Language Systems

What is phonology?

• The study of sounds in a language

• Understanding word part meanings

• Subject-verb agreement

• Vocabulary

Understanding syntax (rules around word order) is important for:

• using a sound wall

• connecting sounds and letters

• reading comprehension and writing composition

• distinguishing between words and sounds

To teach orthography, we need to:

• teach vocabulary

• teach prefixes and suffixes and how they influence meaning

• use a sound wall

• explicitly teach letters/letter combinations and the sounds they represent

EAL students cannot learn English sounds if they are different from their home language

• True

• False

An example of a free morpheme (word part that can stand alone) is:

• dogs

• wash

• portable

• learned

Semantics pertains to:

• sounds

• pronunciation

• word order

• vocabulary

Hearing the difference between 'pant' and 'paint' is an example of:

• syntax

• orthography

• phonology

• morphology

Phonetics refers to:

• how to use words for a specific context

• the physiological production and acoustic quality of speech sounds

• the spelling system of a language

• the smallest unit of meaning

An example of an unvoiced sound is:

• /t/

• /m/

• /a/

• /g/

Semantics (word meanings) should be taught:

• incidentally and explicitly

• incidentally

• explicitly