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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Multisensory Structured Language






2. 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






3. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






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






5. 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






6. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






7. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






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

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






10. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






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

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12. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






13. 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)






14. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






15. Wide Range Achievement Test






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






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






18. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






19. 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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






26. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






27. 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






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






29. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






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






31. Feeling through fingertips






32. 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






33. Proceeds from the part to the whole.Reading is driven by the text. Emphasizes the written or printed text. Flesch - Gough - LaBerge and Samuels.






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






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






36. 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






37. 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.






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






39. Response to Intervention - a multi-step or tiered approach to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or an entire class.






40. 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






41. 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






42. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






43. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






44. 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






45. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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






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






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






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