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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy
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1. Final stable syllable
2. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.
Multi-Sensory Approach
Latin layer of language
Vr
Phoneme
3. 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
Pre-English
Fluency
V >
Texas Administrative Code 74.28
4. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek
Base Word
Towre
Trigraph
Three Layers of Language
5. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships
6. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test
Six basic types of syllables
Syntax
Reliability
Auditory Learners
7. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.
Phonological Awareness
Profile
Digraph
Attention
8. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)
RTI
Derived Score
GORT
Greek layer of language
9. Open syllable
Chall's Stage 4
Funding
Frank Smith
V >
10. 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
Phoneme
Kenneth and Yetta Goodman
Samuel T. Orton
Greek layer of language
11. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.
Sound Symbols Association is taught to mastery in two directions...
Vr
Derivative
Fluency
12. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others
Trigraph
Expressive language
Kinesthetic
Linguistic Method
13. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.
Battery
Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners
Phonemic/ decodable words
Synthetic Instruction
14. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.
Multisensory
Closed Syllable
Affix
Consonant Digraph
15. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail
Prefix
RTI
Morpheme
Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners
16. 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.
Kenneth and Yetta Goodman
Sound Symbols Association is taught to mastery in two directions...
Components of Reading Instruction
IMSLEC
17. Students proceed trough predictable stages of learning to reading.
18. 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
Grapheme
Auditory Learners
Consonant
V-e
19. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies
20. 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
Sight Words
MSLE
Bottom-up Reading Approachs
The Norman Conquest
21. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.
Stanine Scores
Comprehension
Consonant
Old English
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.
Derivative
Accent
Texas Education Code 38.003
Expressive language
23. 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)
WIATII
Mastery level
Combination
Auditory Learners
24. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests
Three Layers of Language
V >
WRAT
Battery
25. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words
Phonological Awareness
Cedilla
Cognition
Greek layer of language
26. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.
Cedilla
Mastery level
Criterion-Referenced Test
Percentile/ percentile rank
27. 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
Criterion-Referenced Test
Standard score
SBOE
Syntax
28. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.
Base Word
Visual Learners
Samuel T. Orton
Social language
29. Academic Language Therapy Association
ALTA
Chall's Stage 1
Dyslexia
Orthography
30. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.
Keith Stanovich
Reliability
Expressive language
4 Principles of ALTA Code of Ethics
31. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound
Raw score
Vowel Digraph
Consonant Digraph
Norm-referenced tests
32. 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.
Accommodation
Chall's Six Stages of Reading
WIATII
Chall's Stage 3
33. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress
IEP
Grade equivalents
Diphthong
Auditory Processing
34. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning
Reading Comprehension Support
Whole Language
V-e
Simultaneous teaching
35. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.
Greek layer of language
Sound Symbols Association is taught to mastery in two directions...
Accommodation
Standard deviation
36. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.
Chall's Stage 2
IDEA
Universal Screening
Macron
37. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.
Auditory Processing
Impulsivity
ALTA
Affix
38. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.
Sound Symbol Association
Samuel T. Orton
Phoneme
Chall's Stage 2
39. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.
Percentile
Bottom-up Reading Approachs
Vowel
Cedilla
40. Individuals with a Disabilities Act
IDEA
Diphthong
Components of Reading Instruction
Greek layer of language
41. 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
Latin layer of language
Chall's Stage 0
Funding
Tilde
42. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example
Norm-referenced tests
Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners
Ability
IEP
43. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality
Morphology
4 Principles of ALTA Code of Ethics
Curriculum referenced tests
Chall's Stage 0
44. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.
Standard score
Sight Words
Standard deviation
Open Syllable
45. 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.
Syllable
Systematic and Cumulative Instruction
Consonant Digraph
Social and emotional problems related to dyslexia
46. 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.
Diagnostic tests
[-'le
Consonant Digraph
Composite Score
47. Multisensory Structured Language Education
Social and emotional problems related to dyslexia
MSLE
Mathew Effect
Affix
48. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.
Comprehension
Base Word
Modification
James Hinshelwood
49. 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
Chall's Stage 1
Synthetic Instruction
Norm-Referenced Test
Kenneth and Yetta Goodman
50. 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
Cognitive Assessment
ALTA
VAKT
Receptive language