CLT STUDY GUIDE C KEY CONCEPTS AND
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Apasia.
Answer: Impairs the ability to speak and understand others.
◉ Articulation.
Answer: The act or manner of producing sounds.
◉ Echolalia.
Answer: Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and tone.
◉ Hyperlexia.
Answer: The superior ability to reads words without
comprehension.
◉ Lexicon.
Answer: An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or written.
EX: dictionary, encyclopedia
◉ Otitis Media.
,Answer: Inflammation of the middle ear that can lead to temporary
conductive hearing loss or permanent hearing loss.
◉ Receptive Language Disorder.
Answer: The inability to understand or comprehend language heard
or read.
◉ Expressive Language Disorder.
Answer: The inability to put thoughts into words or sentences in
ways that make sense and is grammatically correct.
◉ Phonology.
Answer: Smallest unit of sound. The sounds of letters. Ex: Cat=3
phonemes (c) (a) (t).
◉ Syntax.
Answer: The grammar system of language. The way words are
strung together. Ex: words and punctuation to form sentences,
clauses or phrases.
◉ Semantics.
Answer: Word meaning in language. Ex: final destination = last stop
, ◉ Discourse.
Answer: Written or spoken communication or debate. Ex: Formal
writing, a speech.
◉ Morphology.
Answer: The smallest unit of language that convey meaning. Ex: Root
words
◉ Pragmatics.
Answer: Incapable of understanding the speakers intent (requests
and tones) Ex: Can't you turn down the T.V.? = means no; not yes.
◉ Alphabetic Language.
Answer: A language in which letters are used systematically to
represent speech sounds.
◉ Alphabetic Principle.
Answer: The use of letters and letter clusters to represent phonemes
in an orthography. (spelling)
◉ Anglo Saxon.
Answer: The language of the Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons and
Jutes) who settles in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. It was the
dominant language in Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Apasia.
Answer: Impairs the ability to speak and understand others.
◉ Articulation.
Answer: The act or manner of producing sounds.
◉ Echolalia.
Answer: Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and tone.
◉ Hyperlexia.
Answer: The superior ability to reads words without
comprehension.
◉ Lexicon.
Answer: An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or written.
EX: dictionary, encyclopedia
◉ Otitis Media.
,Answer: Inflammation of the middle ear that can lead to temporary
conductive hearing loss or permanent hearing loss.
◉ Receptive Language Disorder.
Answer: The inability to understand or comprehend language heard
or read.
◉ Expressive Language Disorder.
Answer: The inability to put thoughts into words or sentences in
ways that make sense and is grammatically correct.
◉ Phonology.
Answer: Smallest unit of sound. The sounds of letters. Ex: Cat=3
phonemes (c) (a) (t).
◉ Syntax.
Answer: The grammar system of language. The way words are
strung together. Ex: words and punctuation to form sentences,
clauses or phrases.
◉ Semantics.
Answer: Word meaning in language. Ex: final destination = last stop
, ◉ Discourse.
Answer: Written or spoken communication or debate. Ex: Formal
writing, a speech.
◉ Morphology.
Answer: The smallest unit of language that convey meaning. Ex: Root
words
◉ Pragmatics.
Answer: Incapable of understanding the speakers intent (requests
and tones) Ex: Can't you turn down the T.V.? = means no; not yes.
◉ Alphabetic Language.
Answer: A language in which letters are used systematically to
represent speech sounds.
◉ Alphabetic Principle.
Answer: The use of letters and letter clusters to represent phonemes
in an orthography. (spelling)
◉ Anglo Saxon.
Answer: The language of the Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons and
Jutes) who settles in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. It was the
dominant language in Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066.
