Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
repeated readings - ANSWER- method to increase fluency
sound/symbol correspondence - ANSWER- matching the sound a letter
makes to its orthographic representation of that sound /t/ = T
invented spelling - ANSWER- temporary; encouraged in young students
to develop sound/symbol knowledge
instant/rapid word recognition - ANSWER- automaticity in word
recognition; permits energy to be focus don comprehension
screening - ANSWER- gives info about a student's knowledge and skill
semantics - ANSWER- aspect of language concerned with meaning.
sibilant - ANSWER- hissing sound ( s, x, z, etc)
Isabelle Lieberman - ANSWER- deficits are from phonological
processing or awareness
Keith Stanovich - ANSWER- 1986 Matthew Effect; deficit in phon.
processing NOT visual processing 1991; phonological core deficit
Top -Down Approach - ANSWER- whole language; processing of text
begins in the mind of readers - meaning brought to print not DERIVED
from print
Bottom-Up Approach - ANSWER- proceeds from part to whole; reading
driven by text; Flesh, Gough, La Berge, Samuels
Flesh, Gough, La Berge, Samuels - ANSWER- names associated with
Bottom-up approach method
, analytic phonics - ANSWER- present the whole and teaches how to
break down
automaticity - ANSWER- ability to respond or react without conscious
effort; reading without difficulty decoding
syllable - ANSWER- must have vowel sound; unit of sound made by
one impulse of voice
strephosymbolia - ANSWER- Orton's Term; "twisted symbol"
structural analysis - ANSWER- the strategy of looking for affixes,
syllables etc. to decode a word
summative evaluation - ANSWER- given at end of unit, semester, year
apraxia - ANSWER- prevents complex muscle movements, caused by
brain damage ( inability to speak clearly)
auditory memory - ANSWER- the ability to remember SOUNDS in
sequence - affects spelling, ability to follow oral directions.
circumflex - ANSWER- code mark over vowels to indicated unusual
pronunciation ^
decoding - ANSWER- applying knowledge of letter-sound relationships
in order to sound out a word
derivational ending/suffix - ANSWER- morpheme added to end of base
word to change meaning or part of speech (-s, -ness)
diacritical marking - ANSWER- marks that indicate how a sound is
produced; like in a dictionary
dieresis - ANSWER- 2 dots over A to indicate short O sound ( father,