Language Arts Vocabulary

Language and Literacy Terminology EC-6 Generalist

Oral language Pronunciation Syntax/Syntactic development Semantics/ Semantic development Morpheme/Morphemic development Pragmatic development Academic register Indirect speech act Expressive language Receptive language Intonation English Language Learners Phonological awareness Phoneme Phonemic awareness Syllabication Blending Onset Rime Early literacy Environmental print Concepts of print/ Directionality Language experience approach Phonics terms/ phonics elements Phoneme Grapheme Vowel Consonant Digraphs Blends Diphthongs Word family (onset and rime) Word identification Word family Sight words Irregular sight words High frequency words Word analysis Root Base Affixes (prefixes and suffixes) Semantic, syntactic, graphophonic cues Fluency Repeated reading Choral reading Readers’ theatre Comprehension Graphic organizers Metacognition Literal comprehension Inferential comprehension Miscellaneous Informal instruction Formal instruction Informal assessment Formal assessment