Learning to read is natural, like learning to talk.

• True

• False

What are the two most important components of reading?

• The ability to decode written word and comprehend the language of the text.

• The ability to listen to text and comprehend what was read.

• The ability to write words and comprehend what was written

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Reading programs should include in early grades to develop word recognition ability in students.

• phonemic awareness

• phonics

• word recognition

• spelling

• all of the above

What language system is the study of meaningful units in a language and how the units are combined in word formation. For example, Nat- is a root. Nature is a noun; natural is an adjective; naturalist is a noun; naturally is an adverb.

• semantics

• phonology

• orthography

• morphology

What part of the brain is considered the "brain's letterbox" or visual word form area?

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

• frontal lobe

• parietal

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Word recognition requires what processes to work together?

• orthographic & phonological

• meaning & context

• context, meaning, phonological, & orthographic

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Phonemic awareness is a critical job of what processing system?

• orthographic processing system

• phonological processing system

• meaning processing system

• context processing system

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When a student is stuck on a word the teacher should say, "Look at the pictures and guess the word!".

• True

• False

What best describes Scarborough's Reading Rope?

• Word recognition and language comprehension subskills must be mastered and integrated for proficient reading.

• Word recognition subskills must be mastered and integrated for proficient reading.

• Language comprehension subskills must be mastered and integrated for proficient reading.

• Word recognition and listening comprehension subskills must be mastered and integrated for proficient reading.

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