LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION

Background Knowledge

(facts, concepts, etc.)

Vocabulary Knowledge

(breadth, precision, links, etc.)

Language Structures

(sentence level: syntax, semantics, etc.)

Verbal Reasoning

(inference, metaphor, etc.)

Literacy Knowledge

(whole text level:

text structure, print concepts,  genres, etc.)

WORD RECOGNITION

Phonological Awareness

(syllables, phonemes, etc.)

Decoding

(alphabetic principle, spelling-sound correspondences)

Sight Recognition

(of familiar words)