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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. Multisensory Structured Language






2. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






3. Closed syllable






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






5. 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.






6. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 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






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






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

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12. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






13. r-controlled syllable






14. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






19. Multisensory Structured Language Education






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






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






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






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






24. Final stable syllable

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25. Whole body learning






26. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






27. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






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. State Board of Eduation






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






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

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






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






38. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






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






40. Ability to understand and express spoken language






41. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






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






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






44. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






45. Wide Range Achievement Test






46. 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.






47. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






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






49. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






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