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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. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






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






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






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






6. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






7. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






8. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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






13. 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.






14. Final stable syllable

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15. Multisensory Structured Language






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






17. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






18. 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






19. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. r-controlled syllable






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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






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






32. 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.






33. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






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






35. 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






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






37. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






38. 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






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






40. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






41. Closed syllable






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






43. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






44. 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.






45. Academic Language Therapy Association






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






47. Wide Range Achievement Test






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






49. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






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

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