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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






3. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






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






5. State Board of Eduation






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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






11. Multisensory Structured Language Education






12. 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


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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






18. English as a second language






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






20. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






21. 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.






22. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






23. 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.






24. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






25. Feeling through fingertips






26. 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 -






27. 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






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






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






30. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






31. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






32. 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






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


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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






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






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






44. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






49. Closed syllable






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