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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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






2. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






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






4. 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.






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






6. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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






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






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






10. r-controlled syllable






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






12. 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.






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






14. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






15. Academic Language Therapy Association






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






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. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






19. 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






20. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Multisensory Structured Language






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






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

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38. 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.






39. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






40. 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






41. Individual Educational Plan






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






46. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






47. 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.






48. Closed syllable






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






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