English Major LET Reviewer Volume 2 Flashcards

These vocabulary flashcards cover key terminology from the English Major Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) Reviewer, including concepts in remedial instruction, linguistics, literary criticism, and campus journalism.

Dyslexia

A learning difficulty where a student reads "saw" for "was", says a "b" is a "d", or skips and adds words when reading aloud.

Instructional Reading level

A reading ability level characterized by 95% accuracy or better (2 to 5 errors per 100 words) and at least 80 percent comprehension.

Metacognitive strategy

A category of learning strategies identified by Oxford in 1989 that includes self-monitoring and paying attention.

Bottom-Up Model of Reading

A reading model which suggests that reading is driven by the text itself rather than the reader's construction of meaning.

Target Situation Analysis

A specific type of needs analysis used in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) to determine the requirements of a particular role or field.

Audio-Lingual Method

A language teaching approach based on the behaviorist assumption that language learning is the acquisition of a set of correct language habits.

Skill-based syllabus

A type of syllabus where the content of language teaching is a collection of specific abilities used in language.

Strategic competence

The aspect of communicative competence that deals with the appropriate use of communication and coping strategies.

Illocutionary acts

The study of these acts is a primary area of focus within the field of pragmatics.

Anaphora

A concept in referential semantics where a word, such as the pronoun "she", refers back to an entity previously mentioned, like "Mary".

Back formation

A morphological process exemplified by the creation of the word "surveil" from "surveillance".

Fossilization

A linguistic phenomenon in second language acquisition where errors become permanent habits due to L1 interference in accent or vocabulary.

Descriptive Grammar

An approach to grammar that refers to the structure of a language as it is actually used by speakers and writers.

Motif

The main insight, central idea, or an image/idea repeated throughout a literary work or several works of literature.

Stylistics

The study of literary discourse from a linguistic orientation to interpret and evaluate literary writings.

Decorum

A term in stylistics referring to the appropriateness of a work to its intended subject, genre, and audience.

Charactonym

A figure of speech where a name reflects a character's trait, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rev. Dimmensdale being "dim".

Hermeneutics

A discipline known as the science of interpretation, which became significantly important in religion during the Middle Ages.

Naturalism

An extreme form of Realism that uses physical science methods and principles of causality to present natural occurrences in text.

Aestheticism

A movement stating that art exists for its own sake or beauty, disregarding moral, political, or educational considerations.

Bildungsroman

A type of novel that narrates the education and development of a young hero.

Washback

The effect that testing has on the processes of teaching and learning.

Staccato lead

A journalistic lead consisting of short, punchy phrases such as "Fearless. Objective. Impactful."

Beat

A specific area of coverage or source of news in journalism, such as a Police Station.

Nose for news

A reporter's instinct to identify or sort out news from an array of facts; also called the newsman's sixth sense.

Abusive fidelity

A translation practice required when translating Derrida's work, which maintains the original syntax, lexicon, and puns.

Cross of the fourth wall

A theatrical technique exemplified by a character's aside to the audience or a direct address.

Emotional memory

An acting technique where a performer uses a related personal incident to relive and portray specific feelings.

Verisimilitude

The quality in a literary work where words and actions are true to life or have the appearance of being real.

Color-blind casting

A practice in theater where the nationality or race of actors is ignored during the casting process.