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Three | Layers | of | the | English | Language | - | Correct | answer | ✔Anglo-Saxon, | Latin, | and | Greek Percentage | of | English | Language | that | is | Anglo-Saxon | - | Correct | answer | ✔20- 25% Percentage | of | the | English | Language | that | is | Latin | - | Correct | answer | ✔60% Percentage | of | the | English | Language | that | is | Greek | - | Correct | answer | ✔10-12% Characteristics | of | Anglo-Saxon | words | - | Correct | answer | ✔Short, | common, | every | day, | down | to | earth; | many | have | non-phonetic | spellings Examples | of | Anglo-Saxon | words | - | Correct | answer | ✔Number | names, | names | of | farm | animals Anglo-saxon | - | Correct | answer | ✔words | that | begin | with | wr, | kn, | and | wr Latin | words | - | Correct | answer | ✔technical | and | sophisticated | words
Latin | words | - | Correct | answer | ✔Schwa | sounds | are | often | found | in | these | words Latin | words | - | Correct | answer | ✔Examples: | audience, | contradict, | disruptive, | retract, | survival Greek | words | - | Correct | answer | ✔specialized | words | for | science Greek | words | - | Correct | answer | ✔combining | forms Greek | words | - | Correct | answer | ✔examples: | atmosphere, | chromosome, | thermometer Number | of | syllable | types | - | Correct | answer | ✔six 4 | characteristics | of | a | letter | - | Correct | answer | ✔name, | shape, | sound, | feel This | is | the | only | stable | characteristic | of | a | letter | - | Correct | answer | ✔name Identifiers | to | determining | reading/spelling | situations | - | Correct | answer | ✔ASAP: | Accent, | syllable, | adjacent | letters, | position Letters | in | English | - | Correct | answer | ✔ 26
Four | components | of | phonological | process | - | Correct | answer | ✔Verbal | short | term | memory, | rapid | serial | naming, | articulation | speed, | and | phonological | awareness Phonological | Awareness | - | Correct | answer | ✔word | awareness, | syllable | awareness, | and | phonemic | awareness Phonemic | Awareness | includes... | - | Correct | answer | ✔sensitivity | to | rhyme, | matching | alliteration | and | rhyme, | partial | phoneme | segmentation, | and | phoneme | manipulation accent | - | Correct | answer | ✔stress | or | emphasis | on | one | syllable | in | a | word | or | on | one | or | more | words | in | a | phrase | or | sentence affix | - | Correct | answer | ✔a | letter | or | group | of | letters | added | to | the | beginning | or | end | of | a | word | to | change | its | form | or | usage analytic | phonics | - | Correct | answer | ✔separates | the | whole | word | into | its | constituent | parts | so | students | can | deduce | the | phonic | relationships | of | the | separate | orthographic | patterns autamoticity | - | Correct | answer | ✔the | ability | to | respond | or | react | without | attention | or | conscious | effort. base | word | - | Correct | answer | ✔the | simplest | form | of | an | English | word
blend | - | Correct | answer | ✔two | or | more | adjacent | consonants | whose | sounds | flow | smoothly | together breve | - | Correct | answer | ✔a | curved | diacritical | mark | above | a | vowel | in | a | sound | picture | or | phonic/dictionary | symbol | notation | that | indicates | a | short | vowel | sound | in | a | closed | syllable Comprehension | - | Correct | answer | ✔Making | sense | of | what | we | read comprehension | depends | on... | - | Correct | answer | ✔good | word | recognition, | fluency, | vocabulary, | worldly | knowledge, | language | ability consonant | - | Correct | answer | ✔one | of | a | class | of | speech | sounds | in | which | sound | moving | through | the | vocal | tract | is | constricted | or | obstructed | by | the | lips, | tongue, | or | teeth | during | articulation derivative | - | Correct | answer | ✔a | word | made | from | a | base | word | by | adding | one | or | more | affixes digraph | - | Correct | answer | ✔Two | adjacent | consonants | or | two | adjacent | vowels | in | the | same | syllable | representing | a | single | speech | sound. diphthong | - | Correct | answer | ✔Two | adjacent | vowels | in | the | same | syllable | whose | sounds | blend | together | with | a | slide | or | shift | during | the | production | of | the | syllable
