ICLA STANDARD 1 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION TEST PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● alphabetic principle
Answer: the idea that each sound or phoneme of a language should have
its own graphic representation
●● automaticity
Answer: fluent processing of information when reading, requires little or
no effort, sight-word recognition
●● closed syllable
Answer: a syllable ending with one or more consonants, as in had, but,
it, get, got, operate; the vowel sound is usually short, CVC or VC
●● concepts of print
Answer: the recognition of the conventions of written language; left to
right, top to bottom, the difference between a letter and a word,
punctuation, parts of a book
●● consonant
, Answer: speech sound made by partial or complete closure of a part of
the vocal tract, obstructs air flow and causes friction, a letter or sound
●● consonant blend
Answer: in a syllable, a sequence of two or more distinguishable
consonants sounds, before or after a vowel, refers only to sounds, blends
can be initial or final
●● consonant digraph
Answer: a combination of two consonant letters representing a single
speed sound as gn for /n/, gh for /f/, /ch/, ph for /f/, etc... can be final or
initial
●● decode
Answer: to analyze spoken or graphic symbols of a language to ascertain
their intended meaning
●● diphthong
Answer: vowel sound produced when the tongue glides from one vowel
to another, produces one sound; boy, round, oil
●● emergent literacy
EVALUATION TEST PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● alphabetic principle
Answer: the idea that each sound or phoneme of a language should have
its own graphic representation
●● automaticity
Answer: fluent processing of information when reading, requires little or
no effort, sight-word recognition
●● closed syllable
Answer: a syllable ending with one or more consonants, as in had, but,
it, get, got, operate; the vowel sound is usually short, CVC or VC
●● concepts of print
Answer: the recognition of the conventions of written language; left to
right, top to bottom, the difference between a letter and a word,
punctuation, parts of a book
●● consonant
, Answer: speech sound made by partial or complete closure of a part of
the vocal tract, obstructs air flow and causes friction, a letter or sound
●● consonant blend
Answer: in a syllable, a sequence of two or more distinguishable
consonants sounds, before or after a vowel, refers only to sounds, blends
can be initial or final
●● consonant digraph
Answer: a combination of two consonant letters representing a single
speed sound as gn for /n/, gh for /f/, /ch/, ph for /f/, etc... can be final or
initial
●● decode
Answer: to analyze spoken or graphic symbols of a language to ascertain
their intended meaning
●● diphthong
Answer: vowel sound produced when the tongue glides from one vowel
to another, produces one sound; boy, round, oil
●● emergent literacy
