ALTA COMPETENCY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

affix CORRECT ANSWER prefix or suffix added to a base word. ex. unhelpful active learning CORRECT ANSWER learning in which the learner mentally searches for connections between new and already known information allophone CORRECT ANSWER a variation of a speech sound (/t/ in top, stop, spits, swift) analytic CORRECT ANSWER pertaining to instruction or a process that separates WHOLE into its PARTS. Analytic phonics separates a whole word into its parts so students can deduce the phonics relationships of the separate orthographic patterns angular gyrus CORRECT ANSWER an area of the brain for visual-verbal associations anomaly CORRECT ANSWER irregularity; deviation from the common notion of fitness or order ARD CORRECT ANSWER advanced reading deck; shows only the letter auditory discrimination CORRECT ANSWER Necessary to "break the code" for reading. It involves being able to perceive the differences between speech sounds and to sequence these sounds into meaningful words. base word CORRECT ANSWER the simplest form of an English word; a word without affixes, such as spell benchmark measures CORRECT ANSWER progress measurement administered at the end of each schedule, when students have had enough practice breve CORRECT ANSWER a diacritical marking that indicates a short vowel sound Broca's area CORRECT ANSWER posterior portion of the frontal lobe that is in charge of phonological processing and semantics of language. This are in the front left of the brain is responsible for EXPRESSIVE language - articulating spoken words and analyzing words Broca's aphasia CORRECT ANSWER person cannot get the words out but understands cedilla CORRECT ANSWER a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s