LETRS Session 2.T.Scott

1. Which of these is an example of morphology?

• We use polite phrases like excuse me and thank you when addressing someone in higher social status

• We recognize that the nonsense word hufflelumps could be a real word in English, but ngapkez could not

• We tend to structure paragraphs with a main idea supported by details

• We know the words unique, uniform, united, and universe all contain the root uni, meaning one.

Which statement best describes the relative importance of oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension as factors in reading comprehension?

• As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than oral reading fluency

• Oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension are equally important throughout childhood and adolescence.

• As children get older, verbal comprehension matters less, and oral reading fluency becomes more important.

• Although oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension are both important, a child with problems in one domain can usually use the other domain to compensate

Which is a charactertic of discourse in spoken language?

• It generally uses complete, well-formed sentences.

• It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized

• It may use usuaual or topic-specific vocabulary

• Its sounds are coarticulated in words.

How does the language system of pragmatics help us to understand why written language is more structured than spoken language?

• Written language is highly structured because we expect certain types of writing, such as stories, to follow established organizational conventions

• Social context and nonverbal gestures help the listener understand spoken language, so there is less need for it to be highly structured.

• We must process written language in a highly structured way-reading letters that represent specific sounds and decoding them by reading from left to right.

• Spoken language is less structured because we tend to use sentences that are incomplete, run-ons, or otherwise ungrammatical.

What adds the the challenge of becoming illiterate? Select all that apply.

• All meaning resides in the written words alone; there is no additional physical context or gestures; facial expressions; etc. to support meaning

• Reading and writing require learning new forms of language, such as changes to sentence structure, discourse, and presentation of vocabulary and semantics.

• Written sentences are often less grammatical than spoken ones.

• Nothing; children already have been exposed to literature from an early age