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Which of the following consonant phonemes require the use of the lips for articulation? -
ANSWER /p/, /m/, and /f/
A middle school student is unfamiliar with the meaning of the word anthropomorphic. What
linguistic knowledge would best enable the student to understand this word? -
ANSWER Morphology
What is the rationale for teaching pragmatics through the use of oral language to prepare
students to comprehend text? - ANSWER Teaching pragmatics through oral language
may positively impact a student's understanding of implied meaning in written language.
In addition to phonological processing, which of the following is an essential component of
an effective evaluation for dyslexia? - ANSWER Spelling
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, enacted in 1975 as PL 94-142, was updated in
1990 and reauthorized in 2004. Under IDEA, "Specific Learning Disability" is an identifiable
category of disability with eight academic domains. Dyslexia is included as one condition
under the SLD umbrella ensuring which of the following for students with an identification
under IDEA: - ANSWER Eligibility for special education and related services
The component of phonological processing that includes the skills of word retrieval from
long-term memory and word recoding and has a strong impact on reading fluency is
phonological ----? - ANSWER Naming
1
,What subtype of executive function that includes the capabilities of processing, storage, and
retrieval impacts the decoding difficulty seen with dyslexia? - ANSWER Working
Memory
Which of the following factors interrelate to affect overall reading comprehension
achievement? - ANSWER Language Comprehension and Decoding
What steps should an academic language therapist take if a local school district reaches out
requesting the records of a former student? - ANSWER Receive written consent from
the adult student, or from the parent or legal guardian of the minor student.
How can the following communication between and Academic Language Therapist and a
teacher be revised and improved? Melissa can understand 2nd grade level text that is read
to her and she does not attempt to read unfamiliar words on her own and she looks and the
teacher and says, "I don't know." - ANSWER Melissa can understand 2nd grade level
text that is read to her. However, she does not attempt to read unfamiliar words on her own.
Instead, she looks at the teacher and says, "I don't know."
Research suggests that the defining characteristics of dyslexia is that a student does what? -
ANSWER Has difficulties with the phonology of language
Impairments in phonemic awareness skills in kindergarteners will do which of the following?
- ANSWER Persist without explicit instruction
Research suggests that effective phonics instruction is what? - ANSWER Systematic
How can academic language be described? - ANSWER Classroom language
Close reading is meant to reduce college students' challenges related to reading because of
which of the following? - ANSWER The demands of complex text
2
, A teacher is planning a Structured literacy lesson for her student. Initially, she used informal
assessment to determine which phoneme-grapheme associations the student had mastered.
For new learning, she selects the next unknown phoneme-grapheme association in order of
difficulty. Which principle of Structured Literacy does this choice represent? -
ANSWER Instruction is sequential
A teacher is delivering a Structured Literacy lesson. Within the lesson, he presents cards with
single letters printed on them and asks the student to pronounce the associated sound. He
has the student read lists of single words as well as connected text. Which of the following
do these activities represent? - ANSWER Grapheme to Phoneme
Research studies have identified differences between the brains of individuals with and
without reading disability (dyslexia). Which of the following has NOT been reported
regarding students with dyslexia? - ANSWER During reading, there is hypoactivation
within the brain areas involved in articulation and naming.
Reading the efficacy of the use of multisensory instructional strategies, which of the
following is true? - ANSWER Researchers have studied the efficacy of multisensory
instructional strategies
Which is an example that demonstrates a student's understanding English Morphology? -
ANSWER Knowing that fine, the base words in finish and definite, means "to end"
What are two ways in which executive function influences langue performance? -
ANSWER When monitoring the reaction of the listener
How does impaired language functioning affect executive function? -
ANSWER Impaired word retrieval negatively affects verbal mediation. Impaired
functioning makes it harder to plan and execute responses in a timely manner. There are
fewer words available to represent key ideas.
