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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. 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.






2. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






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






4. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






5. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






6. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






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






8. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






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

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






11. 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






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






13. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






14. 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






15. English as a second language






16. 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






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






18. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






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






21. Ability to understand and express spoken language






22. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






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






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






25. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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






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






30. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






31. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






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






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






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






35. Students proceed trough predictable stages of learning to reading.

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36. 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.






37. 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






38. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






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






40. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






41. Open syllable






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

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43. Developmental Auditory Impercepion - Dysphasia - Specific Developmental Dyslexia - Developmental Dysgraphia - Developmental Spelling Disability






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

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






46. 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.






47. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






48. 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






49. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






50. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.







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