CALT Exam Prep Flashcards
2026-2027
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,Strephosymbolia means twisted symbols. The first term Orton used for dyslexia.
phonetics the study of speech sounds in spoken language
phonological awareness the ability to focus on units of sound in spoken language at the sentence, word,
syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in spoken words
phonics instruction that connects sounds and letters
synthetic phonics explicitly teaches individual grapheme-phoneme correspondences before they are
blended to form syllables or whole words
alphabetic principle the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by written letters
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
phonology the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken language
fluency reading with rapidity and automaticity with prosody
prosody the rhythmic flow of oral reading
pragmatics set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of language, rules we
communicate by
syntax sentence structure, grammar, usage
semantics content of language, used to express knowledge of the world around us - meaning
, phoneme smallest unit of sound in a syllable
spelling sound to symbol / phoneme to grapheme, connect grapheme to phoneme
orthography the spelling of written language
orthographic memory memory of letter patterns and word spellings
metalinguistics awareness of language as an entity
guided discovery a method of leading students to new learning through questioning
Heuristic means to discover by demonstration
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 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.
morphology the study of word formation patterns, meaningful units that make words
fricative a sound produced by forcing air through a narrow opening between the teeth or lips
/ f / / sh / / z /
nasal sound a sound produced by forcing air out through th nose / n / / m /
2026-2027
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,Strephosymbolia means twisted symbols. The first term Orton used for dyslexia.
phonetics the study of speech sounds in spoken language
phonological awareness the ability to focus on units of sound in spoken language at the sentence, word,
syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in spoken words
phonics instruction that connects sounds and letters
synthetic phonics explicitly teaches individual grapheme-phoneme correspondences before they are
blended to form syllables or whole words
alphabetic principle the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by written letters
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
phonology the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken language
fluency reading with rapidity and automaticity with prosody
prosody the rhythmic flow of oral reading
pragmatics set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of language, rules we
communicate by
syntax sentence structure, grammar, usage
semantics content of language, used to express knowledge of the world around us - meaning
, phoneme smallest unit of sound in a syllable
spelling sound to symbol / phoneme to grapheme, connect grapheme to phoneme
orthography the spelling of written language
orthographic memory memory of letter patterns and word spellings
metalinguistics awareness of language as an entity
guided discovery a method of leading students to new learning through questioning
Heuristic means to discover by demonstration
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 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.
morphology the study of word formation patterns, meaningful units that make words
fricative a sound produced by forcing air through a narrow opening between the teeth or lips
/ f / / sh / / z /
nasal sound a sound produced by forcing air out through th nose / n / / m /
