C.A.L.T EXAM STUDY GUIDE 100%
VERIFIED 2025
Alexia - ANS The loss of the ability to read, as the result of a brain injury.
Apasia - ANS Impairs the ability to speak and understand others.
Articulation - ANS The act or manner of producing sounds.
Echolalia - ANS Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and tone.
Hyperlexia - ANS The superior ability to reads words without comprehension.
Lexicon - ANS An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or written. EX: dictionary,
encyclopedia
Otitis Media - ANS Inflammation of the middle ear that can lead to temporary conductive
hearing loss or permanent hearing loss.
Receptive Language Disorder - ANS The inability to understand or comprehend language
heard or read.
Expressive Language Disorder - ANS The inability to put thoughts into words or sentences in
ways that make sense and is grammatically correct.
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, Phonology - ANS Smallest unit of sound. The sounds of letters. Ex: Cat=3 phonemes (c) (a) (t).
Syntax - ANS The grammar system of language. The way words are strung together. Ex: words
and punctuation to form sentences, clauses or phrases.
Semantics - ANS Word meaning in language. Ex: final destination = last stop
Discourse - ANS Written or spoken communication or debate. Ex: Formal writing, a speech.
Morphology - ANS The smallest unit of language that convey meaning. Ex: Root words
Pragmatics - ANS Incapable of understanding the speakers intent (requests and tones) Ex:
Can't you turn down the T.V.? = means no; not yes.
Alphabetic Language - ANS A language in which letters are used systematically to represent
speech sounds.
Alphabetic Principle - ANS The use of letters and letter clusters to represent phonemes in an
orthography. (spelling)
Anglo Saxon - ANS 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.
Analytic Instruction - ANS Instruction that separates the whole into its parts to reveal its
relationships. (Whole to Part) (Top Down) (Concept driven)
Analytic Phonics - ANS Students hear the whole word and segment into phonemes or sounds
in order to spell. (whole to part) Ex: Pit = (p) (i) (t)
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VERIFIED 2025
Alexia - ANS The loss of the ability to read, as the result of a brain injury.
Apasia - ANS Impairs the ability to speak and understand others.
Articulation - ANS The act or manner of producing sounds.
Echolalia - ANS Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and tone.
Hyperlexia - ANS The superior ability to reads words without comprehension.
Lexicon - ANS An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or written. EX: dictionary,
encyclopedia
Otitis Media - ANS Inflammation of the middle ear that can lead to temporary conductive
hearing loss or permanent hearing loss.
Receptive Language Disorder - ANS The inability to understand or comprehend language
heard or read.
Expressive Language Disorder - ANS The inability to put thoughts into words or sentences in
ways that make sense and is grammatically correct.
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, Phonology - ANS Smallest unit of sound. The sounds of letters. Ex: Cat=3 phonemes (c) (a) (t).
Syntax - ANS The grammar system of language. The way words are strung together. Ex: words
and punctuation to form sentences, clauses or phrases.
Semantics - ANS Word meaning in language. Ex: final destination = last stop
Discourse - ANS Written or spoken communication or debate. Ex: Formal writing, a speech.
Morphology - ANS The smallest unit of language that convey meaning. Ex: Root words
Pragmatics - ANS Incapable of understanding the speakers intent (requests and tones) Ex:
Can't you turn down the T.V.? = means no; not yes.
Alphabetic Language - ANS A language in which letters are used systematically to represent
speech sounds.
Alphabetic Principle - ANS The use of letters and letter clusters to represent phonemes in an
orthography. (spelling)
Anglo Saxon - ANS 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.
Analytic Instruction - ANS Instruction that separates the whole into its parts to reveal its
relationships. (Whole to Part) (Top Down) (Concept driven)
Analytic Phonics - ANS Students hear the whole word and segment into phonemes or sounds
in order to spell. (whole to part) Ex: Pit = (p) (i) (t)
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