Oral Language and Listening Comprehension Flashcards

According to the Simple View of Reading, which of the following is a key component of language comprehension?

Answer: Background knowledge and vocabulary

Language comprehension in the Simple View includes background knowledge, vocabulary, grammar, verbal reasoning, and literacy knowledge, which are all meaning-related skills.

Which of the following classroom practices best develops oral language skills in early elementary students?

Answer: Structured academic conversations with sentence frames and partner talk

Structured academic conversations with sentence frames and partner talk give students practice using complex oral language in meaningful contexts, directly building the oral language foundation for reading comprehension.

A teacher reads aloud daily to her first-grade class and pauses to ask inferential questions. This practice primarily supports:

Answer: Oral vocabulary and listening comprehension

Interactive read-alouds with inferential questions build oral vocabulary by exposing students to rich language and develop listening comprehension, both of which are foundational for later reading comprehension.

Which statement about the relationship between oral language and reading is most accurate?

Answer: Strong oral language skills, especially vocabulary and grammar, support reading comprehension

Oral language, particularly vocabulary knowledge and grammatical understanding, is a strong predictor of reading comprehension and provides the linguistic foundation for literacy development.

Which is the best example of a dialogic reading strategy during a read-aloud?

Answer: Using CROWD prompts such as Completion, Recall, Open-ended, Wh-, and Distancing to actively engage students

Dialogic reading uses structured CROWD prompts and PEER sequences to turn read-alouds into interactive dialogues, actively building oral language and comprehension.

Which listening comprehension skill is most directly targeted when a teacher asks: 'What was the author's main message in the passage we just heard?'

Answer: Identification of the main idea from an oral text

Identifying the main idea, which is the central message or point of a passage, when the text is delivered orally targets listening comprehension at the inferential and interpretive level.