OAE Early Literacy and Language Development 2

Question 1

Dialogic reading is best described as which type of instructional approach?

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An interactive read-aloud strategy where children are prompted to become active storytellers

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A technique where adults read aloud while children listen silently

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A method of having two children read to each other

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Silent sustained reading practice for young learners

Question 2

Which of the following best represents the concept of 'book handling' as part of print awareness?

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Understanding that books are opened from the front cover and pages turn from right to left as you read forward

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Knowing that illustrations support but do not replace the text

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Recognizing that the title of a book appears on its spine

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Knowing that books have chapters organized by topic

Question 3

Complete letter knowledge as an early literacy skill includes which combination of abilities?

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Knowing both letter names and their corresponding sounds

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Only knowing letter names

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Only knowing letter sounds

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Knowing letter names and being able to write them in cursive

Question 4

When a child uses invented spelling such as writing 'KM' for 'came,' the child is demonstrating which understanding?

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Evidence of phonemic awareness and understanding of the alphabetic principle

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A developmental delay in literacy

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Random letter use with no phonological basis

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Rote memorization of letter patterns

Question 5

Which early literacy concept is a child demonstrating when she understands that the spoken word 'cat' corresponds to the three printed letters C-A-T separated by spaces?

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The concept of word in print

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Phonological awareness

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Syntactic awareness

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Morphological knowledge

Question 6

A Language Experience Approach (LEA) to early literacy instruction involves which instructional method?

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Having children dictate their own stories which are then used as reading material

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Using pre-written decodable texts exclusively for reading practice

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Teaching phonics rules before any reading instruction begins

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Providing children with grade-level texts to build reading stamina

Question 7

Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), as applied to early literacy, suggests that instruction is most effective when which condition is met?

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Children are challenged with tasks slightly beyond their independent level with teacher support

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Children practice reading skills they have already mastered

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Teachers wait until children are developmentally ready before introducing literacy concepts

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Children receive only independent practice without teacher intervention