ESL 154 Practice Test Quiz

ESL 154 Practice Test Quiz
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1. Upon enrolling in school, ELL (English Language Learners) are assessed to determine their English skills. This assessment is referred to as:

Language Proficiency
Linguistics
Function
Conversation

2. Mrs. Radomski is preparing a math lesson for her 3rd-grade class. Several ELL students with Level I, Pre-production proficiency will likely respond by:

Pointing, gesturing, or drawing
Completing written phrases
Answering in sentences
Answering orally

3. The language that students understand using visuals, gestures, and questioning is known as:

Comprehensible input
Scaffolding
Linguistic competence
Content-based ESL

4. Marvin says, 'He want now go eat.' The linguistic term that best describes this error is:

Syntax
Morphology
Phonology
Semantics

5. Field sensitive learners can be described by all of the following except:

Analytical processing
Attentive to environment
Like supportive settings
Socially perceptive

6. Different language usage in various situations is known as:

Register
Social Language
Function
Psycholinguistics

7. School districts in Texas must have on file policies and procedures for:

All of the above
Appointment of LPAC members
Training of LPAC members
Selection of LPAC members

8. A first-year ESL teacher focusing on grammar, decoding, and usage is using which approach?

Cognitive Approach
Sheltered Approach
Whole Language Approach
Natural Approach

9. When incorporating small group learning, teachers should:

Experiment with different group compositions
Ensure an equal number of boys and girls
Change groups every few days
Assign more difficult tasks

10. To communicate regularly with ESL parents, teachers should use:

All of the above
Announcements
Newsletters
Parent conversations

11. To support an increase in immigrant students, teachers should receive training in:

Cultural Diversity
Submersion
Motivation
Community Awareness

12. An ESL student going through a period with little expressive language is experiencing the:

Silent Period
Early Production Period
Speech Emergence

13. Mr. Guest encourages parents to have children 'play' with English because language:

All of the above
Is acquired subconsciously
Thrives in informal settings
Requires positive reinforcement

14. Positive attention to a student's speaking and listening skills helps:

Increase both abilities
Increase listening abilities
Overcome speech repetition
Increase thinking abilities

15. Bilingual education was first implemented to serve students speaking which language?

German
Spanish
Native American
French

16. Positive attention to listening and speaking skills helps students:

Increase both abilities
Increase listening abilities
Overcome speech repetition
Increase speaking abilities

17. Prekindergarten through Grade 1 students are identified as limited English proficient through:

An oral language proficiency test approved by TEA
A reading test by TEA
Reading and math tests
A norm-referenced test by TEA

18. Level I Pre-production in language acquisition is characterized by:

No verbal production
Very good comprehension
Conversation
Near-native speech

19. Ms. Criswell encourages parents to read to children in their home language because:

It uses what they know about their first language
It helps with expressive language
It helps with learning cognates
It increases idiomatic expression use

20. Santa Fe ISD reports ELL student progress to parents:

Annually
Weekly
Monthly
Semi-annually

21. Children using short sentences with gestures are speaking in which register?

Casual
Frozen
Intimate
Formal

22. In preparing a math lesson, Mrs. Barker aims to provide:

Comprehensible Input
Pattern Language
Concurrent Language
Predictable Language

23. Portfolios are useful for assessing ELL students because:

B and C only
They are easy to keep
Used as self-assessment
Shown to parents as progress evidence

24. A record of observed behaviors over time is a:

Anecdotal Record
Checklist
Portfolio
Rubric

25. L1 and L2 share similarities such as:

All of the above
Both are developmental
Both are subconscious
Both focus on communication and meaning

26. Hands-on activities and experiments reflect what type of instruction?

Hands-On
Material Learning
TPR
Learner Centered

27. For home visits, Mrs. Williams should:

Identify a bilingual liaison
Send notes home in English
Ask to be excused
Find a bilingual child to assist

28. Instruction adjusting language complexity and pace is known as:

Sheltered Instruction
Functional Instruction
Supportive Instruction
Communicative Language Instruction

29. Before selecting a bilingual program, administrators must first determine:

Student population served
Certified program staff
State rules
Bilingual instructional methodology

30. An effective language instruction design should not:

Encourage only oral language
Create academic challenge
Have high learning expectations
Use non-verbal cues

31. Most language teachers believe language learning should:

Be integrated across curriculum
Be in social studies, not math
Be in math, not science
Only be in language arts

32. Oral language activities should be learned:

Along with reading and writing
In isolation
One-to-one
After reading

33. Engaging all senses is important for an effective multicultural environment because:

All five senses
Sight
Hearing
Smell

34. Assessing a student's language proficiency is called:

Diagnosis
Inventory
Measure
Analysis

35. High proficiency in reading and writing demonstrates:

Literacy development
Phonological awareness
Alphabetic principle
Cognitive style

36. The arrangement of language elements to construct sentences is:

Syntax
Lexicon
Discourse
Phonology

37. To involve families in the classroom, ESL teachers must:

Communicate culturally responsively
Overcome cultural fear
Demonstrate differences
Avoid culture shock

38. If a mother speaks Spanish with her child, Spanish is the child's:

Primary Language
Second Language
Interactional Language
Transitional Language

39. The ability to understand a message is:

Receptive language
Expressive language
Complex language
Context embedded language

40. To prepare children for reading and writing, the National Reading Panel suggests:

Reading aloud
Building self esteem
Introducing literacy tools
Discussing real-life experiences

41. Early communication attempts in second language learners are usually:

Nonverbal
Verbal
Syllabic
Words like

42. Creating a positive and low-anxiety classroom applies Krashen__:

Filter Hypothesis
Aptitude Hypothesis
Monitor Hypothesis
Input Hypothesis

43. Bilingual Education and ESL programs are typically found in:

Regular public schools
Separate district facilities
Neighboring high-LEP districts
Neighborhood schools

44. Conversing in familiar, face-to-face situations is termed:

Social language
Function
Language proficiency
Academic language

45. Modern beliefs suggest children should:

Be introduced to oral, reading, and writing skills early
Write before reading
Know how to read before writing
Control oral language before writing

46. The Lau Remedies require identification of non-English speakers via:

All of the above
Home Language Survey
English proficiency tests
Oral proficiency tests

47. Clapping hands for syllables helps language development by:

Prompting phonological awareness
Stressing letter/sound agreement
Vowel placement
Syntax development

48. Using English to learn other subjects relates to:

Content-based ESL Instruction
SDAIE Instruction
Best practice
Promoting Literacy

49. To encourage ELL parent involvement, schools should:

Send notes home in the home language
Provide tutorials
Plan workshops
Communicate the benefits of involvement

50. Biliteracy includes developing:

Understanding and skills in two languages
Ability to read
Ability to write
Reading and writing in English
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