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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






2. 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






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






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






5. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






6. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






7. 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.






8. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






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






10. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






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






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






13. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






14. Final stable syllable

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

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






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






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






19. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






20. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






21. Closed syllable






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






23. Wide Range Achievement Test






24. 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






25. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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






31. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






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






33. 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.






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






35. r-controlled syllable






36. Response to Intervention - a multi-step or tiered approach to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or an entire class.






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






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






42. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






43. 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






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






45. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






46. 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






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






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






50. 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