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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






10. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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






12. 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






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






14. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






15. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






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

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






18. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






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






20. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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. 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.






26. State Board of Eduation






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






28. 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






29. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






30. English as a second language






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






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

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33. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






34. Final stable syllable

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35. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






36. 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






37. Ability to understand and express spoken language






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






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






43. 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.






44. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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.






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