ESOL ASSESSMENT ACTUAL EXAM 2026
EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FULL
SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD
◉ Constructivist (Piaget) theory promotes 4 things..
Answer: concrete, not too far above, discovery learning, student
interest
◉ Piaget's theory
Answer: There are 5 stages kids go through to learn language;
assimilation, accomadation
◉ Schemes
Answer: mental reflex where brains learn to adapt to environment
◉ assimilation
Answer: change environment to go with thinking. Everything with
four legs is a dog.
◉ Accomadation
Answer: Changes structure of brain to accept new things. That is a
dog b/c it barks and that is a cat b/c it meows.
, ◉ Who said ZPD?
Answer: Vygotsky
◉ Which theorist was scaffolding/apprenticeship?
Answer: Vygotsky
◉ Generative Grammar Theorist?
Answer: Chomsky
◉ What is Generative Grammar
Answer: rules for generating sentences. There is a finite set of rules
but an infinite number of sentences.
◉ Who was Universal Grammar?
Answer: Chomsky
◉ Universal Grammar
Answer: unconsious rules
◉ LAD stands for?
Answer: Language Acquisition device
EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FULL
SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD
◉ Constructivist (Piaget) theory promotes 4 things..
Answer: concrete, not too far above, discovery learning, student
interest
◉ Piaget's theory
Answer: There are 5 stages kids go through to learn language;
assimilation, accomadation
◉ Schemes
Answer: mental reflex where brains learn to adapt to environment
◉ assimilation
Answer: change environment to go with thinking. Everything with
four legs is a dog.
◉ Accomadation
Answer: Changes structure of brain to accept new things. That is a
dog b/c it barks and that is a cat b/c it meows.
, ◉ Who said ZPD?
Answer: Vygotsky
◉ Which theorist was scaffolding/apprenticeship?
Answer: Vygotsky
◉ Generative Grammar Theorist?
Answer: Chomsky
◉ What is Generative Grammar
Answer: rules for generating sentences. There is a finite set of rules
but an infinite number of sentences.
◉ Who was Universal Grammar?
Answer: Chomsky
◉ Universal Grammar
Answer: unconsious rules
◉ LAD stands for?
Answer: Language Acquisition device