CALT Vocabulary Development and Word Knowledge Flashcards
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Which instructional approach uses semantic mapping to show relationships between a target word and related concepts?
Answer: Semantic feature analysis
Semantic feature analysis uses a grid or map to compare how target words share or differ across key features, deepening conceptual understanding.
A student struggles to understand the word 'benevolent' despite decoding it correctly. Which vocabulary tier does this word belong to?
Answer: Tier 2
Tier 2 words are high-frequency academic words that appear across content areas and are not typically acquired through everyday conversation.
Which Latin root carries the meaning 'to carry' and appears in words such as 'transport,' 'porter,' and 'portable'?
Answer: port
The Latin root 'port' means 'to carry' and is found in a family of English words related to movement or conveyance.
What is the term for a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and spelling, such as 'flour' and 'flower'?
Answer: Homophone
Homophones are words that share pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning, posing particular challenges for students with dyslexia.
Which vocabulary instructional method involves presenting a new word alongside examples and non-examples to build precise conceptual boundaries?
Answer: Concept of definition map
A concept of definition map structures vocabulary learning by having students identify a word's category, properties, and examples versus non-examples.
A student uses context clues to infer that 'arid' means dry after reading 'The arid desert received almost no rainfall.' Which context clue type is this?
Answer: General context clue
A general context clue requires the reader to synthesize surrounding information without a direct definition, synonym, or antonym being provided.
Which instructional approach is most aligned with Ehri's research on sight word learning, emphasizing orthographic mapping?
Answer: Teaching phoneme-grapheme connections to bond spellings to pronunciations
Orthographic mapping relies on secure phoneme-grapheme knowledge so that readers permanently bond a word's pronunciation, spelling, and meaning in memory.