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CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 1 Reading
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LANGUAGE ACQUISITION - ANS>> Almost every human child succeeds in learning language. The most complex skill that a human being will ever master. Nearly all people succeed in learning this complex skill demonstrates how well language has adapted to human nature. Language is the complete expression of what it means to be human. Basic Components of Human Language - ANS>> 1.Phonology 2.Semantics 3.Grammar: 4.Pragmatics: 5.Morphology: 6.Syntax: phonology - ANS>> The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes. Semantics - ANS>> The system of meanings that are expressed by words and phrases. In order to serve as a means of communication between people, words must have a shared or conventional meaning. Picking out the correct meaning for each new word is a major learning task for children. Grammer - ANS>> The system of rules by which words and phrases are arranged to make meaningful statements. Children need to learn how to use the ordering of words to mark grammatical functions such as subject or direct object.
Pragmatics - ANS>> The field of study that emphasizes how language is used in specific situations to accomplish goals Morphology - ANS>> The study of word formation and structure. Syntax - ANS>> The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences;the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language, Methods for Studying Language Acquisition - ANS>> 1. Recording and transcribing what children say.
- Researchers can HABITUATE
- Children can be shown pictures of toys along with their name Methods for Studying Language Acquision - ANS>> 4. Children can be asked to ANS>> questions,
- repeat sentences
- judgments about grammar. Reasons for Studying Language Acquisition - ANS>> Having obtained a set of data from children or their parents, researchers next need to group these data into measures of particular types of language skills, such as vocabulary, sentences, concepts, or conversational abilities. What is Language? - ANS>> Language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication.
How are languages Systematic? - ANS>> All languages have systems. Phonological system - ANS>> Governs how symbols are used to form sequences known as words or morphemes. Universality of Linguistic Structures or Languages - ANS>> All languages are systemic All languages are conventional All languages are redundant. All languages change. How are languages Conventional? - ANS>> It means that everyone speaks the language the same way. All of a certain item has one name. How are languages Redundant? - ANS>> It means that all languages say the same things twice (e.g. subject-verb agreement.) How do languages Change? - ANS>> Languages never stay the same. New words are added, their is a loss of words, or both. Syntactic System - ANS>> A system of rules and structures which governs how words and morphemes are combined to form phrases and utterances. Potential For Differences among Languages - ANS>> Languages evolve and diversify over time, and the history of their evolution can be reconstructed by comparing modern languages to determine which traits their ancestral languages must have had for the later stages to have occurred.
What is a Language Family? - ANS>> A group of languages that descend from a common ancestor is known as a language family. olondo European Language Family - ANS>> English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Hindi. Sino-Tibetan language Family - ANS>> Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese and many others Semitic language Family - ANS>> Arabic, Amharic and Hebrew oBantu language Family - ANS>> which include Swahili, Zulu, Shona and hundreds of other languages spoken throughout Africa. What are the properties of Human Language - ANS>> Human language has the properties of productivity, recursivity, and displacement. First Language Acquisition - ANS>> BABBLING (0.6-1.0, ma-ma-ma), 1 word HOLOPHRASES(1.0-2.0, baba, ka), 2 word UTTERANCES(2.0-2.6), TELEGRAPHIC 3- 9 words, Mama sit down ground, ALMOST ADULT LIKE 3 to 5 years- I better go check & see what Papa's doing Phoneme - ANS>> The smallest unit of sound that affects the meaning of speech. Morpheme - ANS>> The smallest linguistic unit that has a meaning or grammatical function. Stem, prefix, suffix. Phonemes are combined to make
Continuous Sound - ANS>> A sound that can be prolonged ( stretched out) without distortion ) ( ex: R, S, A,M) Onset-Rime - ANS>> In a syllable, the onset is the initial consonant or consonants, and the rime is the vowel and any consonants that follow it (e.g., the word sat, the onset is "s" and the rime is "at". In the word flip, the onset is "fl" and the rime is "ip"). Segmentation - ANS>> The seperation of words into Phonemes. Examples of Phonemes - ANS>> The word "sun" has 3 phonemes: /s/ /u/ /n/. The word "shut" also has three phonemes: /sh/ /u/ /t/. Features Common in Languages - ANS>> Tokens, Structure and rules Tokens of Language - ANS>> The alphabet of a formal language is the set of symbols, Letters, or tokens from which the strings of the language may be formed Structure of Language - ANS>> Phonemes Morphemes. Surface Structure Deep Structure Surface Structure - ANS>> Corresponds to the version of a sentence that can be spoken and heard. .
