rules governing the placement of words in phrases, clauses, and sentences.
(Example: "Steve here is now" should be "Steve is here now").
8. Morphology: Refers to rules governing the use of MORPHEMES, the smallest parts of words
that contribute to meaning. In English, for example, the verb, "learn" takes on somewhat different
meanings depending on whether we refer to someone as "relearning," "unlearning," "learning," or
, "having learned," because the prefixes "re-" and "un-" and the suffixes "-ing" and "-ed" each
modify the basic meaning of
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