ALTA Exam Question and answers
correctly solved 2025/2026
dyslexia - correct answer ✔adequate intelligence, yet trouble with reading, writing, and spelling
stephosymbolia - correct answer ✔twisted symbols
phonetics - correct answer ✔the study of speech sounds in spoken language
phonological awareness - correct answer ✔(umbrella term) the ability to focus on units of sound in
spoken language at the sentence, word, syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness - correct answer ✔(can be done in the dark) awareness of speech sounds or
phonemes in spoken words
phonics - correct answer ✔(cannot be done in the dark) instruction that connects sounds and letters;
sound to symbol
synthetic/intensive phonics - correct answer ✔part to whole
analytic phonics - correct answer ✔whole to part
alphabetic principle - correct answer ✔the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print
by written letters (phonics=sound to symbol)
echolalia - correct answer ✔repetition of speech by a child learning to talk (babbling)
,consonant - correct answer ✔blocked/voiced or unvoiced sounds; a class of speech sounds with air
flow that is constricted or obstructed
vowel - correct answer ✔open and voiced sounds; a class of open speech sounds produced by the
passage of air through an open vocal tract
grapheme - correct answer ✔a letter or letter cluster that represents a single speech sound
decoding - correct answer ✔word recognition in which the phonetic code is broken down to determine
a word
blending - correct answer ✔fusing individual sounds, syllables or words into meaningful units
reading - correct answer ✔symbol to sound/grapheme to phoneme
morpheme - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔terror or dread
morphology - correct answer ✔the study of word formation patterns, meaningful units that make
words
phonology, morphology, syntax - correct answer ✔form of language
fluency - correct answer ✔reading with rapidity and automaticity
, prosody - correct answer ✔the rhythmic flow of oral reading
pragmatics - correct answer ✔set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and social use of
language
syntax - correct answer ✔sentence structure, grammar
semantics - correct answer ✔content of language, used to express knowledge of the world around us
phoneme - correct answer ✔smallest unit of sound in a syllable
spelling - correct answer ✔sound to symbol / phoneme to grapheme, connect grapheme to phoneme
(encoding)
orthography - correct answer ✔correct spelling of sounds & symbols in written language
orthographic memory - correct answer ✔(orthographic mapping) the memory of letter patterns and
word spellings; ability to quickly process and read a word
metalinguistics - correct answer ✔awareness of language as an entity
guided discovery (Socratic method) - correct answer ✔a method of leading students to new learning
through questioning
Heuristic - correct answer ✔means to discovery by demonstration
correctly solved 2025/2026
dyslexia - correct answer ✔adequate intelligence, yet trouble with reading, writing, and spelling
stephosymbolia - correct answer ✔twisted symbols
phonetics - correct answer ✔the study of speech sounds in spoken language
phonological awareness - correct answer ✔(umbrella term) the ability to focus on units of sound in
spoken language at the sentence, word, syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness - correct answer ✔(can be done in the dark) awareness of speech sounds or
phonemes in spoken words
phonics - correct answer ✔(cannot be done in the dark) instruction that connects sounds and letters;
sound to symbol
synthetic/intensive phonics - correct answer ✔part to whole
analytic phonics - correct answer ✔whole to part
alphabetic principle - correct answer ✔the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print
by written letters (phonics=sound to symbol)
echolalia - correct answer ✔repetition of speech by a child learning to talk (babbling)
,consonant - correct answer ✔blocked/voiced or unvoiced sounds; a class of speech sounds with air
flow that is constricted or obstructed
vowel - correct answer ✔open and voiced sounds; a class of open speech sounds produced by the
passage of air through an open vocal tract
grapheme - correct answer ✔a letter or letter cluster that represents a single speech sound
decoding - correct answer ✔word recognition in which the phonetic code is broken down to determine
a word
blending - correct answer ✔fusing individual sounds, syllables or words into meaningful units
reading - correct answer ✔symbol to sound/grapheme to phoneme
morpheme - correct answer ✔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 - correct answer ✔terror or dread
morphology - correct answer ✔the study of word formation patterns, meaningful units that make
words
phonology, morphology, syntax - correct answer ✔form of language
fluency - correct answer ✔reading with rapidity and automaticity
, prosody - correct answer ✔the rhythmic flow of oral reading
pragmatics - correct answer ✔set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and social use of
language
syntax - correct answer ✔sentence structure, grammar
semantics - correct answer ✔content of language, used to express knowledge of the world around us
phoneme - correct answer ✔smallest unit of sound in a syllable
spelling - correct answer ✔sound to symbol / phoneme to grapheme, connect grapheme to phoneme
(encoding)
orthography - correct answer ✔correct spelling of sounds & symbols in written language
orthographic memory - correct answer ✔(orthographic mapping) the memory of letter patterns and
word spellings; ability to quickly process and read a word
metalinguistics - correct answer ✔awareness of language as an entity
guided discovery (Socratic method) - correct answer ✔a method of leading students to new learning
through questioning
Heuristic - correct answer ✔means to discovery by demonstration
