Language Development, Reading, and Communication Skills

Lisa is enrolled as a sophomore in an intensive reading class. She reads through text quickly and with seemingly little difficulty, but has trouble explaining what she has read and is unable to think critically about the text. Which of the following would help Lisa?

• an audiobook
• having the teacher read aloud to Lisa
• using graphic organizers  to facilitate reading comprehension
• having Lisa read silently instead of out loud

Jason enjoyed reading all throughout elementary and middle school. When he got to high school, he seemed to simply have lost interest. Jason's teacher notices that he mispronounces some words while reading aloud and fails to stop and self-correct or ask for help. Which of the following would help Jason?

• direct instruction in word learning strategies
• choral reading
• keeping a running record of Jason's reading achievement
• teaching Jason to recognize story structure as a comprehension strategy

Jennifer is helping her daughter to prepare for kindergarten. Which of the following could Jennifer use to help boost her daughter's literacy/reading achievement?

• use graphic and semantic organizers
• practice with high-frequency words
• teach her daughter to generate questions
• teach summarizing strategies

Children with receptive language problems will find which of the following activities difficult:

• speaking
• understanding and following oral directions
• reading
• writing

Kenneth, a student with autism spectrum disorder, has difficulty communicating, but functions on grade level cognitively. Which of the following could increase his ability to communicate?

• placement in a self-contained ASD unit
• placement in a self-contained InD unit
• teaching him access points standards
• PECS, Lesson Pix, and other assistive technologies

Which of the following are indicators of reading difficulties?

• slow auditory or visual processing
• lack of ability to distinguish separate sounds
• lack of knowledge of the purpose of reading
• all of the above

Tyrone is experiencing difficulty in his 7th-grade reading class. His teacher has tried graphic organizers and flexible grouping to help improve his reading achievement to no avail. What should be the teacher's next steps?

• refer Tyrone to the special education program
• use differentiated instruction just for Tyrone
• using more direct and intensive instruction in small groups with Tyrone
• provide one-on-one instruction to Tyrone

Which of the following are concepts in literacy development?

• reading, writing, speaking, and listening
• reading and writing
• oral language, phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge
• all of the above

Identify the sequence of typical reading development.

• listening, speech, language, reading, writing
• alphabet, sounds, letters, words, text parts, whole texts
• prereading, learning to read, reading to learn
• reading, writing, speaking, listening

In which phase of word recognition do students recognize some letters of the alphabet and are able to use them together with context to remember words by sight?

• pre-alphabetic

• partial-alphabetic

• full-alphabetic

• consolidated-alphabetic