CALT Principles of Multisensory Structured Language (MSL) Education 2

Question 1

The term multisensory in MSL education refers to the simultaneous engagement of:

Accepted Answer

Auditory, visual, and kinesthetic-tactile pathways during instruction

Answer

MSL instruction engages the auditory, visual, and kinesthetic-tactile pathways simultaneously to strengthen learning through multiple sensory channels.

Question 2

The MSL principle of cumulative instruction means:

Accepted Answer

Each new concept builds directly on previously mastered material, with ongoing review

Answer

Cumulative instruction ensures that each new skill is explicitly connected to and builds upon previously mastered content, with continuous review to maintain mastery.

Question 3

Which of the following activities is an example of MSL instruction in phonics?

Accepted Answer

Simultaneous Oral Spelling where the student says each letter while writing it, then reads the word

Answer

Simultaneous Oral Spelling simultaneously engages auditory, kinesthetic-tactile, and visual channels, making it a classic multisensory activity for spelling instruction.

Question 4

The concept of diagnostic teaching in MSL means that the CALT:

Accepted Answer

Continuously monitors and adjusts instruction based on student responses during the lesson

Answer

Diagnostic teaching involves ongoing observation of student responses to adjust pacing, review, and instruction in real time, using the lesson itself as a continuous assessment tool.

Question 5

The synthetic phonics approach as used in MSL instruction teaches students to:

Accepted Answer

Blend individual phoneme-grapheme correspondences to decode unfamiliar words

Answer

Synthetic phonics teaches students to connect individual phonemes to their graphemes and blend these connections to decode unfamiliar words from left to right.

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CALT Principles of Multisensory Structured Language (MSL) Education 2