MTTC Language Arts Test Questions with Correct Answers
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MTTC Language Arts Test Questions with Correct Answers
Syntax and Contextual Information - Answer-when encountering unknown words, relying on background knowledge to choose a word that makes sense. poor readers fail to use context clues to help them identify words.
Chunking - Answer-organizin...
MTTC Language Arts Test Questions
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Syntax and Contextual Information - Answer-when encountering unknown words,
relying on background knowledge to choose a word that makes sense. poor readers fail
to use context clues to help them identify words.
Chunking - Answer-organizing or grouping separate pieces of information together.
Helps remember info easier when it's chunked into groups.
Semantic knowledge - Answer-reader's background knowledge about a topic combined
with text info as reader tries to comprehend the material. new info is compared to
background info. poor readers have problems with using their background knowledge.
especially with passages that require inference or cause and effect.
Text Organization - Answer-good readers are able to differentiate types of text
structure...story narrative, exposition, compare-contrast, time sequence. poor readers
may miss important ideas or details by concentrating on lesser or irrelevant details.
Text Structure - Answer-patterns of textual organization in a piece of writing. Authors
arrange to make it more comprehensible and help readers make sense of the content.
ex. Historical event - cause and effect structure. flashbacks, chronological order.
How to help students with text structure - Answer-modeling and graphic organizers
Elements of Good Writing - Answer-1. Recognizing the main idea. 2. Identifying
supporting details.
Main Idea - Answer-states the important ideas that the author wants the reader to know
about a topic.
can topic and main idea be implied and not clear - Answer-yes
Supporting Details - Answer-Sentences that give more info about topic and main idea.
Good paragraphs - Answer-divides ideas into chunks. includes topic sentence
explaining content. includes explanation of topic sentence.
inferential - Answer-based on interpretation
, Literary response skills depend on - Answer-prior knowledge, schemata and
background plus ideas from text. They use graphic organizers to organize this
information
Graphic organizers - Answer-charts and formats essential for providing scaffolding for
instruction
Current teaching of literacy - Answer-reading, writing, thinking, listening, viewing and
discussing. Not separate but simultaneously and interactively
Morphology - Answer-Study of word structure
phonemic awareness/ phonological awareness - Answer-can be done with eyes closed.
ability to recognize sound of spoken language. how sounds can be blended together,
segmented, manipulated.
phonics - Answer-connection between sounds and letters on a page. method for
teaching children how to read. helps them sound out words.
Word Consciousness - Answer-Realizing connection between spoken words and
printed words
Language and Conventions of Print - Answer-Learn how to hold book, where to begin to
read, left to right motion, how to continue from one line to another
Functions of Print - Answer-discovering that print can be used for a variety of purposes
and functions. Including entertainment and Information
Phonological Awareness & Letter Recognition - Answer-contribute to initial reading
development by helping children develop efficient word recognition strategies
Cuing Systems - Answer-The way the English lang is organized. Phonological.
Syntactic. Semantic. Pragmatic.
Phonological - Answer-Sound
Syntactic - Answer-Sentence Structure
Semantic - Answer-meaning. Meaning expressed when words are arranged in a specific
way.
Pragmatic - Answer-Social and cultural system
Phonological Awareness - Answer-should be an integral part of early reading programs.
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