Wright, W. E. (2015). Foundations for teaching English language learners: Research, theory, policy, and practice. Philadelphia: Caslon Publishing.
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phonology
What are the two subsets of phonology?
segmental phonology
Phonemes
allophones
suprasegmental phonology
Why is the the knowledge of phonology important for teachers?
morphology
morphemes
What is the difference between a free morpheme and bound morpheme?
How many morphemes does the word "books" have? What are they?
Are they free or bound morphemes?
What is the difference between inflectional and derivational morphemes?
Is the -s in books inflectional or derivational morpheme?
Is the mis- in misrepresent a inflectional or derivational morpheme?
Why is having a knowledge of morphology important for teachers?
syntax
Which sentence follows proper English word order?
Mom gave my book to Dad.
OR
To book my gave Dad Mom.
Why is knowledge of syntactic rules on words order necessary?
Why might an ELL student whose first language is Spanish say "car red" instead of "red car"?
Semantics
All words have semantic features that indicate various properties or meanings are inherent in the word:
woman.
For example, the word "girl" contain these features: animate, human female.
What semantic features does the word "man" have?
Why does our understanding of semantics help us recognize how odd this sentence is?
My turtle is an great mechanic
What do synonyms, antonyms, homophones, homonyms, hyponyms, converseness, and polysemy, and part/whole realtionship words have in common?
homophones
homonyms
hyponyms
converseness
polysemy
part/whole relationships
How does knowledge of semantics help teachers?
Pragmatics
How does pragmatics help explain this misunderstandi-ng that is occuring?
TRUE OR FALSE
From pragmatics, we learn that it is what we say and not how we say it that conveys the intended meaning.
Why is a knowledge of pragmatics necessary for teachers?
Lexicon
In order for a person to use a word from the lexicon they must have what four kinds of information
It is necessary for teachers to build up their ELLs lexicon by building up their vocabulary.
How can teachers help their students acquire new words?
examples of two words being spelled similarly because of their meaning
examples of words whose spelling reflect their origin
