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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. 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






2. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






3. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






4. Academic Language Therapy Association






5. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






6. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






7. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






8. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






9. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






10. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






11. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






12. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






13. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






14. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






15. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






16. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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17. Ability to understand and express spoken language






18. 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






19. 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






20. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






21. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






22. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






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






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






25. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






26. Multisensory Structured Language Education






27. 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






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






29. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






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






31. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






32. 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.






33. 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






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






35. State Board of Eduation






36. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






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






38. 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






39. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






40. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






41. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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

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






48. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






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






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