ALTA CALT EXAM STUDY GUIDE | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS |
LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027 | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED
SUCCESS.
Structured Literacy - CORRECT ANSWER - A comprehensive, research
based framework for instruction focused on the structure of language to teach
reading
Qualitative Research - CORRECT ANSWER - research that collects data
through various kinds of observations
quantitative research - CORRECT ANSWER - research in which results are
based on a large sample that is representative of the population
experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER - research in which the subjects
are randomly assigned to experimental and control groups
Broca's area - CORRECT ANSWER - area of the brain for articulation
Parieto-temporal - CORRECT ANSWER - Area of the brain for word analysis
occipito-temporal - CORRECT ANSWER - area of the brain for word form
auditory - CORRECT ANSWER - related to hearing
visual - CORRECT ANSWER - related to seeing
,modality - CORRECT ANSWER - a specific sensory pathway
kinesthetic - CORRECT ANSWER - related to muscle movement or memory
quasi-experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER - Research conducted
without randomized assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups
metacognition - CORRECT ANSWER - deliberate rearrangement of
information while thinking
multi-sensory - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to the simultaneous use of
multiple senses
tactile - CORRECT ANSWER - related to touch
word blindness - CORRECT ANSWER - early term for dyslexia
explicit instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - clear, precise, and specific
instruction
Allophone - CORRECT ANSWER - a variation of a speech sound
phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER - awareness of the overall
sound structure of words
phonics - CORRECT ANSWER - instruction that connects sounds to letters
phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER - smallest unit of sound in a syllable
,phonemic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER - awareness of speech sounds or
phonemes in spoken words
alphabetic principal - CORRECT ANSWER - the understanding that spoken
sounds are represented by printed letters
dyslexia - CORRECT ANSWER - a specific language based disorder
characterized by difficulty with single-word reading
phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of the characteristics of speech
sounds
phonology - CORRECT ANSWER - the rules that determine how sounds are
used in spoken language
grapheme - CORRECT ANSWER - a letter or letter cluster that represents a
single speech sound
consonant - CORRECT ANSWER - a class of speech sounds with air flow that
is constricted or obstructed
guided discovery teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - a method of leading
students to new learning through questioning
Metalingustic - CORRECT ANSWER - awareness of language as an entity
aspiration - CORRECT ANSWER - puff of air
, suprasegmentals - CORRECT ANSWER - the melody of speech- stress, pitch,
loudness, and so forth
pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER - use of language
affixes - CORRECT ANSWER - prefixes and suffixes
vowel - CORRECT ANSWER - a class of open speech sounds produced by
the passage of air through an open vocal tract
RAN - CORRECT ANSWER - rapid automized naming
double deficit - CORRECT ANSWER - deficit in Phonological Awareness and
Rapid Naming
dyspraxia - CORRECT ANSWER - speech problems caused by sensorimotor
disruption
phonology, morphology, syntax - CORRECT ANSWER - domains of language
nasal - CORRECT ANSWER - a sound produced by forcing air through the
nose
stop - CORRECT ANSWER - a sound in which the outgoing air flow is
completely stopped
ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS |
LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027 | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED
SUCCESS.
Structured Literacy - CORRECT ANSWER - A comprehensive, research
based framework for instruction focused on the structure of language to teach
reading
Qualitative Research - CORRECT ANSWER - research that collects data
through various kinds of observations
quantitative research - CORRECT ANSWER - research in which results are
based on a large sample that is representative of the population
experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER - research in which the subjects
are randomly assigned to experimental and control groups
Broca's area - CORRECT ANSWER - area of the brain for articulation
Parieto-temporal - CORRECT ANSWER - Area of the brain for word analysis
occipito-temporal - CORRECT ANSWER - area of the brain for word form
auditory - CORRECT ANSWER - related to hearing
visual - CORRECT ANSWER - related to seeing
,modality - CORRECT ANSWER - a specific sensory pathway
kinesthetic - CORRECT ANSWER - related to muscle movement or memory
quasi-experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER - Research conducted
without randomized assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups
metacognition - CORRECT ANSWER - deliberate rearrangement of
information while thinking
multi-sensory - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to the simultaneous use of
multiple senses
tactile - CORRECT ANSWER - related to touch
word blindness - CORRECT ANSWER - early term for dyslexia
explicit instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - clear, precise, and specific
instruction
Allophone - CORRECT ANSWER - a variation of a speech sound
phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER - awareness of the overall
sound structure of words
phonics - CORRECT ANSWER - instruction that connects sounds to letters
phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER - smallest unit of sound in a syllable
,phonemic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER - awareness of speech sounds or
phonemes in spoken words
alphabetic principal - CORRECT ANSWER - the understanding that spoken
sounds are represented by printed letters
dyslexia - CORRECT ANSWER - a specific language based disorder
characterized by difficulty with single-word reading
phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of the characteristics of speech
sounds
phonology - CORRECT ANSWER - the rules that determine how sounds are
used in spoken language
grapheme - CORRECT ANSWER - a letter or letter cluster that represents a
single speech sound
consonant - CORRECT ANSWER - a class of speech sounds with air flow that
is constricted or obstructed
guided discovery teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - a method of leading
students to new learning through questioning
Metalingustic - CORRECT ANSWER - awareness of language as an entity
aspiration - CORRECT ANSWER - puff of air
, suprasegmentals - CORRECT ANSWER - the melody of speech- stress, pitch,
loudness, and so forth
pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER - use of language
affixes - CORRECT ANSWER - prefixes and suffixes
vowel - CORRECT ANSWER - a class of open speech sounds produced by
the passage of air through an open vocal tract
RAN - CORRECT ANSWER - rapid automized naming
double deficit - CORRECT ANSWER - deficit in Phonological Awareness and
Rapid Naming
dyspraxia - CORRECT ANSWER - speech problems caused by sensorimotor
disruption
phonology, morphology, syntax - CORRECT ANSWER - domains of language
nasal - CORRECT ANSWER - a sound produced by forcing air through the
nose
stop - CORRECT ANSWER - a sound in which the outgoing air flow is
completely stopped
