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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Open syllable






2. 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






3. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






4. Academic Language Therapy Association






5. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






11. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






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






13. Final stable syllable

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14. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






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






16. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






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






18. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






19. 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.






20. 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






21. r-controlled syllable






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






23. 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






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






25. 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 -






26. 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.






27. Ability to understand and express spoken language






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

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






30. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






36. 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






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






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






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






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. 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.






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

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50. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language