Slpa 862K - Literacy - Exam 1

Front 1

What are the two components of reading comprehension, per the Simple View of Reading?

Back 1

-word recognition
-listening comprehension

Front 2

What is one of the best predictors of early word reading?

Back 2

letter knowledge

Front 3

Which letters are learned first?

Back 3

-Own name advantage
-Letter order
-Letter-name pronunciation
-Consonant-order

Front 4

What are the 4 poor reader subgroups? AND describe.

Back 4

-dyslexia (poor word recognition, good listening comp)
-mixed reading disability (both poor)
-poor comprehender (good word rec, poor listening comp)
-nonspecified (both good)

Front 5

Dyslexia is a condition that can affect an individual for his/her entire life?

Back 5

True

Front 6

What are the 5 components of language comprehension?

Back 6

-background knowledge (facts, concepts, etc.)
-vocabulary (breadth, precision, links, etc.)
-language structures (syntax, semantics, etc.)
-verbal reasoning (inference, metaphors, etc.)
-literacy knowledge (print concepts, genres, etc.)

Front 7

What are the 3 components of word recognition?

Back 7

-phonological awareness (syllables, phonemes, etc.)
-decoding (alphabetic principles, spelling-sound correspondences)
-sight recognition (of familiar words)

Front 8

List roles an SLP can play in terms of literacy assessment and intervention.

Back 8

-Preventing written language problems by fostering language acquisition and emergent literacy
-Identifying children at risk for reading and writing problems
-Assessing reading and writing
-Providing intervention and documenting outcomes for reading and writing
-Advocating for effective literacy practice
-Providing assistance to general education teachers

Front 9

What is the 2nd best kindergarten predictor of future reading?

Back 9

phonological awareness

Front 10

What is the main difference between letter knowledge and print knowledge?

Back 10

-Print knowledge: umbrella term for print concepts, letter knowledge, and emergent literacy
-Letter knowledge: able to know/recognize each letter

Front 11

You are a speech pathologist on a school based literacy team. You are asked how reading and language are different and how they are the same. What do you say?

Back 11

??

Front 12

List the stages of literacy development.

Back 12

-Logographic Stage
-Alphabetic Stage
-Orthographic Stage and Automatic Sight Word Recognition Stage

Front 13

Describe the logographic stage.

Back 13

-No relationship between logographic and letter reading ability
-Children do not have to read logographically to begin to read phonetically

Front 14

Describe the alphabetic stage.

Back 14

-Invented spellings are a good indicator of phonological awareness
-The key aspect to the alphabetic stage is using phoneme to grapheme correspondences to decode novel words

Front 15

Describe the orthographic stage and automatic sight word recognition stage.

Back 15

-Common orthographic patterns that readers detect are morphemes, word families
-The theory or process involves higher level language processes is automatic word recognition

Front 16

What are the 3 stages of reading comprehension according to Chall?

Back 16

1. Learning to read
2. Becoming unglued from text
3. Reading to Learn

Front 17

Reading comprehension performance will vary depending on what factors?

Back 17

-Background knowledge
-Attention
-Types of questions
-Interest in the text

Front 18

What are the most influential factors for the phono/ortho stage shift? (for the self-teaching hypothesis)

Back 18

-direct instruction
-exposure
-contextual clues

Front 19

What factors contribute to the self-teaching hypothesis?

Back 19

-vocab
-episodic memory
-exposure