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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






3. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






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






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






6. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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7. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






8. 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






9. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






10. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






11. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






12. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






13. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






14. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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






16. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






17. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






18. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






19. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






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






21. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






22. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






23. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






24. Wide Range Achievement Test






25. Closed syllable






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






27. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






28. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






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






30. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






31. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






32. 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






33. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






34. 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.






35. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






36. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






37. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






38. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






39. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






40. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






41. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






42. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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43. 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






44. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






45. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






46. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






47. Response to Intervention - a multi-step or tiered approach to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or an entire class.






48. State Board of Eduation






49. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






50. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.