ESOL CST exam questions with answers.

ESOL CST exam questions with answers
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passive voice - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔subject received
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the action instead of performing it
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monitoring - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔learning strategy:
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Krashen hypothesizes that language instruction results in
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the
creation of a mental monitor through which the learner
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filters spoken and written output. The monitor aids
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learners in achieving accuracy, but may hinder the
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development of fluency. The ideal is a balance where |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




the student has opportunities for unrestricted fluency and
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for using the monitor to "edit" and develop
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accuracy.


BICS-Basic Interpersonal |\




Communication Skills - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The skills |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



involved in everyday communication - listening, speaking,
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carrying on basic
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conversation, understanding speakers and getting one's |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



basic needs met.
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CALP-Cognitive Academic |\

, Language Proficiency - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The skills
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that are needed to succeed in the academic classroom,
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including problem |\




solving, inferring, analyzing,
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synthesizing, and predicting. They go beyond the BICS, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



demanding much greater competence in the language. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Comprehensible Input: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Students |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



learn best when exposed to samples of
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the target language that are at or just above the
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student's current level of acquisition of the language.
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Teachers
can ensure that the language used in the classroom is
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comprehensible by |\




evaluating the students on the Stages of Language
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Acquisition.


Low Affective Filter: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Students
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are best able to absorb and mentally process the
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language input they receive |\ |\ |\




when they are in an environment where they are relaxed
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and their
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anxiety level is low. The teacher can provide this by
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making the classroom a warm, supportive place where
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students feel free to take risks with language.
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