CALT Exam 2025 With Correct Answers.docx

CALT EXAM 2025 With Correct Answers




Suprasegmental - correct answer Aspect of Language s s s s s s s




(intonation, stress, loudness, pitch level, juncture - (the set of features in speech that enable a hearer to detect
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s




a word or phrase boundary), and speaking rate)
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Segmental - correct answer Aspect of Language
s s s s s s s




(phonemes - vowels & consonants) s s s s




Phonoligical Awareness - correct answer The knowledge of and sensitivity to the sound structure of language
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s




(umbrella term) s s




It includes: rhyming, segmentation activities, and manipulation activities
s s s s s s s s




Segmentation Activities - segmenting sentences into words, segmenting compound words into syllables,
s s s s s s s s s s s s




segmenting words into syllables, identifying initial and final sounds, and segmenting syllables into phonemes
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s




Manipulation Activities - omitting syllables, omitting sounds in words, and changing sounds into words
s s s s s s s s s s s s s




Dysarthria - correct answer A disorder in the nervous system which hinders control over the tongue, throat,
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s




lips, or lungs
s s

,Neurological oral-motor dysfunction including weakness of the musculature necessary for coordinating
s s s s s s s s s s s




movements of speech production (slurred speech, difficulty with articulation)
s s s s s s s s




Dyspraxia - correct answer Sensorimotor disruption in which the motor signals to the muscles, such as those
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s




necessary for speech production, are not consistently or efficiently received
s s s s s s s s s s




Difficulty getting the body to do what you want it to
s s s s s s s s s s




Difficulty planning and coordinating body movement
s s s s s s




Difficulty coordinating facial muscles to produce sounds
s s s s s s




(a person is born with dyspraxia)
s s s s s




Phonemic Awareness - correct answer Awareness of the smallest units of speech (phonemes) and the ability
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s




to isolate or manipulate the individual phonemes in words
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Phonetics - correct answer The study of linguistic speech sounds and how they are produced and perceived
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Alphabetic Principle - correct answer The concept that letters on a page represent or map onto the sounds in
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spoken words s




Alphabetic Language - correct answer A language, such as English, in which letters are used systematically to
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s




represent speech sounds or phonemes s s s s




Logographic Writing System - correct answer A system in which pictures represent the words of a language,
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s




such as Chinese
s s s




If English was treated as a logographic writing system, it would contain over 700,000 symbols
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Grapheme - correct answer A written letter or letter cluster representing a single speech sound
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

, Ex: i, igh
s s




Phonics - correct answer An approach to teaching reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol
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relationships



Sound + Letters s s




Euphony - correct answer Words formed or combined as to please the ear
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The tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation
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6 Kinds of Syllables - correct answer Open
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Closed

Vowel - Consonant - e s s s s




Final Stable Syllables s s




Vowel Pair s s




Vowel - r s s




Naughty i - correct answer The vowel i is naughty when it is before a final stable syllable in a words with three or
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more syllables s s




It will be short and coded with a breve
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Ex: Tra di [tion
s s s




Base Word - correct answer The simplest form of any English word to which affixes may be added
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A base word is always a complete English word when it stands alone
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