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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






2. Closed syllable






3. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






4. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






5. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






6. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






7. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






8. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






9. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






10. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






11. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






12. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






13. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






14. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






15. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






16. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






17. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






18. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






19. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






20. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






21. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






22. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






23. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






24. Proceeds from the part to the whole.Reading is driven by the text. Emphasizes the written or printed text. Flesch - Gough - LaBerge and Samuels.






25. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






26. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






27. Individual Educational Plan






28. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






29. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






30. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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31. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






32. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






33. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






34. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






35. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






36. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






37. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






38. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.






39. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






40. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






41. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






42. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






43. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






44. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






45. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






46. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






47. Feeling through fingertips






48. Wide Range Achievement Test






49. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






50. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






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