TESOL FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT!!!
Q: What does "TESOL" stand for? ✔✔ Teaching English to Speakers of
Other Languages
Q: Which is part of the federal government's definition of an ELL? ✔✔
Students who don't understand English well enough to be successful in an
English-language classroom
Q: What are school districts required to do with regard to ELs? ✔✔ Give a
Home Language Survey to all students to identify ELs
Q: What does research show about the relationship between ELLs' (L1)
native language oral proficiency and literacy, and their (L2) English literacy
skills? ✔✔ Native language (L1) oral proficiency and literacy improves
English (L2)
Which aspect of language takes young ELs longer to master? -ANSWER
✔✔CALP, or "academic language"
In which type of program would ELs receive L1 support as they move into an
English-speaking environment? -ANSWER ✔✔Transitional bilingual program
,How have ideas about teaching ELLs changed since the 1990s? -ANSWER
✔✔Newer research shows that bilingualism has benefits, and ELLs learn English
better when they can maintain their L1.
According to recent research, how does the brain functioning of bilingual people
seem to differ from that of monolingual people? -ANSWER ✔✔Bilingual people
have better executive functioning and problem-solving abilities.
What is an EL? -ANSWER ✔✔An English Learner
What does Dr. Metro believe about you? -ANSWER ✔✔You CAN gain the skills
and knowledge to provide excellent instruction to ELs.
What do you always have to do to have an absence excused in LTC 4460 (thus
avoiding your final grade going down by one-half letter)? -ANSWER ✔✔Make up
the work you missed within one week.
When are reading questions due? -ANSWER ✔✔In class on the day the readings
are due.
In general, when and how are assignments (quizzes and projects) in LTC 4460
due? -ANSWER ✔✔Via Canvas, by the beginning of class time on the day they
are due.
What are the 4 language skills we will learn about? -ANSWER ✔✔Speaking,
Listening, Reading, and Writing
, Which text is in an academic register, with field of the eclipse, a formal tenor, and
a written mode? -ANSWER ✔✔A total solar eclipse occurs when the Earth
intersects the umbra portion of the Moon's shadow.
How long does it take most ELs to develop academic (context-reduced) registers of
language? -ANSWER ✔✔Up to 7 years.
Which sentence summarizes Vygotsky's theory of sociocultural development? -
ANSWER ✔✔Learning is a social process in which students can acquire new
thinking skills by doing work within the Zone of Proximal Development.
What is one critique of progressive pedagogy? -ANSWER ✔✔It disadvantages
ELs because it doesn't provide explicit language teaching.
What would be an opportunity for an EL to produce "comprehensible output" in
English? -ANSWER ✔✔Talking with a peer in English during paired problem
solving.
Why is using "stretched language" important for ELs? -ANSWER ✔✔It allows
them to develop language skills beyond those they already have.
What does research suggest about the relationship between L1 (mother language)
literacy and L2 literacy? -ANSWER ✔✔The stronger L1 literacy is, the more
likely they are to be successful in learning an L2.
What is a weakness of the IRE pattern in teaching ELs? -ANSWER ✔✔It does not
allow ELs to engage in dialogues with peers or teachers.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT!!!
Q: What does "TESOL" stand for? ✔✔ Teaching English to Speakers of
Other Languages
Q: Which is part of the federal government's definition of an ELL? ✔✔
Students who don't understand English well enough to be successful in an
English-language classroom
Q: What are school districts required to do with regard to ELs? ✔✔ Give a
Home Language Survey to all students to identify ELs
Q: What does research show about the relationship between ELLs' (L1)
native language oral proficiency and literacy, and their (L2) English literacy
skills? ✔✔ Native language (L1) oral proficiency and literacy improves
English (L2)
Which aspect of language takes young ELs longer to master? -ANSWER
✔✔CALP, or "academic language"
In which type of program would ELs receive L1 support as they move into an
English-speaking environment? -ANSWER ✔✔Transitional bilingual program
,How have ideas about teaching ELLs changed since the 1990s? -ANSWER
✔✔Newer research shows that bilingualism has benefits, and ELLs learn English
better when they can maintain their L1.
According to recent research, how does the brain functioning of bilingual people
seem to differ from that of monolingual people? -ANSWER ✔✔Bilingual people
have better executive functioning and problem-solving abilities.
What is an EL? -ANSWER ✔✔An English Learner
What does Dr. Metro believe about you? -ANSWER ✔✔You CAN gain the skills
and knowledge to provide excellent instruction to ELs.
What do you always have to do to have an absence excused in LTC 4460 (thus
avoiding your final grade going down by one-half letter)? -ANSWER ✔✔Make up
the work you missed within one week.
When are reading questions due? -ANSWER ✔✔In class on the day the readings
are due.
In general, when and how are assignments (quizzes and projects) in LTC 4460
due? -ANSWER ✔✔Via Canvas, by the beginning of class time on the day they
are due.
What are the 4 language skills we will learn about? -ANSWER ✔✔Speaking,
Listening, Reading, and Writing
, Which text is in an academic register, with field of the eclipse, a formal tenor, and
a written mode? -ANSWER ✔✔A total solar eclipse occurs when the Earth
intersects the umbra portion of the Moon's shadow.
How long does it take most ELs to develop academic (context-reduced) registers of
language? -ANSWER ✔✔Up to 7 years.
Which sentence summarizes Vygotsky's theory of sociocultural development? -
ANSWER ✔✔Learning is a social process in which students can acquire new
thinking skills by doing work within the Zone of Proximal Development.
What is one critique of progressive pedagogy? -ANSWER ✔✔It disadvantages
ELs because it doesn't provide explicit language teaching.
What would be an opportunity for an EL to produce "comprehensible output" in
English? -ANSWER ✔✔Talking with a peer in English during paired problem
solving.
Why is using "stretched language" important for ELs? -ANSWER ✔✔It allows
them to develop language skills beyond those they already have.
What does research suggest about the relationship between L1 (mother language)
literacy and L2 literacy? -ANSWER ✔✔The stronger L1 literacy is, the more
likely they are to be successful in learning an L2.
What is a weakness of the IRE pattern in teaching ELs? -ANSWER ✔✔It does not
allow ELs to engage in dialogues with peers or teachers.