Deep Structure - ANS>> An abstract underlying structure from which the actual form of a sentence is derived. Compare Deep Structure and Surface Structure - ANS>> For example, the sentence I like her cooking has different meanings because it has different deep structures though only one surface structure. In contrast, the boy will read the book and the book will be read by the boy has different surface structures but one and the same deep structure Rules of Language - ANS>> •Phonological Semantic
- Syntactic
- Pragmatic
- Prosodic
- Idiosyncratic
- References Phonological Rules - ANS>> Describe the systematic relationship between sounds. They are responsible for determining what a symbol, or letter of the alphabet, sounds like. For example, the "gh" in the word "cough" creates an "f" sound in that particular word, whereas the same two letters remain silent in the word "although Semantic Rules - ANS>> The relationship between symbols and the things they refer to. Semantic rules are the agreed-upon definitions of words. These rules are specific to each language and to each group of symbols in the language.
Redundancy - ANS>> : In order to make up for ambiguity and reduce misunderstandings, natural languages employ lots of redundancy. As a result, they are often verbose. Formal languages are less redundant and more concise. Literalness - ANS>> Formal languages mean exactly what they say. People who grow up speaking a natural language—everyone I know—often have a hard time adjusting to formal languages. In some ways, the difference between formal and natural language is like the difference between poetry and prose, but more so. Poetry - ANS>> Words are used for their sounds as well as for their meaning, and the whole poem together creates an effect or emotional response. Ambiguity is not only common but often deliberate. Prose - ANS>> The literal meaning of everyday words is more important, and the structure contributes more meaning. Prose is more amenable to analysis than poetry but still often ambiguous. Programs - ANS>> The meaning of a computer program is unambiguous and literal, and can be understood entirely by analysis of the tokens and structure. Phonemic Awareness Skills Developmenal Continuum - ANS>> Phoneme Isolation Phoneme Identity Rhyming Identity
Phoneme Substitution Oral Segmenting Oral Blending Sound Deletion Oncet Ryme Manipulation Phoneme Isolation - ANS>> Requires recognizing the individual sounds in words, for example, "Tell me the first sound you hear in the word paste" (/p/). Phoneme Identity - ANS>> Requires recognizing the common sound in different words, for example, "Tell me the sound that is the same in bike, boy and bell" (/b/). Rhyming Identity - ANS>> Rhyming is terrific for developing phonemic awareness. Say a word like "cat" and see how many rhyming words he can say. Phoneme Substitution - ANS>> When one can turn a word such as cat into another such as hat by substituting one phoneme. Phoneme substitution can take place for initial sounds (cat-hat), middle sounds (cat-cut) or ending sounds (cat- can). Oral Segmenting - ANS>> What is the first sound in mop? The teacher says a word, for example, "ball," and students say the individual sounds, /b/, /ɑ/, and /l/. Oral Blending - ANS>> What word am I trying to say? The teacher says each sound, for example, "/b/, /ɑ/, /l/" and students respond with the word, "ball."
Vocabulary Text Comprehension Causes of Reading Comprehension Failure - ANS>> Inadequate instruction Insufficient exposure and practice Deficient word recogn ition skills Deficient memory capacity and functioning Significant language deficiencies Causes of Reading Comprehension Failure - ANS>> Inadequate comprehension monitoring and self-evaluation Unfamiliarity with text features and task demands Undeveloped intentional strategies Inadequate cognitive development and reading experiences Six Characteristics of Good Readers - ANS>> Conventions Comprehension Context Interpretation Synthesis Evaluation Conventions - ANS>> Understanding conventions means being able to make sense of words, grammar, and punctuation. When readers learn to identify and recognize conventions, they can understand meaning.
