ESL 154 CERTIFICATION TEST
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1. What is the Texas English Language Proficien- A federally required assessment pro-
cy Assessment System (TELPAS)? gram designed to measure the annu-
al progress that ELLs make in learning
academic English
2. What are the English Language Proficiency Federally required instructional stan-
Standards (ELPS)? dards designed to ensure that ELLs
are taught the academic English they
need for school purposes. These can
be considered the "TEKS" of lan-
guage development.
3. ELPS PLDS PROFICIENCY LEVEL DESCRIPTORS.
The proficiency level descriptors show
the progression of second language
acquisition from one proficiency lev-
el to the next and serve as a road
map to help content area teachers
instruct ELLs commensurate with stu-
dents' linguistic needs. Teachers of
ELLs are required to use them for for-
mative assessment.
4. Beginning Proficiency Level Little or no English ability
5. Intermediate Proficiency Level Limited ability, simple language
structures,
high-frequency vocabulary, routine
contexts
6. Advanced Proficiency Level Grade appropriate, with second lan-
guage acquisition
support
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7. Advanced High Proficiency Level Grade appropriate, with minimal sec-
ond language acquisition support
8. WHAT IS AN LPAC? As an advocate for the ELL, the LPAC
becomes the voice that initiates, artic-
ulates, deliberates, and determines
the best instructional program for the
student. It functions as a link between
the home and the school in mak-
ing appropriate decisions regard-
ing placement, instructional prac-
tices, assessment, and special pro-
grams that impact the student.
9. BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication
Skills
-social language
10. CALP Cognitive Academic Language Profi-
ciency
-academic language
11. The Lau Remedies of 1974 made the identification of students
whose primary language is not Eng-
lish and the evaluation of their Eng-
lish-language proficiency mandatory
in all school districts.
12. Transitional Bilingual uses the native language in core aca-
demic subjects. The goal is to phase
into English only as quickly as possi-
ble.
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13. Developmental Bilingual uses the native language in core aca-
demic subjects throughout elemen-
tary school. Sometimes the program
extends into middle and high school
even after the student has been clas-
sified proficient in English.
14. Two-Way Immersion the students are from similar back-
grounds with about half the class
speaking the native language and the
other half speaking both. Instruction
is about evenly split between English
and the native language.
15. Basic interpersonal communication skills en- 1. Context-embedded communica-
compass two different and distinct styles of tion
communication: 2. Context-reduced communication
16. Context-reduced communication doesn't have visual cues so the stu-
dent must rely on competency and
fluency to understand.
17. Context-embedded communication uses visual and vocal props to help
the student understand what is being
said.
18. The three methods most commonly used to grammar-based, communica-
teach English as a Second Language (ESL) are... tion-based and content-based.
19. Grammar-based teaches students the rules: Structure,
function and vocabulary. Emphasis is
on the why and how.
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1. What is the Texas English Language Proficien- A federally required assessment pro-
cy Assessment System (TELPAS)? gram designed to measure the annu-
al progress that ELLs make in learning
academic English
2. What are the English Language Proficiency Federally required instructional stan-
Standards (ELPS)? dards designed to ensure that ELLs
are taught the academic English they
need for school purposes. These can
be considered the "TEKS" of lan-
guage development.
3. ELPS PLDS PROFICIENCY LEVEL DESCRIPTORS.
The proficiency level descriptors show
the progression of second language
acquisition from one proficiency lev-
el to the next and serve as a road
map to help content area teachers
instruct ELLs commensurate with stu-
dents' linguistic needs. Teachers of
ELLs are required to use them for for-
mative assessment.
4. Beginning Proficiency Level Little or no English ability
5. Intermediate Proficiency Level Limited ability, simple language
structures,
high-frequency vocabulary, routine
contexts
6. Advanced Proficiency Level Grade appropriate, with second lan-
guage acquisition
support
, ESL 154 CERTIFICATION TEST
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7. Advanced High Proficiency Level Grade appropriate, with minimal sec-
ond language acquisition support
8. WHAT IS AN LPAC? As an advocate for the ELL, the LPAC
becomes the voice that initiates, artic-
ulates, deliberates, and determines
the best instructional program for the
student. It functions as a link between
the home and the school in mak-
ing appropriate decisions regard-
ing placement, instructional prac-
tices, assessment, and special pro-
grams that impact the student.
9. BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication
Skills
-social language
10. CALP Cognitive Academic Language Profi-
ciency
-academic language
11. The Lau Remedies of 1974 made the identification of students
whose primary language is not Eng-
lish and the evaluation of their Eng-
lish-language proficiency mandatory
in all school districts.
12. Transitional Bilingual uses the native language in core aca-
demic subjects. The goal is to phase
into English only as quickly as possi-
ble.
, ESL 154 CERTIFICATION TEST
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_3s13np
13. Developmental Bilingual uses the native language in core aca-
demic subjects throughout elemen-
tary school. Sometimes the program
extends into middle and high school
even after the student has been clas-
sified proficient in English.
14. Two-Way Immersion the students are from similar back-
grounds with about half the class
speaking the native language and the
other half speaking both. Instruction
is about evenly split between English
and the native language.
15. Basic interpersonal communication skills en- 1. Context-embedded communica-
compass two different and distinct styles of tion
communication: 2. Context-reduced communication
16. Context-reduced communication doesn't have visual cues so the stu-
dent must rely on competency and
fluency to understand.
17. Context-embedded communication uses visual and vocal props to help
the student understand what is being
said.
18. The three methods most commonly used to grammar-based, communica-
teach English as a Second Language (ESL) are... tion-based and content-based.
19. Grammar-based teaches students the rules: Structure,
function and vocabulary. Emphasis is
on the why and how.