orthography | - | Correct | answer | ✔correct | or | standardized | spelling | according | to | established | usage phoneme | - | Correct | answer | ✔an | individual | sound | unit | in | spoken | words phoneme | - | Correct | answer | ✔the | smallest | unit | of | speech | that | makes | one | word | distinguishable | from | another | in | a | phonetic | language | such | as | English Phonemic | Awareness | - | Correct | answer | ✔Awareness | of | the | smallest | units | of | sound | in | the | speech | stream | and | the | ability | to | isolate | or | manipulate | the | individual | sounds | in | words Prefix | - | Correct | answer | ✔an | affix | attached | to | the | beginning | of | a | word | that | changes | the | meaning | of | that | word prosody | - | Correct | answer | ✔features | of | spoken | language, | such | as | intonation | and | stress | that | fluent | readers | use | for | appropriate | phrasing | into | meaningful | units intonation | and | stress | are | two | features | of.... | - | Correct | answer | ✔prosody schwa | - | Correct | answer | ✔an | unaccented | vowel | whose | pronunciation | approximates | the | short | /u/ | sound
Semantics | - | Correct | answer | ✔the | meanings | of | words | and | the | relationships | among | words | as | they | are | used | to | represent | knowledge | of | the | world suffix | - | Correct | answer | ✔a | morpheme | added | at | the | end | of | a | word | to | form | a | derivative syllable | - | Correct | answer | ✔a | spoken | or | written | unit | that | must | have | a | vowel | sound | and | that | may | include | consonants | that | precede | or | follow | that | vowel | sound syllables | are... | - | Correct | answer | ✔units | of | sound | made | by | one | impulse | of | the | voice syntax | - | Correct | answer | ✔the | system | by | which | words | may | be | ordered | in | phrases | and | sentences; | sentence | structure | and | grammar synthetic | phonics | - | Correct | answer | ✔starts | with | individual | letter | sounds | that | are | blended | together | to | form | a | word VAKT | - | Correct | answer | ✔visual, | auditory, | kinesthetic, | tactile kinesthestic | - | Correct | answer | ✔bodily | movements | and | tensions tactile | - | Correct | answer | ✔sense | of | touch
Construction | and | reconstruction | - | Correct | answer | ✔Age | 18+: | forms | knowledge | from | reading | on | a | higher | level | of | abstraction, | able | to | construct | own | viewpoint | of | what | they | read | and | critically | analyze | the | viewpoints | of | others Who's | going | to | pass | their | ALTA | exam | - | Correct | answer | ✔We | are! Who's | going | to | be | heroes | to | dyslexic | kids? | - | Correct | answer | ✔We | are! Who's | going | to | make | the | world | better | (even | if | it's | just | one | kid | at | a | time)? | - | Correct | answer | ✔We | are! curriculum | based | measure | (CBM) | - | Correct | answer | ✔tests | that | are | designed | and | constructed | using | classroom | materials | in | the | hope | of | measuring | what | has | actually | been | taught criterion-referenced | test | - | Correct | answer | ✔an | evaluation | in | which | a | student's | performance | is | compared | to | a | set-criterion | instead | of | to | other | students benchmark | - | Correct | answer | ✔level | of | proficiency | desired | in | order | to | proceed | to | the | next | level | of | instruction bound | morpheme | - | Correct | answer | ✔a | morpheme | that | cannot | stand | alone
double | deficit | - | Correct | answer | ✔an | impairment | of | both | phonological | awareness | and | rapid | naming free | morpheme | - | Correct | answer | ✔a | morpheme | that | can | stand | alone | as | a | word informal | assessment | - | Correct | answer | ✔assessment | that | does | not | involve | the | use | of | norm-referenced | instruments informal | reading | inventory | (IFI) | - | Correct | answer | ✔a | method | of | assessing | reading | that | may | be | designed | by | teachers | using | classroom | materials | or | purchased | from | publishers. | May | or | may | not | provide | evidence | of | validity | and | reliability. linquistics | - | Correct | answer | ✔the | scientific | study | of | language literacy | - | Correct | answer | ✔skill | in | reading | and | writing | that | permits | individuals | to | communicate | and | learn norm-referenced | tests | - | Correct | answer | ✔Standardized | assessments | intended | to | compare | a | student's | performance | with | the | performance | of | others phonological | awareness | - | Correct | answer | ✔conscious | understanding | and | knowledge | that | language | is | made | up | of | sounds
