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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






2. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






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






4. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






5. Open syllable






6. Multisensory Structured Language Education






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


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






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. Whole body learning






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






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






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






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






15. 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)






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. State Board of Eduation






22. 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






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






24. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






25. 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






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






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






29. 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.






30. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


39. Ability to understand and express spoken language






40. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






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






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






43. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






44. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






45. 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.






46. 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






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






48. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






49. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






50. 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