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






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






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






4. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development


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






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






7. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. Feeling through fingertips






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


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






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


20. 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.






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






22. 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






23. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






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






25. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






26. 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.






27. r-controlled syllable






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






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






30. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






31. 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.






32. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






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






34. Closed syllable






35. 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






36. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






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






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






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






40. Open syllable






41. 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






42. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






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






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






45. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






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






47. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






48. 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 -






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






50. 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.