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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. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






2. Ability to understand and express spoken language






3. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






4. 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.






5. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






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

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7. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






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






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






10. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






11. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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.






19. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






20. Feeling through fingertips






21. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






22. 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






23. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






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






25. Individual Educational Plan






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






27. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






34. r-controlled syllable






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






36. 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






37. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






38. 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






39. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






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






41. Open syllable






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






43. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






44. 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.






45. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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46. 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.






47. Whole body learning






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






49. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






50. 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.