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Praxis II Early Education Content Knowledge

Category - Reading/LA

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Of the following statements, which best describes how the oral knowledge of vocabulary relates to the way we decode written vocabulary?
  1. Our oral knowledge of vocabulary helps give meaning to written words as we decode them.
  2. We use decoding skills with unfamiliar, written vocabulary so we can increase our oral vocabulary.
  3. Our oral vocabulary is entirely dependent upon our ability to decode written words.
  4. The only way we can decode written words is to have a vast oral vocabulary.
Explanation
Answer: A - The statement that best describes how the oral knowledge of vocabulary relates to the way we decode written vocabulary is “Our oral knowledge of vocabulary helps give meaning to written words as we decode them.” When we are reading a word, we use our knowledge of words we commonly say and hear in an effort to decode written words.
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