Comprehension - ANS>> With comprehension, readers obtain meaning from text. Comprehension occurs when readers make predictions, select main ideas, and understand important details Context - ANS>> Contex involves reading between the lines to identify setting, tone, and the voice of the author. Context also includes placing ideas and concepts in a "bigger picture" to help students see practical applications. Interpretation - ANS>> When readers interpret, they "fill in gaps" in the text, using clues and evidence from the text to analyze problems and draw conclusions. Synthesis - ANS>> Synthesis involves reading beyond the lines, as students must apply and synthesize knowledge from outside the text. Evaluation - ANS>> Evaluation occurs when readers are able to express opinions, ask questions, challenge the text, challenge the author, and note bias and distortion. Fluency - ANS>> Fluency is the effortless, automatic ability to read words accurately, quickly, and with expression. When students read fluently, they are able to use more of their cognitive capacity to lmderstand, elaborate, and enjoy what is read. How do readers become Fluent? - ANS>> A student becomes automatic at word reading by
- Successfully reading a word 4 to 14 times
blend sounds into words (m_a_n)
- segment a word as a sequence of sounds (e.g., fish is made up of three phonemes, /f/ , /i/, /sh/)
- detect and manipulate sounds within words (change "r" in "run" to "s" to make "sun"). The Alphabetic Principal - ANS>> Letters and combinations of letters are the symbols used to represent the speech sounds of a language based on systematic and predictable relationships between written letters, symbols, and spoken words. Parts of Speech - ANS>> nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections Nouns - ANS>> A noun is a word that identifies a person, place, or thing, and within sentences nouns function as the subject, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, or object of a preposition. Examples of Nouns - ANS>> For example:
- Tom ,subject, threw the football,direct object, across the yard ,object of preposition.
- Tom,subject, threw Sue, indirect object, the football ,direct object.
- Tom was a quarterback ,subject compliment, in college ,object of preposition. Verb - ANS>> Verbs tell what a subject is, was, will be, or what it does, did, or will do. Some are "action"intransitive verbs while others are "linking"transitive verbs, for example:
- Tom is a football fanatic. Transitive
- Tom runs two miles each morning. Intransitive Simple Verb - ANS>> There are simple verbs and verb phases (verb phrases have helping verbs, for example:
- Tom loves football. (Simple verb)
- Tom has loved football since he was a child. Verb phrase Pronouns - ANS>> usually take the place of nouns within sentences, but there are seven different kinds of pronouns: Personal Pronoun - ANS>> Distinguish between the individual speaking (first person), the individual spoken to (second person), and the individual spoken about (third person). Demonstrative Pronoun - ANS>> Act as subjects and identify or point to specific individuals or things, for example, "This is Tom's car. That is Tom's house. These are Tom's shoes. Those are Tom's football trophies." Indefinite Pronoun - ANS>> Do not indicate specific individuals or things, and include such words as "anybody, something, none, each, more, most," etc. Intensive Pronoun - ANS>> Emphasize a particular noun or pronoun and include "yourself, himself, themselves," etc; for example, "Tom hurt himself playing football."
Examples of Adverbs - ANS>> Sue waited most impatiently for Tom to regain consciousness. The adverb most modifies the adverb impatiently and tells to what degree she waited impatiently. Prepositions - ANS>> Prepositions always have objects, which are the words or groups of words they are linking or relating in a sentence. Prepositions include such words as "about, across, despite, of, to, with, by, onto, inside, past, from, along with, instead of, " etc. Examples of Prepositions - ANS>> For example:
- Tom threw the football across the yard.
- Tom tossed the football to Sue.
- Tom decided to watch the Saints instead of the Broncos on Saturday. Conjunctions - ANS>> Conjunctions link words, phrases, or clauses within sentences; and there are three different types of conjunctions:Coordinating, Subordinating and Correlative. Coordinating - ANS>> Link elements of equal grammatical weight (Two or more nouns, pronouns, prepositional phrases, verbs, etc) and consists of "and, but, yet, for, nor, or," and "so." Subordinating - ANS>> Link dependent clauses to independent clauses and include such words and word combinations as "although, while, because, when, even though, in order that, until," etc.
Correlative - ANS>> Connect elements of equal grammatical weight, but unlike coordinating conjunctions, these are used in pairs and include "either/or, both/and, not only/but also," and' "neither/nor." Interjections - ANS>> Interjections are exclamations and may be followed by either an exclamation point or a comma, for example: •"Ouch!" Tom shouted when he cut himself shaving. •"Oh," Sue said, "but your clumsiness doesn't surprise me in the least." •"Darn it!" Tom said. "I'm bleeding." Phrase - ANS>> any group of words that expresses a meanint that is missing either a Subject or a Verb. Noun Phrase - ANS>> noun phrases include the noun and all its modifiers, as in "the big red bouncy ball" Verb Phrase - ANS>> contains the main verb and helping verbs. Examples: was running, has been. Prepositional Phrase - ANS>> is made up of a preposition, the object of the preposition, and all the words in between: example: Who lives IN THAT HOUSE? He walked TOWARD THE WATER. Infinitive Phrase - ANS>> A phrase that includes the infinitive, its objects, and the objects modifiers. Ex: He started TO RUN QUICKLY DOWN THE STREET.
