CALT EXAM (with solutions)

Suprasegmental correct answers 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 answers Aspect of Language (phonemes - vowels & consonants) Phonoligical Awareness correct answers 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 answers 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 answers 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 answers Awareness of the smallest units of speech (phonemes) and the ability to isolate or manipulate the individual phonemes in words Phonetics correct answers The study of linguistic speech sounds and how they are produced and perceived Alphabetic Principle correct answers The concept that letters on a page represent or map onto the sounds in spoken words