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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






4. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






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






6. 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






7. Open syllable






8. Wide Range Achievement Test






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






15. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






16. 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.






17. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






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






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






20. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






21. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






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






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






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

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25. 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






26. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






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






28. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






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






30. 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.






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

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32. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






33. 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






34. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






35. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






36. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






37. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






38. 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






39. 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.






40. Ability to understand and express spoken language






41. English as a second language






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






43. 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






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






45. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






46. 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.






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






48. 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






49. 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.






50. Final stable syllable

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