ALTA CALT EXAM STUDY GUIDE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027 | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED SUCCESS.

ALTA CALT EXAM STUDY GUIDE | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS |
LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027 | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED
SUCCESS.




Structured Literacy - CORRECT ANSWER - A comprehensive, research
based framework for instruction focused on the structure of language to teach
reading


Qualitative Research - CORRECT ANSWER - research that collects data
through various kinds of observations


quantitative research - CORRECT ANSWER - research in which results are
based on a large sample that is representative of the population


experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER - research in which the subjects
are randomly assigned to experimental and control groups




Broca's area - CORRECT ANSWER - area of the brain for articulation


Parieto-temporal - CORRECT ANSWER - Area of the brain for word analysis


occipito-temporal - CORRECT ANSWER - area of the brain for word form
auditory - CORRECT ANSWER - related to hearing


visual - CORRECT ANSWER - related to seeing

,modality - CORRECT ANSWER - a specific sensory pathway


kinesthetic - CORRECT ANSWER - related to muscle movement or memory




quasi-experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER - Research conducted
without randomized assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups


metacognition - CORRECT ANSWER - deliberate rearrangement of
information while thinking


multi-sensory - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to the simultaneous use of
multiple senses


tactile - CORRECT ANSWER - related to touch


word blindness - CORRECT ANSWER - early term for dyslexia


explicit instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - clear, precise, and specific
instruction




Allophone - CORRECT ANSWER - a variation of a speech sound
phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER - awareness of the overall
sound structure of words


phonics - CORRECT ANSWER - instruction that connects sounds to letters


phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER - smallest unit of sound in a syllable

,phonemic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER - awareness of speech sounds or
phonemes in spoken words


alphabetic principal - CORRECT ANSWER - the understanding that spoken
sounds are represented by printed letters



dyslexia - CORRECT ANSWER - a specific language based disorder
characterized by difficulty with single-word reading


phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of the characteristics of speech
sounds


phonology - CORRECT ANSWER - the rules that determine how sounds are
used in spoken language




grapheme - CORRECT ANSWER - a letter or letter cluster that represents a
single speech sound


consonant - CORRECT ANSWER - a class of speech sounds with air flow that
is constricted or obstructed




guided discovery teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - a method of leading
students to new learning through questioning
Metalingustic - CORRECT ANSWER - awareness of language as an entity


aspiration - CORRECT ANSWER - puff of air

, suprasegmentals - CORRECT ANSWER - the melody of speech- stress, pitch,
loudness, and so forth


pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER - use of language


affixes - CORRECT ANSWER - prefixes and suffixes




vowel - CORRECT ANSWER - a class of open speech sounds produced by
the passage of air through an open vocal tract


RAN - CORRECT ANSWER - rapid automized naming


double deficit - CORRECT ANSWER - deficit in Phonological Awareness and
Rapid Naming




dyspraxia - CORRECT ANSWER - speech problems caused by sensorimotor
disruption


phonology, morphology, syntax - CORRECT ANSWER - domains of language




nasal - CORRECT ANSWER - a sound produced by forcing air through the
nose


stop - CORRECT ANSWER - a sound in which the outgoing air flow is
completely stopped