ALTA CALT Practice Exam (Lead) – EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
Phonology - ANSWER Sounds of letters
semantics - ANSWER Word meaning in language
syntax - ANSWER Grammar system of language
discourse - ANSWER Talking with another
Aphasia - ANSWER The loss or impairment of the ability to comprehend words, TBI result.
Alphabetic language - ANSWER A language in which letters are used systematically to
represent sounds or phonemes
Alphabetic principle - ANSWER Spelling - the use of letter/s to represent phonemes in
orthography
Anglo Saxon - ANSWER Dominant language in Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Usually 1 syllable words which are concerned with short vowel sounds. Everyday Words. - 20-
25% Of the English Language
, Analytic Instruction - ANSWER Separates the whole into parts to revel the relationships of
the parts
Arbitrary learning - ANSWER New learning that has no logical connection to already
acquired knowledge
Auditory - ANSWER To experience through hearing
Bottom up process - ANSWER Process consists of accurate and sequential reading of every
word. Comprehension is TEXT Driven! PARTS TO WHOLE
Top down process/Concept driven - ANSWER Reading consists of using one's experiences
and expectations to react to the text . WHOLE TO PARTS
Cooperative learning - ANSWER Students work together to solve a problem/task
Cumulative - ANSWER New learning that is based on previously learned elements
Diagnostic teaching - ANSWER Teaching uses both formal and informal assessments to
measure student progress against expected standards
Direct Instruction/Explicit instruction - ANSWER TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED! Instruction
is delivered without vagueness.
Embedded Phonics - ANSWER Phonological awareness and phonics taught implicitly
through reading of real words in text
,Etymology - ANSWER History of word origins
Euphony - ANSWER Pleasing to the ear
Fernald Method - ANSWER Technique for learning words that involves visual, auditory,
kinesthetic, and tactile
Greek - ANSWER Uses scientific terms - 10% of English Words
Guided Discovery - ANSWER Presenting material/concepts to de deduced/discovered by
students (concept)
Homographs - ANSWER Words that have different meanings but share the same spellings
but the pronunciation can be different (wild/wild)
Homonyms - ANSWER Words that have different meanings but share the same
pronunciations (sale/sail, beet/beat)
Homophones - ANSWER Words that share the same pronunciations but have different
spellings and meanings (to, too, two)
Implicit/inferential instruction - ANSWER Implies understanding without being expressed
Latin - ANSWER The language of Ancient Romans. High school vocabulary - 60% of English
words
Lexicon - ANSWER Inventory of words. (dictionary)
, Linguistic - ANSWER Denoting language processing and language structure
Linguistics - ANSWER Study of pronunciation, properties, structure, meaning, and usage
Logographic writing - ANSWER Pictures represent words of a language
Multiple meanings - ANSWER Same word with many meanings (ambiguous)
Polygot - ANSWER A language made up of several languages . English is a polygon language
Pragmatics - ANSWER Rules of conversation and dialogue
Rapid Automatized Naming - ANSWER The rapid naming of a series of printed objects,
colors, numbers, or letters that are repeated over and over in random order
semantics - ANSWER The MEANING of language
Syntax - ANSWER sentence structure and grammar
Synthetic Instruction - ANSWER Instruction beginning with the parts and builds to a whole
Synthetic Phonics - ANSWER Begins with individual sounds that are blended together to
form a word
Alexia - ANSWER The loss of the ability to read, usually as the result of a TBI
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
Phonology - ANSWER Sounds of letters
semantics - ANSWER Word meaning in language
syntax - ANSWER Grammar system of language
discourse - ANSWER Talking with another
Aphasia - ANSWER The loss or impairment of the ability to comprehend words, TBI result.
Alphabetic language - ANSWER A language in which letters are used systematically to
represent sounds or phonemes
Alphabetic principle - ANSWER Spelling - the use of letter/s to represent phonemes in
orthography
Anglo Saxon - ANSWER Dominant language in Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Usually 1 syllable words which are concerned with short vowel sounds. Everyday Words. - 20-
25% Of the English Language
, Analytic Instruction - ANSWER Separates the whole into parts to revel the relationships of
the parts
Arbitrary learning - ANSWER New learning that has no logical connection to already
acquired knowledge
Auditory - ANSWER To experience through hearing
Bottom up process - ANSWER Process consists of accurate and sequential reading of every
word. Comprehension is TEXT Driven! PARTS TO WHOLE
Top down process/Concept driven - ANSWER Reading consists of using one's experiences
and expectations to react to the text . WHOLE TO PARTS
Cooperative learning - ANSWER Students work together to solve a problem/task
Cumulative - ANSWER New learning that is based on previously learned elements
Diagnostic teaching - ANSWER Teaching uses both formal and informal assessments to
measure student progress against expected standards
Direct Instruction/Explicit instruction - ANSWER TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED! Instruction
is delivered without vagueness.
Embedded Phonics - ANSWER Phonological awareness and phonics taught implicitly
through reading of real words in text
,Etymology - ANSWER History of word origins
Euphony - ANSWER Pleasing to the ear
Fernald Method - ANSWER Technique for learning words that involves visual, auditory,
kinesthetic, and tactile
Greek - ANSWER Uses scientific terms - 10% of English Words
Guided Discovery - ANSWER Presenting material/concepts to de deduced/discovered by
students (concept)
Homographs - ANSWER Words that have different meanings but share the same spellings
but the pronunciation can be different (wild/wild)
Homonyms - ANSWER Words that have different meanings but share the same
pronunciations (sale/sail, beet/beat)
Homophones - ANSWER Words that share the same pronunciations but have different
spellings and meanings (to, too, two)
Implicit/inferential instruction - ANSWER Implies understanding without being expressed
Latin - ANSWER The language of Ancient Romans. High school vocabulary - 60% of English
words
Lexicon - ANSWER Inventory of words. (dictionary)
, Linguistic - ANSWER Denoting language processing and language structure
Linguistics - ANSWER Study of pronunciation, properties, structure, meaning, and usage
Logographic writing - ANSWER Pictures represent words of a language
Multiple meanings - ANSWER Same word with many meanings (ambiguous)
Polygot - ANSWER A language made up of several languages . English is a polygon language
Pragmatics - ANSWER Rules of conversation and dialogue
Rapid Automatized Naming - ANSWER The rapid naming of a series of printed objects,
colors, numbers, or letters that are repeated over and over in random order
semantics - ANSWER The MEANING of language
Syntax - ANSWER sentence structure and grammar
Synthetic Instruction - ANSWER Instruction beginning with the parts and builds to a whole
Synthetic Phonics - ANSWER Begins with individual sounds that are blended together to
form a word
Alexia - ANSWER The loss of the ability to read, usually as the result of a TBI
