Exam Questions

Question 1:All of the following are linguistic components of spelling except which one?
Answer A

Blending syllables and phonemes
Answer B

Knowledge of sound, syllable and word position constraints on letter patterns
Answer C

Vocabulary knowledge
Answer D

Knowledge of letter-sound relationships
Answer E

Knowledge of semantic relationships among words

Question 2:To facilitate the development of vowel discrimination skills,
Answer A

Begin with words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘m, n’ and include all words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘r, l,
Answer B

Begin with words in which the vowel sound is not followed by the letters ‘m, n’ and exclude all words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘r, l, ng, nk’
Answer C

Begin with words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘m, n’ and exclude all words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘r, l, ng, nk’
Answer D

Begin with words in which the vowel sound is not followed by the letters ‘m, n’ and include all words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘r, l, ng, nk’

Question 3:Which one of the following contribute to the development of complete, accurate mental orthographic images in long term memory
Answer A

Syllable segmentation
Answer B

using contextual cues to identify an unfamiliar word when reading
Answer C

The process of mapping each phoneme in a word with its corresponding letter or letters when spelling
Answer D

Associating words with their meaning

Question 4:Which one statement most completely describes the findings of the Kelman & Apel (2004) case study?
Answer A

Spelling skills improved in both spelling to dictation and authentic writing tasks
Answer B

spelling instruction leads to improvement in both spelling and reading decoding (word attack and word identification) skills
Answer C

Spelling skills improved in spelling to dictation only
Answer D

Word attack and word identification skills improved when spelling instruction was provided

Question 5:Based on a collective body of research, which of the following outcomes would you not expect from multiple-linguistic spelling instruction?
Answer A

Improvement in reading decoding, fluency, and comprehension
Answer B

Improvement in spelling
Answer C

Increase in amount of writing output
Answer D

Improvement in speaking skills



Improving Written Language Skills Through Multiple-Linguistic Spelling Instruction
Exam Questions Question 1:All of the following are linguistic components of spelling except which one? Answer ABlending syllables and phonemes Answer BKnowledge of sound, syllable and word position constraints on letter patterns Answer CVocabulary knowledge Answer DKnowledge of letter-sound relationships Answer EKnowledge of semantic relationships among words Question 2:To facilitate the development of vowel discrimination skills, Answer ABegin with words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘m, n’ and include all words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘r, l, Answer BBegin with words in which the vowel sound is not followed by the letters ‘m, n’ and exclude all words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘r, l, ng, nk’ Answer CBegin with words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘m, n’ and exclude all words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘r, l, ng, nk’ Answer DBegin with words in which the vowel sound is not followed by the letters ‘m, n’ and include all words in which the vowel sound is followed by the letters ‘r, l, ng, nk’ Question 3:Which one of the following contribute to the development of complete, accurate mental orthographic images in long term memory Answer ASyllable segmentation Answer Busing contextual cues to identify an unfamiliar word when reading Answer CThe process of mapping each phoneme in a word with its corresponding letter or letters when spelling Answer DAssociating words with their meaning Question 4:Which one statement most completely describes the findings of the Kelman & Apel (2004) case study? Answer ASpelling skills improved in both spelling to dictation and authentic writing tasks Answer Bspelling instruction leads to improvement in both spelling and reading decoding (word attack and word identification) skills Answer CSpelling skills improved in spelling to dictation only Answer DWord attack and word identification skills improved when spelling instruction was provided Question 5:Based on a collective body of research, which of the following outcomes would you not expect from multiple-linguistic spelling instruction? Answer AImprovement in reading decoding, fluency, and comprehension Answer BImprovement in spelling Answer CIncrease in amount of writing output Answer DImprovement in speaking skills