Language+Terms

= Language Terms for the Teaching and Acquisition of English as a Second Language  = **__Terms for Teachers__**
 * **﻿﻿alphabet: **ordered set of letters of a language - our English language consists of 26 letters A - Z.


 * **base word:** a word to which a prefix or suffix may be added to form a new word (//**try**// + //**ing**// = //trying//).


 * **consonant digraph:** consists of two consonants that together represent one sound (sh, ch, th, gh) - which is not associated with the constituent letters (//ship, chip, phone, laugh//). The //**kn**// in know is not a digraph, for example. //**Wh**// may or may not be a digraph, depending on how it is spoken (for some speakers, //weather// and //whether// have different initial sounds).


 * **diphthong:** phoneme where the mouth glides from one vowel sound directly into another in the same syllable - both vowels may be heard, but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending. These include //**oi, oy, ow**//, and //**ou**//.


 * **grapheme:** a letter or a group of letters representing one sound, e.g. //**sh, ch, igh, ough**// (as in //though//).


 * **phonics**: the relationships between the sounds of a language and the letters used to represent those sounds - a way of teaching reading and spelling that stresses symbol sound relationships. [] and []


 * **phonemic awareness:** the understanding that words are made up of individual sounds (phonemes); this is a sub-category of phonological awareness. It includes the ability to distinguish rhyme, blend sounds, isolate sounds (such as initial & final), segment sounds, and manipulate sounds in words.


 * **prefix:** phonics definition - a syllable or group of syllables attached to the beginning of a word or root to change its meaning (//**re**//print, //**un**//pack, //**dis**//like).


 * **r-controlled vowels:** An //**r**// sound following a vowel sound almost always distorts the vowel, making such words harder to spell - //cat/car//. Common r-controlled vowels are: **//ar, er, ir, or, ur//**.


 * **split digraph:** two letters, split, making one sound, e.g. //**a-e**// as in //make// or //**i-e**// in //site.//


 * **suffix:** phonics definition - a syllable or group of syllables attached to the end of a word or root to change its meaning (//**s, ed, ing**//).


 * **vowel digraph:** two vowels together that make one phoneme or sound (//br**ea**d, n**ee**d, b**oo**k, f**ie**ld//).

Resources //P////honics definition & glossary//. (n.d.) Retrieved from []

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