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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. Final stable syllable


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






3. 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






4. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






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


6. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






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






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






9. Open syllable






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






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


18. 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






19. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies


20. 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






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






22. 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.






23. 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)






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






25. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






26. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






27. 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






28. 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.






29. Academic Language Therapy Association






30. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






31. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






40. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






41. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






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






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






44. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. Multisensory Structured Language Education






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






49. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






50. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat