ALTA Certification Exam Study Guide
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dyslexia
adequate intelligence, yet trouble with reading, writing, and spelling
strephosymbolia
twisted symbols
phonetics
the study of speech sounds in spoken language
phonological awareness
(umbrella term) the ability to focus on units of sound in spoken language at the
sentence, word, syllable and phoneme levels
,phonemic awareness
(can be done in the dark) awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in spoken
words
phonics
(cannot be done in the dark) instruction that connects sounds and letters; sound
to symbol
synthetic/intensive phonics
part to whole
analytic phonics
whole to part
alphabetic principle
the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by written letters
(phonics=sound to symbol)
,echolalia
repetition of speech by a child learning to talk (babbling)
consonant
blocked/voiced or unvoiced sounds; a class of speech sounds with air flow that is
constricted or obstructed
vowel
open and voiced sounds; a class of open speech sounds produced by the passage
of air through an open vocal tract
grapheme
a letter or letter cluster that represents a single speech sound
decoding
word recognition in which the phonetic code is broken down to determine a word
blending
, fusing individual sounds, syllables or words into meaningful units
reading
symbol to sound/grapheme to phoneme
morpheme
smallest meaningful unit of language: a suffix, prefix, root or stem such as awe, dis,
in, inter, or word part such as cat, man, etc.
stem: awe
terror or dread
morphology
the study of word formation patterns, meaningful units that make words
phonology, morphology, syntax
form of language
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dyslexia
adequate intelligence, yet trouble with reading, writing, and spelling
strephosymbolia
twisted symbols
phonetics
the study of speech sounds in spoken language
phonological awareness
(umbrella term) the ability to focus on units of sound in spoken language at the
sentence, word, syllable and phoneme levels
,phonemic awareness
(can be done in the dark) awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in spoken
words
phonics
(cannot be done in the dark) instruction that connects sounds and letters; sound
to symbol
synthetic/intensive phonics
part to whole
analytic phonics
whole to part
alphabetic principle
the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by written letters
(phonics=sound to symbol)
,echolalia
repetition of speech by a child learning to talk (babbling)
consonant
blocked/voiced or unvoiced sounds; a class of speech sounds with air flow that is
constricted or obstructed
vowel
open and voiced sounds; a class of open speech sounds produced by the passage
of air through an open vocal tract
grapheme
a letter or letter cluster that represents a single speech sound
decoding
word recognition in which the phonetic code is broken down to determine a word
blending
, fusing individual sounds, syllables or words into meaningful units
reading
symbol to sound/grapheme to phoneme
morpheme
smallest meaningful unit of language: a suffix, prefix, root or stem such as awe, dis,
in, inter, or word part such as cat, man, etc.
stem: awe
terror or dread
morphology
the study of word formation patterns, meaningful units that make words
phonology, morphology, syntax
form of language
