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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






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






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






4. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






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






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






7. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






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






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






10. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






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






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






20. Open syllable






21. Whole body learning






22. 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






23. 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.






24. Individual Educational Plan






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






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

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27. 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.






28. 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






29. 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.






30. Multisensory Structured Language Education






31. 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






32. Final stable syllable

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33. State Board of Eduation






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






35. 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.






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






37. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






38. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






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






40. 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.






41. English as a second language






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






43. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.






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






45. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






46. 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






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. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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49. 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






50. 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