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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. 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






2. 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)






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






4. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






5. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






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






7. 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.






8. Multisensory Structured Language Education






9. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






10. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






11. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






12. 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






13. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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14. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






15. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






16. 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.






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






18. 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






19. Academic Language Therapy Association






20. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






21. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






22. Final stable syllable

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23. r-controlled syllable






24. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






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






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






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

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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. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






30. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






31. Ability to understand and express spoken language






32. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






33. 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.






34. Wide Range Achievement Test






35. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






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






44. 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






45. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






46. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






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






48. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






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

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50. 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