ALTA Competency Exam Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update
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ALTA CALP
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ALTA CALP
affix
prefix or suffix added to a base word. ex. unhelpful
active learning
learning in which the learner mentally searches for connections between new and
already known information
allophone
a variation of a speech sound (/t/ in top, stop, spits, swift)
analytic
pertaining to instructi...
ALTA Competency Exam Questions and
Correct Answers the Latest Update
affix
✓ prefix or suffix added to a base word. ex. unhelpful
active learning
✓ learning in which the learner mentally searches for connections between new and
already known information
allophone
✓ a variation of a speech sound (/t/ in top, stop, spits, swift)
analytic
✓ pertaining 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
✓ an area of the brain for visual-verbal associations
anomaly
✓ irregularity; deviation from the common notion of fitness or order
✓ Necessary 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
✓ the simplest form of an English word; a word without affixes, such as spell
benchmark measures
✓ progress measurement administered at the end of each schedule, when students
have had enough practice
breve
✓ a diacritical marking that indicates a short vowel sound
Broca's area
✓ posterior 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
✓ a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an
s
chameleon prefix
✓ a prefix whose final consonant changes based on the initial letter of the root (in-
changes to ir- before regular, irregular); done for euphony
circumflex
✓ a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in a combination to indicate accented
syllable
coarticulation
✓ adjacent 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
✓ two 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
✓ More than one deficiency such as dysgraphia/ disorder of reading comprehension;
phonological processing speed/ written expression.
consonant
✓ a class of speech sounds with airflow that is constricted or obstructed
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