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ALTA REVIEW (IN PROG RESS)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS THE LATEST UPDATE
Question 1: Alexia
CORRECT ANSWER : the loss of the ability to read,
usually the result of brain injury
Question 2: aphasia
CORRECT ANSWER : the loss or impairment of the
ability to use and comprehend words as the result of brain injury
Question 3: articulation
CORRECT ANSWER : the act or manner of producing
sounds
Question 4: echolalia
CORRECT ANSWER : imitation of mother's sounds,
rhythm, and tone
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Question 5: hyperlexia
CORRECT ANSWER : superior ability to read words
without comprehension
Question 6: lexicon
CORRECT ANSWER : an inventory of word
knowledge, either spoken or written
Question 7: otitis media
CORRECT ANSWER : inflammation of the middle ear
that can lead to temporary conductive hearing loss or, sometimes, permanent hearing loss. A young child who experiences hearing loss from otitis media may have resulting speech or language difficulties
Question 8: Strands of language
CORRECT ANSWER :
- phonology
- semantics
- syntax
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- discourse
- reading
- writing
Question 9: phonology
CORRECT ANSWER : sounds of letters
Question 10: semantics
CORRECT ANSWER : word meaning in language
Question 11: normal phonological development requires...
CORRECT ANSWER : the ability to hear normally and
to produce babbling
Question 12: phonological production is largely complete
by age:
CORRECT ANSWER : four
Question 13: alphabetic language
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CORRECT ANSWER : a language in which letters are
used systematically to represent speech sounds or phonemes
Question 14: alphabetic principle
CORRECT ANSWER : the use of letters and letter
clusters to represent phonemes in an orthography
Question 15: Anglo-Saxon
CORRECT ANSWER : the language of the Germanic
people who settles in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.Anglo-Saxon was the dominant language in Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Question 16: Analytic instruction
CORRECT ANSWER : instruction that separates the
whole into its constituent parts to reveal the relationships of the parts.