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Concepts/term

Definition

Example

Resources

Multiple-meaning words

Words that mean something

different depending on the
ways they are used

Run- home run, run in your

stocking, run down the street,
a run of bad luck

Multiple-meaning words video

youtube

Phonogram

A phonetic element
represented by graphic
characters or symbols.

/k/ as in clock. /s/ as in sat. /z/

as in has

Phonogram video youtube

Idiolect

An individual persons unique

way of talking. The qualities
that make someones voice
recognizable.

A person using the work like

many times in a sentence.

YouTube: Intro to Accents

Dialect

A regional variety of a
language.

Cantonese to the Chinese

language

Quizlet- Dialect Definition

Sociolect

A dialect that is associated

with a particular social group

among older EuropeanAmerican speakers in

Charleston, South Carolina,
the absence of r in words such
as bear and court is
associated with aristocratic,
high-status groups

YouTube- Sociolect Meaning

Register

A way of talking that is

associated with a particular
context

The way of talking at a church,

a school, at work, or at a party.

YouTube- Language Registers

Syntactic System

Involves the principles we

know and use in order to

Go bye-bye More juice

Three Cueing Systems Article

produce and understand

language. Not the same thing
as the rules for proper
grammar. Syntax can be
flipped or grouped differently,
but still has meaning.
Phonological System

The sounds of the language

When one hears the word dog,

he or she is actually hearing
the blending of three separate
sounds: /d/ /aw/ /g/

The Four Language Systems

Article

Orthographic System

The spelling system of the

language

/f/ may be represented by

many different letters (off,
cough, Christopher, soft,
sophomore).

YouTube- English Spelling

Semantic System

The system that linguists study

when they work to understand
meaning

A learner using background

knowledge of language, text,
visuals, or previous life
experiences to understand
meaning

A Foundation for
Implementation Article

Phonemic Awareness

The ability to hear differences

in sounds of words. Not about
letters, but sounds.

Use clapping to teach

syllables. Balloon: (/ba/ -clap/loon/ -clap-)

Teaching Phonemic
Awareness Strategies

Grapho-phonic

Refers to the relationship

between the oral sounds of
language and the written
letters or clusters of letters

Understanding the /p/ in

psalmist is not pronounced
when followed by an /s/

How Phonics Contributes to

Reading Success Article

Onset

The opening part (or the letters

before the vowel-bearing part)
of a word

The /m/ in mouse

YouTube- Onset & Rime

Rime

The ending part (containing a

vowel) of a word

The /ouse/ in mouse

YouTube- Onset & Rime