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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Academic Language Therapy Association






2. Whole body learning






3. 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






4. Feeling through fingertips






5. 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






6. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






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






8. English as a second language






9. 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






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






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






12. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






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






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






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






16. Open syllable






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






18. Closed syllable






19. Final stable syllable

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






22. 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.






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






24. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






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






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

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34. 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






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. 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






37. 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.






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






39. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






40. 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






41. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






48. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






49. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






50. 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