Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) Subject Area Practice Test

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What type of cueing system is demonstrated through the connection of letters and sounds?

Graph-phonic
Syntactic
Semantic
Contextual

The correct answer is: Graph-phonic

The connection of letters and sounds is best described by the graphophonic cueing system. This system focuses on the relationship between written symbols (letters) and their corresponding sounds (phonemes). When learners use graphophonic cues, they decode words by analyzing the visual representation of letters in relation to the sounds those letters represent. For example, when a student sees the letters "cat," they can sound out each letter to blend them together into a recognizable word based on their understanding of phonics. The other cueing systems, while important in the reading process, operate differently. The syntactic cueing system pertains to the structure of language and the grammatical relationships within sentences. The semantic cueing system involves understanding the meanings of words and the context that gives them specific significance. Contextual cueing focuses on using surrounding text to infer meaning or help with comprehension. Each of these systems plays a role in reading development, but they do not specifically connect letters and sounds in the same way that graphophonic cueing does.