ESL Supplemental Exam (154) UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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ESL Supplemental Exam (154) UPDATED
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
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When teaching English to ELLs, Mr. Thompson introduced a series of vocabulary terms for
the new science unit. He had the students write down the definitions while he spoke and
noticed some were understanding the ...
ESL Supplemental Exam (154) UPDATED
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When teaching English to ELLs, Mr. Thompson introduced a series of vocabulary terms for
the new science unit. He had the students write down the definitions while he spoke and
noticed some were understanding the information but had many errors on their page.
Afterward he decided to pair the ELL students with non-ELLs to read their partner's work,
discuss what they had written, and relate it to a personal experience. Which explains Mr.
Thompson's thought process?
A. language is best developed by integrating skills
B. encourage students to speak
C. it's best to focus on academic language
D. prioritize oral language over written language - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A. Language
is best developed by integrating all skills
- Research has shown that language is best acquired by integrating all productive and
receptive skills to help students reach the next stage of second language acquisition. Here the
students are writing, listening, speaking, and reading their vocabulary words.
A student is able to distinguish the structure and form words. This level of language
development is called
A. pragmatics
B. Semantics
C. Syntax
D. Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D. Morphology
Morphology refers to the ability to apply rules to the structure and form of words.
A third-grade ESL teacher is starting a new science unit on physical properties of matter.
Students will be expected to determine how to classify different objects. She will give
students brown paper bags with 5 objects inside each one. The students must write down the
,properties and figure out what each object is without looking. In order for the children to be
successful, the teacher must do which of the following prior to this activity?
A. read a story involving physical properties of matter
B. watch a video on physical properties of matter
C. preview and discuss texture vocabulary and allow students to provide examples
D. hand out a list of texture words - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. preview and discuss
texture vocabulary and allow students to provide examples
- This is correct because if the teacher previews different types of texture vocabulary, it will
activate students' schema. ESL students benefit from this because they can use their native
language and prepare to associate it with their new language
A middle school teacher teaches a group of intermediate-level English learners about prefixes
and suffixes. How is this activity most likely to promote students' English language
development?
A. this activity will improve their ability to pronounce words with multiple syllables
B. this activity will increase their reading and listening comprehension skills
C. this activity will increase vocabulary and syntactic understanding
D. This activity will increase their understanding of semantics - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔C. This activity will increase vocabulary and syntactic understanding
Teaching the meaning of prefixes and suffixes helps students to understand new words and
change the tense and/or part of speech.
Which of the following competencies is demonstrated by identifying the four sounds that
form the word "help"?
A. Phoneme deleting
B. Phoneme segmentation
C. Phoneme substituting
D. Phoneme blending - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. Phoneme segmentation
, The process of breaking down. A word into its individual sounds is called phoneme
segmentation
Which of the following concepts involves understanding that spoken words consist of a
sequence of individual sounds?
A. Morphology
B. Graphophonic knowledge
C. Phonemic awareness
D. Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. Phonemic awareness
Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in
spoken words
Transitional words and phrases are helpful in both spoken and written communication
because they: (select all answers that apply)
A. State the author's purpose clearly
B. Indicate the flow of time and events
C. Join two sentences together
D. Link ideas to each other - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. Indicate the flow of time and
events & D. Link ideas to each other
B - Transitions in narrative piece help move the audience through time and from one event to
another, so this is a correct answer.
D - Transitions link ideas together from sentence to sentence or paragraph to paragraph, so
this is a correct answer
An eighth-grade teacher writes two sentences on the board and asks students to combine them
in the most coherent, logical way possible.
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