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ESL CERTIFICATION TEST QUIZZES & ANS!!
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Name: Score:195 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 195
It is most important for a teacher who provides content instruction to ESL students to do which of
the following?
Expect the ESL students to remain academically behind their peers?
Discourage ESL students from using nonstandard English
Provide lower-level content instructional materials to ESL students
Incorporate content materials that are culturally relevant to ESL students
Term 2 of 195
Avoid answer choices that include...
Phonics, watering down the curriculum, discreet language arts skills (very specific)
Stem education, project-based learning, critical thinking skills.
Inclusive practices, differentiated instruction, culturally responsive teaching.
Physical education, art history, music theory, computer programming.
,Definition 3 of 195
Rejects the dichotomized skills based/phonics approach vs. whole language.
A balanced approach is a decision making approach through which teachers make thoughtful &
purposeful decisions about how to help students become better readers & writers.
Built on research, views the teacher as an informed decision maker who develops a flexible
program around a comprehensive view of literacy
natural approach
balanced approach to literacy
audiolingual method
lower affective filter
Term 4 of 195
When working with ELLs at the earliest stage of developing English literacy, the teacher should
always try to:
Provide immediate corrective feedback on reading errors (i.e. say the correct word and
have the student repeat it; state the phonics rule related to an error)
Focus on developing students' knowledge of English vowels (i.e. short vowels, long vowels
& digraphs)
Contextualize reading experiences as much as possible (i.e. make labels for classroom
objects, use students' own words to create sentence strips and books)
Teach skills implicitly or when occasions arise during reading (i.e. teach the /ch/ sound if
students read a story about a chimp
,Term 5 of 195
Preview/View/Review
(percentages)
Competence in grammar, sociolinguistics, discourse, and communicative strategies.
Preview:
5% (Native Language)
View:
90% (Second or target language)
Review:
5% (Native Language)
letters or combination of letters that make the same sound (/K/ and /C/ make the same
sound: "keep cool")
in the course of learning one language a child acquires a set of skills and implicit
metalinguistic knowledge that can be drawn upon when working in another language.
Term 6 of 195
A good ESL teacher is....
Indifferent! doesn't care about things happening, avoids seeking help and information.
B
Passive! always wait for things to happen, avoid seeking help and information.
Proactive! Never wait for things to happen, seek out help and information .
, Term 7 of 195
ESL standard 3
The ESL teacher understand fundamental language concepts and knows the structure and
conventions of English.
Based on theories from from structural linguistics and behavioral psychology. Taught
through mimicry, memorization, and manipulation drills. Emphasis on isolated grammar
structures sequenced carefully to prevent student errors. Use of tapes, language labs, and
visual aides is crucial.
Emphasis on reading and writing skills, little concern for oral language
Stresses on isolated grammar structures
Vocab lists
Use of L1 to explain discus and translate L2
The ESL teacher understands processes of first and second language acquisition and uses
the knowledge to promote students language development in English.
Term 8 of 195
True or False: Use the "perfect world lens" while answering the questions.
True
False
Term 9 of 195
Martin, a fifth grade ELL who is a beginning reader, is having difficulty understanding an idiom
encountered in his assigned fiction reading. After the teacher explains the idiom, the best strategy
for helping Martin remember the idiom is to have him
translate the idiomatic language into his native language
draw a picture of what the idiomatic language describes
use a dictionary to find and copy the literal meaning of the idiom
find other instances of idiomatic language in English writing
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