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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






5. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






6. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






7. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






15. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






16. 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.






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






18. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






19. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






20. 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






21. 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)






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






23. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






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






25. 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






26. Open syllable






27. 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






28. 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.






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






30. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






31. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






39. Academic Language Therapy Association






40. 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 -






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






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






43. Wide Range Achievement Test






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


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






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






47. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






48. Whole body learning






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






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