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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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






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






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






4. Whole body learning






5. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






6. 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






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






8. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






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






10. Wide Range Achievement Test






11. 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






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

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13. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






14. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






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






16. 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






17. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






18. 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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






25. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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26. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






27. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






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






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






30. 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






31. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






32. 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






33. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






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






35. 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)






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






41. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






42. 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.






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






44. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






45. 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






46. 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






47. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






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






49. 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.






50. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)







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