EXC 7190 Week 3

According to the Simple View of Reading, which two skills are required for proficient reading comprehension? (Select two)

• Reading comprehension

• Word recognition / decoding

• Phonics

• Listening comprehension

What is referred to as the bridge between word reading and listening comprehension that enables reading comprehension?

• Listening comprehension

• Motivation

• Phonology

• Reading fluency

Using letter-sound correspondences to sound out an unknown word is referred to as:

• Word recognition

• Decoding

• Reading

• Comprehension

The ability to understand spoken language is referred to as:

• Reading comprehension

• Language or listening comprehension

• Oral language development

• Word recognition

The ability to recognize and manipulate the spoken parts of words is referred to as:

• Langauge comprehension

• Reading comprehension

• Phonics

• Phonological awareness

Travis is a 2nd grader who struggles to read grade-level text. His teacher says that he is bright and has superb comprehension when text is read aloud to him, but struggles to comprehend text when he reads independently. During small group reading instruction, his teacher notices that Travis has a hard time sounding out and identifying unfamiliar words.

According to the quadrant model, what reading profile would you suspect Travis may have?

• Mixed reading difficulties (MRD)

• Dyslexia

  (Specific Learning Disability in Basic Reading Skills)

• Specific Comprehension Difficulties

  (Specific Learning Disability in Reading Comprehension)

• None! He's a typically developing reader