ALTA CALT Exam Latest Questions
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Grade A+
• 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
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Grade A+
• 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
