ESL Certification Test ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The
language ability needed for casual conversation. This usually applies to the interpersonal
conversation skills of CLD students (i.e, playground language). It's everyday,
straightforrward communication skills that are helped by contextual supports such as
gestures.
CALLA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (Congitive academic language learning approach) A
methos of instruction that is grounded in the cognitive approach and focuses on the explicit
instruction of learning strategies and the development of critical thinking as a means of
acquiring deep levels of language proficiency.
CALP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (Cognitive academic language proficiency) the language
ability needed for learning academic skills and concepts in situations in which contextual
clues are not present and an abstract use of language is required.
Congitive academic language proficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The language ability
needed for learning academic skills and concepts in situations in which contextual clues are
not present and an abstract use of language is required.
Communicative Language Teaching - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Stressing the importance
of language as a tool for communicating information and ideas through teaching
Communicative-based instruction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The communicative
approach assumes that language production contains an infinite number of possible language
combinations, so memorizing patterns and rules does little to prepare language learners for
authentic language use.
Demonstrative pronouns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- This, that, these, those, none and
neither are examples.
Direct method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A grammatical approach that focuses less on
explicit instruction of grammar rules and structures and more on the repetition and
memorization of language patterns.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The
language ability needed for casual conversation. This usually applies to the interpersonal
conversation skills of CLD students (i.e, playground language). It's everyday,
straightforrward communication skills that are helped by contextual supports such as
gestures.
CALLA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (Congitive academic language learning approach) A
methos of instruction that is grounded in the cognitive approach and focuses on the explicit
instruction of learning strategies and the development of critical thinking as a means of
acquiring deep levels of language proficiency.
CALP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (Cognitive academic language proficiency) the language
ability needed for learning academic skills and concepts in situations in which contextual
clues are not present and an abstract use of language is required.
Congitive academic language proficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The language ability
needed for learning academic skills and concepts in situations in which contextual clues are
not present and an abstract use of language is required.
Communicative Language Teaching - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Stressing the importance
of language as a tool for communicating information and ideas through teaching
Communicative-based instruction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The communicative
approach assumes that language production contains an infinite number of possible language
combinations, so memorizing patterns and rules does little to prepare language learners for
authentic language use.
Demonstrative pronouns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- This, that, these, those, none and
neither are examples.
Direct method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A grammatical approach that focuses less on
explicit instruction of grammar rules and structures and more on the repetition and
memorization of language patterns.
