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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Multisensory Structured Language Education






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. Whole body learning






7. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






8. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






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






10. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






11. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. r-controlled syllable






17. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






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






19. 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.






20. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






21. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






22. 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.






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






24. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






25. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






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






32. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






33. Open syllable






34. 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.






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






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






37. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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.






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






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

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






48. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






49. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






50. English as a second language