Alexia correct answers The loss of the ability to read, as the result of a brain injury.
Apasia correct answers Impairs the ability to speak and understand others.
Articulation correct answers The act or manner of producing sounds.
Echolalia correct answers Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and tone.
Hyperlexia correct answers The superior ability to reads words without comprehension.
Lexicon correct answers An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or written. EX:
dictionary, encyclopedia
Otitis Media correct answers Inflammation of the middle ear that can lead to temporary
conductive hearing loss or permanent hearing loss.
Receptive Language Disorder correct answers The inability to understand or comprehend
language heard or read.
Expressive Language Disorder correct answers The inability to put thoughts into words or
sentences in ways that make sense and is grammatically correct.
Phonology correct answers Smallest unit of sound. The sounds of letters. Ex: Cat=3 phonemes
(c) (a) (t).
Syntax correct answers The grammar system of language. The way words are strung together.
Ex: words and punctuation to form sentences, clauses or phrases.
, Semantics correct answers Word meaning in language. Ex: final destination = last stop
Discourse correct answers Written or spoken communication or debate. Ex: Formal writing, a
speech.
Morphology correct answers The smallest unit of language that convey meaning. Ex: Root words
Pragmatics correct answers Incapable of understanding the speakers intent (requests and tones)
Ex: Can't you turn down the T.V.? = means no; not yes.
Alphabetic Language correct answers A language in which letters are used systematically to
represent speech sounds.
Alphabetic Principle correct answers The use of letters and letter clusters to represent phonemes
in an orthography. (spelling)
Anglo Saxon correct answers 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.
Analytic Instruction correct answers Instruction that separates the whole into its parts to reveal
its relationships. (Whole to Part) (Top Down) (Concept driven)
Analytic Phonics correct answers Students hear the whole word and segment into phonemes or
sounds in order to spell. (whole to part) Ex: Pit = (p) (i) (t)
Antonyms correct answers Words that are opposite in meaning. (semantics)
Arbitrary Learning correct answers New learning that has no logical connection to already
acquired knowledge or practical relationships.