WIAT Phonological Processing Skills 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student is asked to say 'smile' and then say it again without the /m/ sound. The correct response is:
- sile (Correct answer)
- sile
- sile
- sile
Correct answer: sile
Removing /m/ from 'smile' (/smaɪl/) yields /saɪl/, pronounced 'sile'.
Question 2: Which phonological awareness skill typically develops LAST in young children?
- Rhyme recognition
- Syllable counting
- Phoneme manipulation (Correct answer)
- Alliteration detection
Correct answer: Phoneme manipulation
Phoneme-level manipulation (deletion, substitution, reversal) is the most advanced phonological awareness skill and emerges latest.
Question 3: On the WIAT Phonological Processing subtest, 'phoneme reversal' tasks ask students to:
- Reverse the order of syllables in a word
- Say a word or pseudoword's phonemes in backward order (Correct answer)
- Substitute the first phoneme with the last phoneme
- Identify which word sounds reversed when played backward
Correct answer: Say a word or pseudoword's phonemes in backward order
Phoneme reversal requires the student to mentally reorder all phonemes of a spoken word or pseudoword and produce them in reverse sequence.
Question 4: Which word contains a consonant digraph?
- blend
- strap
- phone (Correct answer)
- split
Correct answer: phone
'Phone' contains the digraph 'ph', two letters that together represent the single phoneme /f/.
Question 5: A teacher says: 'What word do you get if you change the /æ/ in 'pan' to /ɪ/?' The student should answer:
- pen
- pin (Correct answer)
- pun
- pawn
Correct answer: pin
Substituting the vowel /æ/ in 'pan' with /ɪ/ produces 'pin' (/pɪn/).
Question 6: Which measure on the WIAT assesses rapid naming, a component related to phonological processing efficiency?
- Oral Reading Fluency (Correct answer)
- Word Reading
- Pseudoword Decoding
- Alphabet Writing Fluency
Correct answer: Oral Reading Fluency
Oral Reading Fluency (and related rapid naming tasks) taps the speed and accuracy of phonological retrieval and word recognition.
Question 7: How many syllables are in the word 'examination'?
- 4
- 5 (Correct answer)
- 6
- 7
Correct answer: 5
'Examination' has five syllables: ex-am-i-na-tion.
WIAT Phonological Processing Skills 3
A student is asked to say 'smile' and then say it again without the /m/ sound.
The correct response is: