CALT - Dyslexia and Related Terms with Verified
Solutions | Updated 2025
Accent - ANSWER stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or part of a
word; sound is louder, longer, and higher.
Accuracy - ANSWER Ability to decode single words correctly with freedom
from error or mistake.
Active Learning - ANSWER Learning in which the learner mentally searches for
connections between new and already known information.
allophone - ANSWER A variation of a speech sound (/t/ in top, stop, spits,
swiftne
Alphabetic Principle - ANSWER Letter/sound relationship. Relationship
between letters ordered left to right in written words and phonemes ordered in
specific temporal sequence in spoken words.
Analytic Instruction - ANSWER Instruction that separates WHOLE into PARTS
Anglo-Saxon - ANSWER Language of Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, Jutes)
who settled in Britain in 5th and 6th centuries AD
Angular Gyrus - ANSWER An area of the brain for visual-verbal associations.
, CALT
Bench Mark Measures - ANSWER Progress measurement administered at the
end of each schedule, when students have had enough practice.
Broca's Area - ANSWER Posterior portion of the frontal lobe that is in charge of
phonological processing and semantics of language. This area in the front left of
the brain is responsible for Expressive language- articulating spoken words and
analyzing words.
Broca's Aphasia - ANSWER Aphasia associated with damage to Broca's area of
the brain, demonstrated by the impairment in producing understandable speech.
Cannot get the words out but understands.
Chameleon Prefix - ANSWER a prefix whose final consonant changes based on
the initial letter of the root (in- changes to ir- before regular, irregular, responsible,
irresponsible) also an example of euphony
Closed Syllable - ANSWER A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The
vowel is usually short.
Cloze Technique - ANSWER a procedure in which words are deleted from
verbal passages, and subjects are required to identify missing words. Fill in the
blanks.
Coarticulation - ANSWER the articulation of two or more speech sounds
together, so that one influences the other
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