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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






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






3. 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






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






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






6. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






7. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






8. 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.






9. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






10. 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






11. r-controlled syllable






12. 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






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






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

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






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






17. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






22. Whole body learning






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






24. 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






25. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






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






27. 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






28. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






29. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






30. 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






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






32. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






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






40. 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






41. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






42. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






43. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






44. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






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






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






47. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






48. 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






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






50. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun