Which term describes translating sounds to print, as in writing?

Which term describes translating sounds to print, as in writing?

• A. Blending
• B. Decoding
• C. Encoding
• D. Semantic cue

Answer: (C)

Encoding is the process of turning spoken sounds into written form. When you hear a word and spell it by choosing the letters that represent those sounds, you’re encoding. For example, hearing /k/ /æ/ /t/ and spelling it as c-a-t is encoding, which is what writing and spelling require. In reading, the opposite happens: decoding, or translating print back into spoken sounds. Blending is about putting individual sounds together to pronounce a word, a step more related to decoding than writing. A semantic cue relates to using meaning to understand text, not to sound-to-print mapping.

Encoding is the process of turning spoken sounds into written form. When you hear a word and spell it by choosing the letters that represent those sounds, you’re encoding. For example, hearing /k/ /æ/ /t/ and spelling it as c-a-t is encoding, which is what writing and spelling require. In reading, the opposite happens: decoding, or translating print back into spoken sounds. Blending is about putting individual sounds together to pronounce a word, a step more related to decoding than writing. A semantic cue relates to using meaning to understand text, not to sound-to-print mapping.