CALT Alliance Midterm Exam Prep 2026:
Comprehensive Guide & Actual Exam Questions
synthetic phonics - ANSWERsound symbol correspondences - taking parts to
the whole
analytic - ANSWERspelling - hear a whole word and segment the word into
phonemes - whole to parts
phonological memory - ANSWERholding information about words and sounds
in memory
phonological working memory - ANSWERprocess of receiving, analyzing and
processing sound elements in language
Greek words - ANSWERwords related to Olympics, theater, ology, silent p &
ph,
ch pronounced k
Latin words - ANSWERlong words - 3 or more syllables, double consonants,
fancy words
Anglo Saxon - ANSWERshort words with silent letters, common words,
, receptive language - ANSWERability to understand spoken or signed language
- oral language development
expressive language - ANSWERability to produce language in any of a number
of different modalities such as speech, sign or writing
Language acquisition - ANSWERoral receptive, oral expressive, written
receptive, written expressive
Oral language development includes - ANSWERreceptive and expressive
Components of language - ANSWERform, content, use
pragmatics - ANSWERuse of language socially
phonology - ANSWERsound structure of language - begins at oral level
phonetics - ANSWERproduction of sounds andd the study of speech sounds
orthography - ANSWERunderstanding and recognizing patterns of written
language (form)
semantics - ANSWERmeaning conveyed by language (content)
morphology - ANSWERstudy of the meaning - way words are formed and
related to to one another
Comprehensive Guide & Actual Exam Questions
synthetic phonics - ANSWERsound symbol correspondences - taking parts to
the whole
analytic - ANSWERspelling - hear a whole word and segment the word into
phonemes - whole to parts
phonological memory - ANSWERholding information about words and sounds
in memory
phonological working memory - ANSWERprocess of receiving, analyzing and
processing sound elements in language
Greek words - ANSWERwords related to Olympics, theater, ology, silent p &
ph,
ch pronounced k
Latin words - ANSWERlong words - 3 or more syllables, double consonants,
fancy words
Anglo Saxon - ANSWERshort words with silent letters, common words,
, receptive language - ANSWERability to understand spoken or signed language
- oral language development
expressive language - ANSWERability to produce language in any of a number
of different modalities such as speech, sign or writing
Language acquisition - ANSWERoral receptive, oral expressive, written
receptive, written expressive
Oral language development includes - ANSWERreceptive and expressive
Components of language - ANSWERform, content, use
pragmatics - ANSWERuse of language socially
phonology - ANSWERsound structure of language - begins at oral level
phonetics - ANSWERproduction of sounds andd the study of speech sounds
orthography - ANSWERunderstanding and recognizing patterns of written
language (form)
semantics - ANSWERmeaning conveyed by language (content)
morphology - ANSWERstudy of the meaning - way words are formed and
related to to one another
