Competency 6: Knowledge of oral and written language acquisition and beginning reading.

Question 1

Phonemes

Answer 1

smallest units of sounds in words

Question 2

Morphology

Answer 2

study of word structure and the meaning of the word.

Question 3

morphemes

Answer 3

smallest units of meaning in a word, prefixes, suffixes, and roots.

Question 4

Syllables

Answer 4

are units of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word.

Question 5

Onsets

Answer 5

beginning consonant and consonant cluster.

Question 6

Rimes

Answer 6

are the vowel and consonants that follow the onset.

Question 7

how to teach morphology

Answer 7

use compound words, and prefixes suffixes, and roots.

Question 8

segmentation

Answer 8

breaking a word apart, this can be done by breaking compound words into two parts segmenting by onset and time, segmenting by syllables, or breaking the word into individual phenomes.

Question 9

isolation

Answer 9

separate word parts

Question 10

deletion

Answer 10

omitting a sound in a word or when students take words apart, remove one sound, and pronounce the word without the removed sound. Usually practiced orally.

Question 11

Stages of second language acquisition: Pre-production

Answer 11

the learner watches and listens in an attempt to absorb the language, aka the silent stage.

Question 12

Stages of second language acquisition: early production

Answer 12

the learner starts to use some words but has not yet mastered forming sentences. Using pictures is helpful.

Question 13

Stages of second language acquisition: speech emergence

Answer 13

the learner uses simple sentences that may or may not be correct. He or she begins to understand simple phrases in this stage.

Question 14

Stages of second language acquisition: intermediate fluency

Answer 14

the learner has a much better grasp on the language as he/she begins to comprehend information taught in the second language and speaks in longer sentences.

Question 15

Stages of second language acquisition: advanced fluency

Answer 15

the learner can speak and understand the new language with little to no support. this is when students demonstrate cognitive language proficiency to go beyond the basics and think/respond critically.