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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. 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.






2. Academic Language Therapy Association






3. 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






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






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






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






7. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






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






9. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






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






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






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






13. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






14. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






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






16. 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






17. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






18. Whole body learning






19. r-controlled syllable






20. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






21. 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






22. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






23. 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






24. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






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






26. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






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

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28. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






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






33. 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






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






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






36. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






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






46. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






47. 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






48. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






49. 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.






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