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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
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1. Whole body learning






2. 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.






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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.






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

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10. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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






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






13. 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






14. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






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. 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.






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






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






24. Wide Range Achievement Test






25. 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.






26. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






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






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






29. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






30. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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






44. Open syllable






45. 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.






46. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






47. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






48. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






49. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






50. 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