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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Final stable syllable


3. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






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






10. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






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






12. r-controlled syllable






13. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






14. 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.






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






16. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






17. 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






18. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






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






20. 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






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






22. 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.






23. Individual Educational Plan






24. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






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






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






27. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






28. 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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






34. 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






35. 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.






36. 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






37. Multisensory Structured Language Education






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






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






47. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






48. 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






49. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






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