CALT Vocabulary Development and Word Knowledge Flashcards
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Which of the following best explains why students with dyslexia often have smaller reading vocabularies than their peers despite having average oral language skills?
Answer: Limited print exposure due to reading difficulties reduces incidental vocabulary acquisition
Because students with dyslexia read less, they encounter fewer words in print, limiting the incidental vocabulary growth that fluent readers gain through reading.
A CALT introduces the concept of 'word families' to a student. Which set best represents a single word family?
Answer: Act, action, actor, react, enact
The words act, action, actor, react, and enact all share the base morpheme 'act,' forming a morphological word family.
Which instructional sequence reflects explicit vocabulary teaching consistent with Orton-Gillingham principles?
Answer: Teacher introduces a word, provides etymology, models usage, and students practice in oral and written sentences
Explicit vocabulary instruction aligned with Orton-Gillingham principles involves direct teaching of word meaning, structure, and usage across modalities.
The term 'polysemy' refers to a word that:
Answer: Has multiple related meanings
Polysemy refers to a single word form that carries multiple related meanings, such as 'bank' (financial institution) and 'bank' (riverbank).
When teaching vocabulary to a student with dyslexia, a CALT should prioritize which type of words for intensive instruction?
Answer: High-utility words critical for comprehension that the student is unlikely to learn independently
Intensive vocabulary instruction should focus on high-utility Tier 2 words that students with reading difficulties are unlikely to acquire through independent reading.
Which of the following is an example of a derivational morpheme?
Answer: The suffix '-ness' added to 'happy' to form 'happiness'
Derivational morphemes change the word's grammatical category or core meaning, such as '-ness' transforming the adjective 'happy' into the noun 'happiness.'