LETRS Unit 2 Questions and Answers
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coarticulation ✔✔occurs when phonemes are spoken together to produce syllables or words and
the features of these phonemes are affected by the speech sounds that precede or
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LETRS Unit 2 Questions and Answers
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coarticulation ✔✔occurs when phonemes are spoken together to produce syllables or words and
the features of these phonemes are affected by the speech sounds that precede or follow them
phonological working memory ✔✔the online memory system that remembers speech long enough
to extract meaning from it, or that holds onto words during writing a function of the phonological
processing system.
rapid automatic naming ✔✔the ability to quickly name a series of printed, repeated numbers,
letters, or objects that should be known by rote
phonological awareness ✔✔the conscious awareness of all levels of the speech sound system,
including word boundaries, stress patterns syllables, onset rime, units and phonemes
phonemic awareness ✔✔the conscious awareness of the individual speech sounds (consonants and
vowels) in spoken syllablees and the ability to consciously manipulate those sounds
phonics ✔✔the study of the relationships between letters and the sounds they represent, also used
as a descriptor for code-based instruction
onset-rime ✔✔the natural division of a syllable into two parts; the onset comes before the vowel,
and the rime includes the vowel and what follows after it
allophonic variation ✔✔the slightly different pronunciation of a phoneme , depending on its place
in a word
consonant blend ✔✔two or three consonant phonemes before or after a vowel in a syllable (bl, fr,
str, nd, sp)
consonant ✔✔a phoneme (Speech sound) that is not a vowel and that is formed by obstructing the
flow of air with the teeth, lips or tongue, English has 25 consonant phonemes
digraph ✔✔a two letter combination that stands for a single phoneme in which neither letter
represents its usual sound.
vowel ✔✔one of a set of 15 vowel phonemes in English, not including r-controlled or schwa; an
open phoneme that is the heart of every spoken syllable classified by tongue position and height
schwa ✔✔the empty vowel in an unaccented syllable, such as the last syllable in wagon or rebus.
Schwas are recognizeable because they cannot easily be sounded out for spelling
dipthongs ✔✔single vowel phonemes that glide in the middle, the mouth position shifts during the
production of the single vowel phoneme
dialect ✔✔an intelligible version of a language with systematic differences in phonology, word
use, and or grammatical rules
code switching ✔✔the conscious effort to write and/or speak in a certain way, depending on the
social context and/or whether the language is spoken or written
allophones ✔✔slight alterations to pronunciation of phonemes overlapping with one another in a
spoken word; these variations are predictable and unconscious, as most speakers make them
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