The Four Cueing
Systems
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The
Four
Cueing
Systems
Phonological
System
The
Four
Cueing
Systems
Phonological
System
Syntactic
System
The
Four
Cueing
Systems
Syntactic
System
Phonological
System
Semantic
System
The
Four
Cueing
Systems
Pragmatic
System
Syntactic
System
Phonological
System
Semantic
System
The Phonological System
The sound system of
English with
approximately 44
sounds and more
than 500 ways spell
the sounds
The Phonological System
The sound
system of English
with approximately
44 sounds and more
than 500 ways spell
the sounds
• Phoneme—the
smallest unit of
sound
The Phonological System
• Phoneme-the smallest
unit of sound
The sound
system of English
with approximately
44 sounds and more
than 500 ways spell
the sounds
• Grapheme—
the written
representation
of a phoneme
The Phonological System
The sound
system of English
with approximately
44 sounds and more
than 500 ways spell
the sounds
• Phoneme-the smallest
unit of sound
• Grapheme-the written
representation of a
phoneme
• Phonemic
Awareness—
sound system
of a language
The Phonological System
The sound
system of English
with approximately
44 sounds and more
than 500 ways spell
the sounds
• Phoneme-the smallest unit of
sound
• Grapheme-the written
representation of a phoneme
• Phonemic Awareness-sound
system of a language
• Phonics—
sound/symbol
correspondence
The Syntactic System
The structural
system of English
governing
individual word
transformation and
combination of
words into
sentences
• Syntax—
structure or
grammar of a
sentence
The Syntactic System
The structural
system of English
governing
individual word
transformation and
combination of
words into
sentences
• Syntax—structure or
grammar of a sentence
• Morpheme—
the smallest
meaningful unit
of language
The Syntactic System
The structural
system of English
governing
individual word
transformation and
combination of
words into
sentences
• Syntax—structure or
grammar of a sentence
• Morpheme—the smallest
meaningful unit of
language
– Free
morpheme—a
morpheme that
stands alone
The Syntactic System
The structural
system of English
governing
individual word
transformation and
combination of
words into
sentences
• Syntax—structure or
grammar of a sentence
• Morpheme—the smallest
meaningful unit of
language
– Free morpheme—a
morpheme that stands
alone
– Bound
morpheme—a
morpheme that
cannot stand
alone
The Semantic System
The meaning
system of English
that focuses on
vocabulary and
communicative
purpose
The Semantic System
The meaning
system of English
that focuses on
vocabulary and
communicative
purpose
• Semantics—
meaning
The Semantic System
• Semantics—meaning
The meaning
system of English
that focuses on
vocabulary and
communicative
purpose
• Word
Meanings
The Semantic System
• Semantics—meaning
• Word Meanings
The meaning
system of English
that focuses on
vocabulary and
communicative
purpose
• Context
Clues
The Semantic System
The meaning
system of English
that focuses on
vocabulary and
communicative
purpose
• Semantics—meaning
• Word Meanings
• Context Clues
• Synonyms,
antonyms,
metaphorical
language
The Pragmatic System
The system of
English that
varies language
according to the
social setting
The Pragmatic System
The system of
English that
varies language
according to the
social setting
Does it
FIT the
setting?
The Pragmatic System
The system of
English that
varies language
according to the
social setting
• Function—
does the style
fit the setting
and foster the
purpose?
The Pragmatic System
The system of
English that
varies language
according to the
social setting
• Function—does the style
fit the setting and foster
the purpose?
• “Standard”
English
The Pragmatic System
The system of
English that
varies language
according to the
social setting
• Function—does the style
fit the setting and foster
the purpose?
• “Standard” English
• Dialects
The
Four
Cueing
Systems
Pragmatic
System
Syntax
System
Phonological
System
Semantic
System