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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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






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






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






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






5. State Board of Eduation






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






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. 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.






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






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






22. 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






23. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






24. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






25. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






26. 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






27. 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.






28. Closed syllable






29. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






30. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






31. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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32. Response to Intervention - a multi-step or tiered approach to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or an entire class.






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






39. 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






40. 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.






41. Whole body learning






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






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






44. 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.






45. Multisensory Structured Language Education






46. Multisensory Structured Language






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. 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.