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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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






2. 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.






3. 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






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






5. 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)






6. 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.






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






8. r-controlled syllable






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






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






11. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






12. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






13. 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.






14. 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






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






16. Academic Language Therapy Association






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






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






25. 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.






26. 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






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






28. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






29. Closed syllable






30. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






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






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






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






34. Individual Educational Plan






35. 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.






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






37. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






38. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






39. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. 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






44. Ability to understand and express spoken language






45. 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 -






46. 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.






47. 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






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






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






50. International Multisensory Structured Education Council







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