CALT Exam Prep Questions and Answers
Graded A+
Strephosymbolia - Correct answer-means twisted symbols. The first term Orton
used for dyslexia.
phonetics - Correct answer-the study of speech sounds in spoken language
phonological awareness - Correct answer-the ability to focus on units of sound in
spoken language at the sentence, word, syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness - Correct answer-awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in
spoken words
phonics - Correct answer-instruction that connects sounds and letters
synthetic phonics - Correct answer-explicitly teaches individual grapheme-
phoneme correspondences before they are blended to form syllables or whole
words
alphabetic principle - Correct answer-the understanding that spoken sounds are
represented in print by written letters
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,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
phonology - Correct answer-the rules that determine how sounds are used in
spoken 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
use of language, rules we communicate by
syntax - Correct answer-sentence structure, grammar, usage
semantics - Correct answer-content of language, used to express knowledge of the
world around us - meaning
phoneme - Correct answer-smallest unit of sound in a syllable
spelling - Correct answer-sound to symbol / phoneme to grapheme, connect
grapheme to phoneme
orthography - Correct answer-the spelling of written language
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,orthographic memory - Correct answer-memory of letter patterns and word
spellings
metalinguistics - Correct answer-awareness of language as an entity
guided discovery - Correct answer-a method of leading students to new learning
through questioning
Heuristic - Correct answer-means to discover by demonstration
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-the 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.
Knowledge of word meaning, rapid word recognition, and spelling ability greatly
depend on knowledge of word structure at the level of morphemes.
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, morphology - Correct answer-the study of word formation patterns, meaningful
units that make words
fricative - Correct answer-a sound produced by forcing air through a narrow
opening between the teeth or lips / f / / sh / / z /
nasal sound - Correct answer-a sound produced by forcing air out through th nose /
n//m/
continuant sound - Correct answer-a sound prolonged in its production / m / / s / / f
/
stop consonant sound - Correct answer-a sound obstructed / they must be clipped
off / b / / d /
aspiration - Correct answer-puff of air
Norman Invasion - Correct answer-1066 A.D., had a great effect on English
language, William the Conqueror, French spoken by upper class brought words like
furniture, painter, tailor, beef, pork, mutton, Brought monks who added w and u,
also the dot for the i and tail for the j. Alphabet complete at 26 letters
Number words one to a thousand - Correct answer-Anglo-Saxon
Most of the basic color words - Correct answer-Anglo-Saxon
The names of farm, forest and ocean animals - Correct answer-Anglo-Saxon
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Graded A+
Strephosymbolia - Correct answer-means twisted symbols. The first term Orton
used for dyslexia.
phonetics - Correct answer-the study of speech sounds in spoken language
phonological awareness - Correct answer-the ability to focus on units of sound in
spoken language at the sentence, word, syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness - Correct answer-awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in
spoken words
phonics - Correct answer-instruction that connects sounds and letters
synthetic phonics - Correct answer-explicitly teaches individual grapheme-
phoneme correspondences before they are blended to form syllables or whole
words
alphabetic principle - Correct answer-the understanding that spoken sounds are
represented in print by written letters
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,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
phonology - Correct answer-the rules that determine how sounds are used in
spoken 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
use of language, rules we communicate by
syntax - Correct answer-sentence structure, grammar, usage
semantics - Correct answer-content of language, used to express knowledge of the
world around us - meaning
phoneme - Correct answer-smallest unit of sound in a syllable
spelling - Correct answer-sound to symbol / phoneme to grapheme, connect
grapheme to phoneme
orthography - Correct answer-the spelling of written language
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,orthographic memory - Correct answer-memory of letter patterns and word
spellings
metalinguistics - Correct answer-awareness of language as an entity
guided discovery - Correct answer-a method of leading students to new learning
through questioning
Heuristic - Correct answer-means to discover by demonstration
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-the 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.
Knowledge of word meaning, rapid word recognition, and spelling ability greatly
depend on knowledge of word structure at the level of morphemes.
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, morphology - Correct answer-the study of word formation patterns, meaningful
units that make words
fricative - Correct answer-a sound produced by forcing air through a narrow
opening between the teeth or lips / f / / sh / / z /
nasal sound - Correct answer-a sound produced by forcing air out through th nose /
n//m/
continuant sound - Correct answer-a sound prolonged in its production / m / / s / / f
/
stop consonant sound - Correct answer-a sound obstructed / they must be clipped
off / b / / d /
aspiration - Correct answer-puff of air
Norman Invasion - Correct answer-1066 A.D., had a great effect on English
language, William the Conqueror, French spoken by upper class brought words like
furniture, painter, tailor, beef, pork, mutton, Brought monks who added w and u,
also the dot for the i and tail for the j. Alphabet complete at 26 letters
Number words one to a thousand - Correct answer-Anglo-Saxon
Most of the basic color words - Correct answer-Anglo-Saxon
The names of farm, forest and ocean animals - Correct answer-Anglo-Saxon
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