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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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






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






3. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






4. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






5. 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)






6. 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






7. 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






8. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






9. 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






10. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






11. Ability to understand and express spoken language






12. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






13. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






14. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






30. 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






31. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






32. 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.






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






34. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






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






36. 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.






37. r-controlled syllable






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

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39. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






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






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






42. Academic Language Therapy Association






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






44. 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






45. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






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






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






48. Wide Range Achievement Test






49. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






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