CALT Principles of Multisensory Structured Language (MSL) Education 4

Question 1

Which principle of MSL instruction ensures that new concepts are not introduced until the student has mastered prerequisite skills?

Accepted Answer

Sequential and cumulative teaching

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Cumulative review

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Diagnostic teaching

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Automaticity building

Question 2

In MSL instruction, what is the purpose of having students trace letters while simultaneously saying the letter name and sound?

Accepted Answer

To reinforce learning through simultaneous visual, auditory, and kinesthetic-tactile pathways

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To improve fine motor skills only

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To assess handwriting fluency

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To practice alphabetical order

Question 3

A CALT is designing a lesson using the Orton-Gillingham approach. Which element is MOST characteristic of this MSL method?

Accepted Answer

Explicit, systematic instruction in phoneme-grapheme correspondences

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Whole-language immersion with leveled readers

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Phonics embedded in context without explicit instruction

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Silent sustained reading to build fluency

Question 4

During a diagnostic teaching session, a CALT notices a student consistently confuses /b/ and /d/ in reading but not in writing. What does this pattern MOST suggest?

Accepted Answer

A primarily visual discrimination weakness for letter orientation

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A deficit in kinesthetic-tactile processing

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A phonological processing disorder only

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An attention deficit unrelated to reading

Question 5

Which of the following BEST describes the role of 'automaticity' in MSL-based reading instruction?

Accepted Answer

Decoding and encoding skills become fast and effortless, freeing cognitive resources for comprehension

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Students memorize sight words without phonetic decoding

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Students automatically select appropriate reading strategies based on context

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Fluency is prioritized over accuracy in early instruction

Question 6

An MSL therapist uses a red felt square for vowels and a blue felt square for consonants during phoneme-grapheme tile exercises. What MSL principle does this color-coding support?

Accepted Answer

Structured, systematic presentation with visual coding

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Multisensory simultaneous engagement

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Diagnostic-prescriptive teaching

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Alphabetic principle reinforcement only

Question 7

Which assessment practice BEST aligns with the MSL principle of diagnostic-prescriptive teaching?

Accepted Answer

Continuously monitoring student responses during each lesson to adjust instruction in real time

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Administering standardized tests only at the start and end of the year

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Using curriculum-based measures exclusively for progress monitoring

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Relying on teacher observation without formal data collection