Deck 13: From Emergent Literacy to Literacy: Development and Disorders

Question 1

Mary can tell you the sound the letter "f" makes.She can also tell you the sounds the letters "b","t" and "k" make.Mary has knowledge of

A)Prephonemic writing
B)Sound-symbol correspondence
C)Story schema
D)Rhyming

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Five-year old Joey exhibits several key indicators of emergent literacy development,but not all.His receptive and expressive language skills in the five subsystems of language are intact.He demonstrates phonological awareness,an age-appropriate lexicon and has a sense of story structure,but Joey does not recognize that print is read from left to right,he does not recognize sound-symbol correspondence and when given a pencil,he will scribble,but does not make any recognizable letters or numbers.Joey's area of weakness in literacy development is

A)Lack of knowledge of print processing
B)Limited emergent writing skills
C)Immature narrative skills
D)All but C

Answer 2

D

Question 3

There is a reciprocal relationship between oral language and literacy.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Nursery rhymes and finger plays help teach phonological awareness.

Question 5

Linda can analyze printed words into sound elements and translate the sounds to their corresponding letters.This skill is referred to as

A)Encoding
B)Decoding
C)Miscoding
D)Comprehension

Question 6

Children are demonstrating 'print awareness' when they recognize that print can be used to tell stories,make lists or write letters.

Question 7

Most children demonstrate emergent literacy skills by age 5.

Question 8

Justin was overheard telling this story. "I had my birthday party.Then we ate cake,ice cream and pizza.Then I broke the piñata.Then the toys fell out.Then we all got toys and candy.I got two birthday presents."
This story is indicative of the story development stage known as

A)Heap
B)Description
C)Action sequence
D)Abbreviate narrative
E)True narrative

Question 9

Six-year old James was referred to the speech-language pathologist because of oral language delay and academic failure,especially in reading and writing.The speech-language pathologist knows that there is a relationship between oral language and literacy and recalls that there are several factors contributing to the development of emergent literacy.So in addition to assessing James' language skills,the speech-language pathologist decides to get additional information about James'

A)SES and language and cultural background
B)Home literacy environment
C)Family history of language impairment
D)All of the above

Question 10

Children with language disorders will acquire literacy skills if exposure to print through everyday natural experiences occurs frequently.

Question 11

Vocabulary and knowledge of story structure are critical to literacy development.

Question 12

To foster interest in reading,help children focus on the entertaining pictures rather than the boring print.

Question 13

Children who perform well on phonological awareness tasks will probably struggle with reading and spelling.

Question 14

Preventing literacy problems,identifying and assessing children at risk for reading and writing problems and providing intervention for remediation of literacy-related problems are clinical services offered by speech-language pathologists.

Question 15

To spell,children segment words into syllables and speech sounds and generate the corresponding letter.This skill is referred to as

A)Encoding
B)Decoding
C)Miscoding
D)Comprehension

Question 16

Children with delayed language development in their preschool years show significantly higher incidence of reading problems than do children without language problems.

Question 17

Emergent literacy instruction should begin in the first or second grade.

Question 18

Four-year old Amy recognizes rhymes such as "bake-cake" and "cat-hat".This skill demonstrates

A)Alliteration
B)Phonological awareness
C)Alphabetic knowledge
D)Sound blending

Question 19

Three and a half year-old Julie loves to write.She demonstrates 'invented spelling' which means she attempts to write words using

A)Randomly chosen letters,pictures and symbols
B)Scribbles of wavy and circular lines
C)A phonological strategy
D)Strategically chosen wavy lines

Question 20

The essential elements of literacy include

A)Decoding
B)Encoding
C)Reading Comprehension
D)Writing Composition
E)C and D