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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. Ability to understand and express spoken language






2. Individual Educational Plan






3. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






4. Open syllable






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






6. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






7. 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






8. 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.






9. 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 -






10. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






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






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






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






14. Wide Range Achievement Test






15. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






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






17. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






18. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






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






20. 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






21. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






22. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






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






24. English as a second language






25. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






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






27. 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






28. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






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






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






31. r-controlled syllable






32. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






33. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






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






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






36. 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.






37. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






38. 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

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39. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






40. 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.






41. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






42. 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.






43. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






44. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






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






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

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