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LETRS Unit 1 Session 2 Questions and Answers 2024 / 2025 Update
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LETRS Unit 1 Session 2 Questions and AnswersUpdate
Semantics - CORRECT ANSWER The study of word and phrase meanings and
relationships
Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER The study of meaningful units in a language and
how the units are combined in word formation
Discourse - CORRECT ANSWER Organizational conventions used in longer segments
of oral or written language
Phonology - CORRECT ANSWER The rule system within a language by which
phonemes can be sequenced, combined, and pronounced to make words
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER The system of rules governing permissible word order in
sentences
Orthography - CORRECT ANSWER A writing system for representing language and
the rules that govern it
Pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER The system of rules and conventions for using
language and related gestures in a social context
Example of Phonology - CORRECT ANSWER No English word begins with the sound
/ng/; the sound /p/ and /k/ are never adjacent in the same syllable.
Example of Orthography - CORRECT ANSWER Every English word ending in /v/ is
spelled with -ve; the letter x is never doubled.
Example of Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER Nat- is a root. Nature is a non=in;
natural is an adjective; naturalist is a noun; naturally is an adverb.
Example of Semantics - CORRECT ANSWER The word rank has multiple meanings.
The words order and sequence have similar meanings.
Example of Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER "Our district recruits new teachers" is a
sentence; " New teachers our district recruits" is not a sentence.
Example of Discourse - CORRECT ANSWER Discourse includes paragraph structure,
cohesive ties, and genre conventions such as story structure.
Example of Pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER To one person I say, "That is my seat!"
To another, I say, "Excuse me, my ticket has that seat number."
LETRS Unit 1 Session 2 - CORRECT ANSWER
Which is a characteristic of discourse in spoken language?
a. It generally uses complete, well-formed sentences.
b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized.
c. It may use unusual or topic-specific vocabulary.
d. Its sounds are coarticulated in words. - CORRECT ANSWER b. It does not use
paragraphs and tends to be disorganized.
Which statement best describes the relative importance of oral reading fluency and
verbal comprehension as factors in reading comprehension?
a. As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than oral
reading fluency.
b. Oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension are equally important throughout
childhood and adolescence.
c. As children get older, verbal comprehension matters less, and oral reading fluency
becomes more important.
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d. 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. -
CORRECT ANSWER a. As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more
important than oral reading fluency.
How does the language system of <i>pragmatics</i> help us to understand why written
language is more structured than spoken language?
a. Written language is highly structured because we expect certain types of writing,
such as stories, to follow established organizational conventions.
b. Social context and nonverbal gestures help the listener understand spoken language,
so there is less need for it to be highly structured.
c. 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.
d. Spoken language is less structured because we tend to use sentences that are
incomplete, run-ons, or otherwise ungrammatical. - CORRECT ANSWER b. Social
context and nonverbal gestures help the listener understand spoken language, so there
is less need for it to be highly structured.
Which of these is an example of morphology?
a. We use polite phrases like "excuse me" and "thank you" when addressing someone
of higher social status.
b. We recognize that the nonsense word "hufflelumps" could be a real word in English,
but "ngapkez" could not.
c. We tend to structure paragraphs with a main idea supported by details.
d. We know the words unique, uniform, united, and universe all contain the root uni,
meaning "one." - CORRECT ANSWER d. We know the words unique, uniform, united,
and universe all contain the root uni, meaning "one."
What adds to the challenge of becoming literate? Select all that apply.
a. All meaning resides in the written words alone; there is no additional physical context
or gestures, facial expressions, etc., to support meaning.
b. Reading and writing require learning new forms of language, such as changes to
sentence structure, discourse, and presentation of vocabulary and semantics.
c. Written sentences are often less grammatical than spoken ones.
d. Nothing; children already have been exposed to literature from an early age. -
CORRECT ANSWER a. All meaning resides in the written words alone; there is no
additional physical context or gestures, facial expressions, etc., to support meaning.
b. Reading and writing require learning new forms of language, such as changes to
sentence structure, discourse, and presentation of vocabulary and semantics.
What is written or spoken language that is more stylistically formal than spoken
conversational language - language that is most often used in academic discourse and
text? - CORRECT ANSWER academic language
What does the brain establish if a student is learning two languages simultaneously, as
in bilingual households? - CORRECT ANSWER a separate neural system for each
language
T/F Listening comprehension may exceed reading comprehension, but the reverse is
not true. One cannot understand by reading what one cannot understand by listening. -
CORRECT ANSWER True
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