CALT EXAM correctly answered (2023)
to pass
Suprasegmental - correct answer Aspect of Language
(intonation, stress, loudness, pitch level, juncture - (the set of features in speech that
enable a hearer to detect a word or phrase boundary), and speaking rate)
Segmental - correct answer Aspect of Language
(phonemes - vowels & consonants)
Phonoligical Awareness - correct answer The knowledge of and sensitivity to the sound
structure of language (umbrella term)
It includes: rhyming, segmentation activities, and manipulation activities
Segmentation Activities - segmenting sentences into words, segmenting compound
words into syllables, segmenting words into syllables, identifying initial and final sounds,
and segmenting syllables into phonemes
Manipulation Activities - omitting syllables, omitting sounds in words, and changing
sounds into words
Dysarthria - correct answer A disorder in the nervous system which hinders control over
the tongue, throat, lips, or lungs
Neurological oral-motor dysfunction including weakness of the musculature necessary
for coordinating movements of speech production (slurred speech, difficulty with
articulation)
Dyspraxia - correct answer Sensorimotor disruption in which the motor signals to the
muscles, such as those necessary for speech production, are not consistently or
efficiently received
Difficulty getting the body to do what you want it to
Difficulty planning and coordinating body movement
Difficulty coordinating facial muscles to produce sounds
(a person is born with dyspraxia)
Phonemic Awareness - correct answer Awareness of the smallest units of speech
(phonemes) and the ability to isolate or manipulate the individual phonemes in words
, Phonetics - correct answer The study of linguistic speech sounds and how they are
produced and perceived
Alphabetic Principle - correct answer The concept that letters on a page represent or
map onto the sounds in spoken words
Alphabetic Language - correct answer A language, such as English, in which letters are
used systematically to represent speech sounds or phonemes
Logographic Writing System - correct answer A system in which pictures represent the
words of a language, such as Chinese
If English was treated as a logographic writing system, it would contain over 700,000
symbols
Grapheme - correct answer A written letter or letter cluster representing a single speech
sound
Ex: i, igh
Phonics - correct answer An approach to teaching reading and spelling that emphasizes
sound-symbol relationships
Sound + Letters
Euphony - correct answer Words formed or combined as to please the ear
The tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation
6 Kinds of Syllables - correct answer Open
Closed
Vowel - Consonant - e
Final Stable Syllable
Vowel Pair
Vowel - r
Naughty i - correct answer The vowel i is naughty when it is before a final stable syllable
in a words with three or more syllables
It will be short and coded with a breve
Ex: Tra di [tion
Base Word - correct answer The simplest form of any English word to which affixes may
be added
to pass
Suprasegmental - correct answer Aspect of Language
(intonation, stress, loudness, pitch level, juncture - (the set of features in speech that
enable a hearer to detect a word or phrase boundary), and speaking rate)
Segmental - correct answer Aspect of Language
(phonemes - vowels & consonants)
Phonoligical Awareness - correct answer The knowledge of and sensitivity to the sound
structure of language (umbrella term)
It includes: rhyming, segmentation activities, and manipulation activities
Segmentation Activities - segmenting sentences into words, segmenting compound
words into syllables, segmenting words into syllables, identifying initial and final sounds,
and segmenting syllables into phonemes
Manipulation Activities - omitting syllables, omitting sounds in words, and changing
sounds into words
Dysarthria - correct answer A disorder in the nervous system which hinders control over
the tongue, throat, lips, or lungs
Neurological oral-motor dysfunction including weakness of the musculature necessary
for coordinating movements of speech production (slurred speech, difficulty with
articulation)
Dyspraxia - correct answer Sensorimotor disruption in which the motor signals to the
muscles, such as those necessary for speech production, are not consistently or
efficiently received
Difficulty getting the body to do what you want it to
Difficulty planning and coordinating body movement
Difficulty coordinating facial muscles to produce sounds
(a person is born with dyspraxia)
Phonemic Awareness - correct answer Awareness of the smallest units of speech
(phonemes) and the ability to isolate or manipulate the individual phonemes in words
, Phonetics - correct answer The study of linguistic speech sounds and how they are
produced and perceived
Alphabetic Principle - correct answer The concept that letters on a page represent or
map onto the sounds in spoken words
Alphabetic Language - correct answer A language, such as English, in which letters are
used systematically to represent speech sounds or phonemes
Logographic Writing System - correct answer A system in which pictures represent the
words of a language, such as Chinese
If English was treated as a logographic writing system, it would contain over 700,000
symbols
Grapheme - correct answer A written letter or letter cluster representing a single speech
sound
Ex: i, igh
Phonics - correct answer An approach to teaching reading and spelling that emphasizes
sound-symbol relationships
Sound + Letters
Euphony - correct answer Words formed or combined as to please the ear
The tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation
6 Kinds of Syllables - correct answer Open
Closed
Vowel - Consonant - e
Final Stable Syllable
Vowel Pair
Vowel - r
Naughty i - correct answer The vowel i is naughty when it is before a final stable syllable
in a words with three or more syllables
It will be short and coded with a breve
Ex: Tra di [tion
Base Word - correct answer The simplest form of any English word to which affixes may
be added
