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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
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. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






2. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






3. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






4. 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






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

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6. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






7. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






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






9. 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






10. 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.






11. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






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






13. Individual Educational Plan






14. 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






15. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






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






17. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






18. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






24. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






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






26. Final stable syllable

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27. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






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






29. 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






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






31. Closed syllable






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






33. 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






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






35. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






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






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






38. 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






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






40. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






41. Whole body learning






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






43. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






44. Multisensory Structured Language






45. English as a second language






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






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






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






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






50. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes