The Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) Bundle Set

Three Layers of the English Language - Answer Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek Percentage of English Language that is Anglo-Saxon - Answer 20-25% Percentage of the English Language that is Latin - Answer 60% Percentage of the English Language that is Greek - Answer 10-12% Characteri...

Vowel - Answer A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A, E, I, O, U Consonant - Answer One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips, tongue or teeth duri...

Dyslexia: - Answer An unexpected written language disorder that is neurological in origin. Difficulties with: Accurate/fluent word recognition Spelling Decoding abilities Misread common words, choppy, hesitant Normal intellect Core deficit- Phonological Awareness Dysgraphia- - Answer d...

affix - Answer prefix or suffix added to a base word. ex. unhelpful 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, swift) anal...

Rapid letter naming - Answer is key to reading with speed and accuracy Decoding refers to - Answer reading Encoding refers to - Answer spelling Decoding and encoding refer to - Answer applying the skills of analytic and synthetic learning Receptive language - Answer refers to t...

example of Greek words of origin - Answer rhythm, chorus, thermometer, psychology, rhododendron, sympathy orthography - Answer letter pattern in written words; spelling system NICHD - Answer National Institute of Child Health and Human Development encoding - Answer spelling/writing ...

ALTA CALP Review - Set #1 questions with correct answers

Analytic Teaching - Answer presents the whole and teaches how this came be broken down into it component parts(ex-syllable division) synthetic teaching - Answer presents the parts of a language and then teaches how the parts work together(ex-spelling) Anaphora - Answer using a pronoun or de...

decoding - Answer recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound correspondence, and blending sounds into a word are all part of- Pre-Reading Stage - Answer language appreciation, awareness of printed words, mastery of alphabet and simple words Greek elements - Answer eu, chloro Curre...

ALTA - CALP Review Set #5 questions with correct answers