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1. Alexia - ANSWER The loss of the ability to read, as the result of a brain
injury.
2. Apasia - ANSWER Impairs the ability to speak and understand others.
3. Articulation - ANSWER The act or manner of producing sounds.
4. Echolalia - ANSWER Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and
tone.
5. Hyperlexia - ANSWER The superior ability to reads words without
comprehension.
6. Lexicon - ANSWER An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or
written. EX: dictionary, encyclopedia
7. Otitis Media - ANSWER Inflammation of the middle ear that can lead to
temporary conductive hearing loss or permanent hearing loss.
,8. Receptive Language Disorder - ANSWER The inability to understand or
comprehend language heard or read.
9. Expressive Language Disorder - ANSWER The inability to put thoughts
into words or sentences in ways that make sense and is grammatically
correct.
10.Phonology - ANSWER Smallest unit of sound. The sounds of letters. Ex:
Cat=3 phonemes (c) (a) (t).
11.Syntax - ANSWER The grammar system of language. The way words are
strung together. Ex: words and punctuation to form sentences, clauses or
phrases.
12.Semantics - ANSWER Word meaning in language. Ex: final destination =
last stop
13.Discourse - ANSWER Written or spoken communication or debate. Ex:
Formal writing, a speech.
14.Morphology - ANSWER The smallest unit of language that convey
meaning. Ex: Root words
,15.Pragmatics - ANSWER Incapable of understanding the speakers intent
(requests and tones) Ex: Can't you turn down the T.V.? = means no; not yes.
16.Alphabetic Language - ANSWER A language in which letters are used
systematically to represent speech sounds.
17.Alphabetic Principle - ANSWER The use of letters and letter clusters to
represent phonemes in an orthography. (spelling)
18.Anglo Saxon - ANSWER The language of the Germanic peoples (Angles,
Saxons and Jutes) who settles in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. It was
the dominant language in Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066.
19.Analytic Instruction - ANSWER Instruction that separates the whole into
its parts to reveal its relationships. (Whole to Part) (Top Down) (Concept
driven)
20.Analytic Phonics - ANSWER Students hear the whole word and segment
into phonemes or sounds in order to spell. (whole to part) Ex: Pit = (p) (i) (t)
21.Antonyms - ANSWER Words that are opposite in meaning. (semantics)
22.Arbitrary Learning - ANSWER New learning that has no logical
connection to already acquired knowledge or practical relationships.
, 23.Auditory - ANSWER relating to or experienced through hearing.
24.Visual Acuity - ANSWER Sharpness of vision, measured by the ability to
discern letters or numbers at a given distance according to a fixed standard.
EX: 20/20 vision
25.Bottom-up Process - ANSWER Theoretical view of reading as a process
that consists of accurate sequential reading of every word. Comprehension
is viewed as text driven rather than concept driven. (Part to whole) (Start
from the bottom)
26.Concept Driven Process - ANSWER Theoretical view of reading as a
process that consists of using one's experiences and expectations to react
to text. Also called top-down process. (Whole to part)
27.Cooperative Learning - ANSWER Instructional approach in which
students work together rather than compete to solve a problem or
complete a task.Ex: group work or PBL
28.Corrective Feedback - ANSWER Teacher responses during and following
practice of a skill that is sensitive to a student's level and that guides him or
her closer to mastery.
29.Cumulative - ANSWER Having a new learning that is based upon
previously learned elements. Ex: Building knowledge as we go.