Which of the following are differences between speaking and decoding? -
ANSWER Learning to speak is a natural process. Speaking is accompanied by
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Which of the following consonant phonemes require the use of the lips for articulation? -
ANSWER /p/, /m/, and /f/
A middle school student is unfamiliar with the meaning of the word anthropomorphic. What
linguistic knowledge would best enable the student to understand this word? -
ANSWER Morphology
What is the rationale for teaching pragmatics through the use of oral language to prepare
students to comprehend text? - ANSWER Teaching pragmatics through oral language
may positively impact a student's understanding of implied meaning in written language.
In addition to phonological processing, which of the following is an essential component of
an effective evaluation for dyslexia? - ANSWER Spelling
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, enacted in 1975 as PL 94-142, was updated in
1990 and reauthorized in 2004. Under IDEA, "Specific Learning Disability" is an identifiable
category of disability with eight academic domains. Dyslexia is included as one condition
under the SLD umbrella ensuring which of the following for students with an identification
under IDEA: - ANSWER Eligibility for special education and related services
The component of phonological processing that includes the skills of word retrieval from
long-term memory and word recoding and has a strong impact on reading fluency is
phonological ----? - ANSWER Naming
1
,What subtype of executive function that includes the capabilities of processing, storage, and
retrieval impacts the decoding difficulty seen with dyslexia? - ANSWER Working
Memory
Which of the following factors interrelate to affect overall reading comprehension
achievement? - ANSWER Language Comprehension and Decoding
What steps should an academic language therapist take if a local school district reaches out
requesting the records of a former student? - ANSWER Receive written consent from
the adult student, or from the parent or legal guardian of the minor student.
How can the following communication between and Academic Language Therapist and a
teacher be revised and improved? Melissa can understand 2nd grade level text that is read
to her and she does not attempt to read unfamiliar words on her own and she looks and the
teacher and says, "I don't know." - ANSWER Melissa can understand 2nd grade level
text that is read to her. However, she does not attempt to read unfamiliar words on her own.
Instead, she looks at the teacher and says, "I don't know."
Research suggests that the defining characteristics of dyslexia is that a student does what? -
ANSWER Has difficulties with the phonology of language
Impairments in phonemic awareness skills in kindergarteners will do which of the following?
- ANSWER Persist without explicit instruction
Research suggests that effective phonics instruction is what? - ANSWER Systematic
How can academic language be described? - ANSWER Classroom language
Close reading is meant to reduce college students' challenges related to reading because of
which of the following? - ANSWER The demands of complex text
2
, A teacher is planning a Structured literacy lesson for her student. Initially, she used informal
assessment to determine which phoneme-grapheme associations the student had mastered.
For new learning, she selects the next unknown phoneme-grapheme association in order of
difficulty. Which principle of Structured Literacy does this choice represent? -
ANSWER Instruction is sequential
A teacher is delivering a Structured Literacy lesson. Within the lesson, he presents cards with
single letters printed on them and asks the student to pronounce the associated sound. He
has the student read lists of single words as well as connected text. Which of the following
do these activities represent? - ANSWER Grapheme to Phoneme
Research studies have identified differences between the brains of individuals with and
without reading disability (dyslexia). Which of the following has NOT been reported
regarding students with dyslexia? - ANSWER During reading, there is hypoactivation
within the brain areas involved in articulation and naming.
Reading the efficacy of the use of multisensory instructional strategies, which of the
following is true? - ANSWER Researchers have studied the efficacy of multisensory
instructional strategies
Which is an example that demonstrates a student's understanding English Morphology? -
ANSWER Knowing that fine, the base words in finish and definite, means "to end"
What are two ways in which executive function influences langue performance? -
ANSWER When monitoring the reaction of the listener
How does impaired language functioning affect executive function? -
ANSWER Impaired word retrieval negatively affects verbal mediation. Impaired
functioning makes it harder to plan and execute responses in a timely manner. There are
fewer words available to represent key ideas.
Which of the following are differences between speaking and decoding? -
ANSWER Learning to speak is a natural process. Speaking is accompanied by
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