ALTA EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Rapid letter naming is the key to - Answers :automatic word recognition
The Conners' Rating Scales are used to measure— - Answers :Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder
Repeating prior information in a multisensory structured language program is essential
to ensure - Answers :Automaticity
Which prominent name(s) is/are closely associated with research on phonological
awareness? - Answers :Isabelle Liberman
§504 refers to a section of— - Answers :The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
left inferior frontal region (Broca's) - Answers :Area of brain for articulation and slower
word analysis
parieto-temporal region - Answers :area of brain for step-by-step word analysis
occipital-temporal region - Answers :area of brain for skilled rapid reading
angular gyrus - Answers :area of brain for visual-verbal associations
qualitative research - Answers :research that collects data through various kinds of
observations
quantitative research - Answers :research in which numerical data are collected and
statistically analyzed based on a large sample representative of the population
experimental research - Answers :research in which subjects are randomly assigned to
experimental and control groups
quasi-experimental research - Answers :research conducted without randomized
assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups
metacognition - Answers :conscious choice of and evaluation of the strategies used to
accomplish a task
metalinguistics - Answers :awareness of language as an entity
suprasegmentals - Answers :the melody of speech--stress, pitch, loudness, and so forth
pragmatics - Answers :set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of
language
, dyspraxia - Answers :speech problems caused by sensorimotor disruption
dysarthria - Answers :speech problems caused by musculature weaknesses
semantics - Answers :content of language
phonetics - Answers :study of the characteristics of speech sounds
phonology - Answers :the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken
language
phonology - Answers :the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken
language
allophone - Answers :a variation of a speech sound and not a separate phoneme
phonological awareness - Answers :ability to focus on units of sound in spoken
language at the sentence, word, syllable, and phoneme levels
phonics - Answers :instruction that connects sounds and letters
phonemic awareness - Answers :awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in spoken
words
blocked - Answers :steady position of the tongue, teeth, or lips during the entire
production of a sound
partially blocked - Answers :a released position of the tongue or lips during the
production of a sound
unblocked - Answers :no obstruction of the sound by the tongue, teeth, or lips during the
production of a sound
cognates - Answers :phonemes that have the same visual display, mouth position, and
place of articulation. One is voiced one is not.
clipped - Answers :sounds that are stop sounds, obstructed at the place of articulation
and not prolonged in their production
continuant - Answers :sounds that are continuant in their production
nasal - Answers :a sound produced by forcing air through the nose /n//m/
stop - Answers :a sound in which the outgoing air flow is completely stopped /t//k/
Rapid letter naming is the key to - Answers :automatic word recognition
The Conners' Rating Scales are used to measure— - Answers :Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder
Repeating prior information in a multisensory structured language program is essential
to ensure - Answers :Automaticity
Which prominent name(s) is/are closely associated with research on phonological
awareness? - Answers :Isabelle Liberman
§504 refers to a section of— - Answers :The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
left inferior frontal region (Broca's) - Answers :Area of brain for articulation and slower
word analysis
parieto-temporal region - Answers :area of brain for step-by-step word analysis
occipital-temporal region - Answers :area of brain for skilled rapid reading
angular gyrus - Answers :area of brain for visual-verbal associations
qualitative research - Answers :research that collects data through various kinds of
observations
quantitative research - Answers :research in which numerical data are collected and
statistically analyzed based on a large sample representative of the population
experimental research - Answers :research in which subjects are randomly assigned to
experimental and control groups
quasi-experimental research - Answers :research conducted without randomized
assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups
metacognition - Answers :conscious choice of and evaluation of the strategies used to
accomplish a task
metalinguistics - Answers :awareness of language as an entity
suprasegmentals - Answers :the melody of speech--stress, pitch, loudness, and so forth
pragmatics - Answers :set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of
language
, dyspraxia - Answers :speech problems caused by sensorimotor disruption
dysarthria - Answers :speech problems caused by musculature weaknesses
semantics - Answers :content of language
phonetics - Answers :study of the characteristics of speech sounds
phonology - Answers :the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken
language
phonology - Answers :the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken
language
allophone - Answers :a variation of a speech sound and not a separate phoneme
phonological awareness - Answers :ability to focus on units of sound in spoken
language at the sentence, word, syllable, and phoneme levels
phonics - Answers :instruction that connects sounds and letters
phonemic awareness - Answers :awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in spoken
words
blocked - Answers :steady position of the tongue, teeth, or lips during the entire
production of a sound
partially blocked - Answers :a released position of the tongue or lips during the
production of a sound
unblocked - Answers :no obstruction of the sound by the tongue, teeth, or lips during the
production of a sound
cognates - Answers :phonemes that have the same visual display, mouth position, and
place of articulation. One is voiced one is not.
clipped - Answers :sounds that are stop sounds, obstructed at the place of articulation
and not prolonged in their production
continuant - Answers :sounds that are continuant in their production
nasal - Answers :a sound produced by forcing air through the nose /n//m/
stop - Answers :a sound in which the outgoing air flow is completely stopped /t//k/
