ALTA Competency Exam|120 Questions and Answers,100% CORRECT
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ALTA Competency Exam|120 Questions and Answers
affix - Correct Answersprefix or suffix added to a base word. ex. unhelpful
active learning - Correct Answerslearning in which the learner mentally searches for connections between new and already known information
allophone - Correct Answersa...
ALTA Competency Exam|120 Questions and Answers
affix - Correct Answersprefix or suffix added to a base word. ex. unhelpful
active learning - Correct Answerslearning in which the learner mentally searches
for connections between new and already known information
allophone - Correct Answersa variation of a speech sound (/t/ in top, stop, spits,
swift)
analytic - Correct Answerspertaining to instruction or a process that separates
WHOLE into its PARTS. Analytic phonics separates a whole word into its parts so
students can deduce the phonics relationships of the separate orthographic
patterns
angular gyrus - Correct Answersan area of the brain for visual-verbal associations
anomaly - Correct Answersirregularity; deviation from the common notion of
fitness or order
ARD - Correct Answersadvanced reading deck; shows only the letter
auditory discrimination - Correct AnswersNecessary to "break the code" for
reading. It involves being able to perceive the differences between speech sounds
and to sequence these sounds into meaningful words.
base word - Correct Answersthe simplest form of an English word; a word without
affixes, such as spell
benchmark measures - Correct Answersprogress measurement administered at
the end of each schedule, when students have had enough practice
breve - Correct Answersa diacritical marking that indicates a short vowel sound
, Broca's area - Correct Answersposterior portion of the frontal lobe that is in
charge of phonological processing and semantics of language. This are in the front
left of the brain is responsible for EXPRESSIVE language - articulating spoken
words and analyzing words
Broca's aphasia - Correct Answersperson cannot get the words out but
understands
cedilla - Correct Answersa diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate
that it is pronounced as an s
chameleon prefix - Correct Answersa prefix whose final consonant changes based
on the initial letter of the root (in- changes to ir- before regular, irregular); done
for euphony
circumflex - Correct Answersa diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in a
combination to indicate accented syllable
coarticulation - Correct Answersadjacent sounds often are spoken in such a way
that one phoneme seems to overlap, is changed by, and/or modifies another.
Coarticulation is the way the brain organizes sequences of vowels and
consonants, interweaving the individual movements necessary for each into one
smooth whole. In fact, the process applies to all body movement, not just speech,
and is part of how homo sapiens work.
combination - Correct Answerstwo letters in a single syllable when one makes an
unexpected sound or stand in an unexpected sequence: ar, er, ir, or, ur, qu, wh
co-morbidity - Correct AnswersMore than one deficiency such as dysgraphia/
disorder of reading comprehension; phonological processing speed/ written
expression.
consonant - Correct Answersa class of speech sounds with airflow that is
constricted or obstructed
decoding - Correct Answersreading; blending letters to read
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