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EDUC Chapter 2

Oral Language

TermDefinition
Language is an agreed-on communication system and is a tool for getting their needs met, for learning, and for thinking.
Expressive Language requires the sender of a message to "encode" or to put thoughts into symbolic form. Spoken or written words.
Receptive Language requires the receiver of a message to ""decode" or understand the spoken or written words.
Phonology refers to sounds used to express language.
Prosody or expressive language is described in terms of features such as intonation, stress, and juncture.
Intonation refers to how one's vocal pitch rises or falls in speaking,
Stress refers to speech intensity - the loudness or softness of spoken words.
Juncture relates to the slight pauses between parts of spoken words or words; ex, "I scream" and "Ice scream"
Rime defined as the vowel sound and every other sound that follows the vowel sound in a syllable.
Onset is defined as all sounds in a single syllable that come before the vowel sound.
Phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a spoken language.
Phonemic Awareness being aware of phonemes, individual sounds in spoken words, as well as alphabet letters
Orthography refers to spelling patterns used in English, linking letters to sounds in spoken language.
Grapheme a printed or visual symbol that represents a phoneme, usually a letter.
Alphabetic Principle knowing that speech sounds and letters link to one another.
Morphology refers to breaking words apart in order to study the structures that create meaning.
Syntax involves an understanding of how words are combined into larger language structures, ex. phrase and sentences
Grammar a rule system for describing the structure or organization of language.
Semantics involves connecting one's world knowledge background experiences, interests, attitudes, and perspectives with spoken or written language to construct meaning.
Schema Theory The idea that new knowledge is connected to what the learner already knows
Pragmatics knowing how language works and is used in one's culture.
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