EDIS 6720

Understanding the Code: The Language Systems of Written English

Course Description

Understanding the Code provides students with a deep understanding of the code and why building this knowledge across a child's reading development is crucial. Students learn how phoneme awareness and phonics lead to automatic word recognition, the influence of orthography, and how the meaning layer of language (i.e., morphology, syntax, semantics) supports decoding, spelling, and vocabulary.


  • Amanda Rawlins

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    2

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    Spring 2025