CALT Exam Study Guide Practice
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• Alexia . Answer: The loss of the ability to read, as the result of a brain
injury.
• Apasia . Answer: Impairs the ability to speak and understand others.
• Articulation . Answer: The act or manner of producing sounds.
• Echolalia . Answer: Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and tone.
• Hyperlexia . Answer: The superior ability to reads words without
comprehension.
• Lexicon . Answer: An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or
written. EX: dictionary, encyclopedia
• Otitis Media . Answer: Inflammation of the middle ear that can lead to
temporary conductive hearing loss or permanent hearing loss.
• Receptive Language Disorder . Answer: The inability to understand or
comprehend language heard or read.
• Expressive Language Disorder . Answer: The inability to put thoughts
into words or sentences in ways that make sense and is grammatically
correct.
• Phonology . Answer: Smallest unit of sound. The sounds of letters. Ex:
Cat=3 phonemes (c) (a) (t).
, • Syntax . Answer: The grammar system of language. The way words
are strung together. Ex: words and punctuation to form sentences,
clauses or phrases.
• Semantics . Answer: Word meaning in language. Ex: final destination
= last stop
• Discourse . Answer: Written or spoken communication or debate. Ex:
Formal writing, a speech.
• Morphology . Answer: The smallest unit of language that convey
meaning. Ex: Root words
• Pragmatics . Answer: Incapable of understanding the speakers intent
(requests and tones) Ex: Can't you turn down the T.V.? = means no; not
yes.
• Alphabetic Language . Answer: A language in which letters are used
systematically to represent speech sounds.
• Alphabetic Principle . Answer: The use of letters and letter clusters to
represent phonemes in an orthography. (spelling)
• Anglo Saxon . Answer: The language of the Germanic peoples
(Angles, Saxons and Jutes) who settles in Britain in the 5th and 6th
centuries. It was the dominant language in Britain until the Norman
Conquest in 1066.
• Analytic Instruction . Answer: Instruction that separates the whole into
its parts to reveal its relationships. (Whole to Part) (Top Down)
(Concept driven)
• Analytic Phonics . Answer: Students hear the whole word and segment
into phonemes or sounds in order to spell. (whole to part) Ex: Pit = (p)
(i) (t)
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026 | A+ GRADED
100% VERIFIED
• Alexia . Answer: The loss of the ability to read, as the result of a brain
injury.
• Apasia . Answer: Impairs the ability to speak and understand others.
• Articulation . Answer: The act or manner of producing sounds.
• Echolalia . Answer: Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and tone.
• Hyperlexia . Answer: The superior ability to reads words without
comprehension.
• Lexicon . Answer: An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or
written. EX: dictionary, encyclopedia
• Otitis Media . Answer: Inflammation of the middle ear that can lead to
temporary conductive hearing loss or permanent hearing loss.
• Receptive Language Disorder . Answer: The inability to understand or
comprehend language heard or read.
• Expressive Language Disorder . Answer: The inability to put thoughts
into words or sentences in ways that make sense and is grammatically
correct.
• Phonology . Answer: Smallest unit of sound. The sounds of letters. Ex:
Cat=3 phonemes (c) (a) (t).
, • Syntax . Answer: The grammar system of language. The way words
are strung together. Ex: words and punctuation to form sentences,
clauses or phrases.
• Semantics . Answer: Word meaning in language. Ex: final destination
= last stop
• Discourse . Answer: Written or spoken communication or debate. Ex:
Formal writing, a speech.
• Morphology . Answer: The smallest unit of language that convey
meaning. Ex: Root words
• Pragmatics . Answer: Incapable of understanding the speakers intent
(requests and tones) Ex: Can't you turn down the T.V.? = means no; not
yes.
• Alphabetic Language . Answer: A language in which letters are used
systematically to represent speech sounds.
• Alphabetic Principle . Answer: The use of letters and letter clusters to
represent phonemes in an orthography. (spelling)
• Anglo Saxon . Answer: The language of the Germanic peoples
(Angles, Saxons and Jutes) who settles in Britain in the 5th and 6th
centuries. It was the dominant language in Britain until the Norman
Conquest in 1066.
• Analytic Instruction . Answer: Instruction that separates the whole into
its parts to reveal its relationships. (Whole to Part) (Top Down)
(Concept driven)
• Analytic Phonics . Answer: Students hear the whole word and segment
into phonemes or sounds in order to spell. (whole to part) Ex: Pit = (p)
(i) (t)
