In reading, encoding refers to?

In reading, encoding refers to?

• A. The process of hearing a word and spelling it based on sounds.
• B. The process of recognizing a word by sight.
• C. The process of decoding a word by blending sounds.
• D. The process of understanding a sentence's meaning.

Answer: (A)

Encoding in reading is turning spoken language into written form. It means taking the sounds you hear in a word and mapping them to the corresponding letters to spell that word. When you hear a word and spell it based on its sounds, you’re encoding. This helps explain why the correct choice is about sound-to-letter mapping. The other processes are different: decoding is sounding out written words to pronounce them, sight-word recognition is recognizing words by sight without sounding them out, and understanding a sentence’s meaning is about comprehension.

Encoding in reading is turning spoken language into written form. It means taking the sounds you hear in a word and mapping them to the corresponding letters to spell that word. When you hear a word and spell it based on its sounds, you’re encoding. This helps explain why the correct choice is about sound-to-letter mapping. The other processes are different: decoding is sounding out written words to pronounce them, sight-word recognition is recognizing words by sight without sounding them out, and understanding a sentence’s meaning is about comprehension.