ELL TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Root Word Suffix classi fy astonish ment resource ful Which of the following best describes the effect that the suffixes in the second column have on the root words in the first column when the two are combined? - Answer- The suffixes change the grammatical category of the root word. Class is changed from noun to verb, astonish changed from verb to noun, resource is changed from noun to adjective. Which of the following represents an acceptable order of parts of speech in an English sentence? - Answer- Subject-Verb-Indirect Object-Direct Object He told you the answers. Use the exchange below between an ELL teacher and an English language learner to answer the question that follows. Teacher: Your group was hands down the fastest to solve the problem! Student: But our hands were not down; they were up! Which of the following best explains the student's response? - Answer- The student is interpreting the meaning of an English idiom literally. Until these expressions are mastered, students will most often interpret them literally. A fourth-grade English language learner who recently arrived in the United States has been placed in a general education class. The student studied English in his home country and has strong literacy skills in English. He demonstrates comprehension of reading assignments and performs well on written assignments but never speaks up in class or in conversations with peers. He appears to be engaged in class discussions, but has difficulty responding when called on to contribute to the discussion. Based on theories about the stages of second language acquisition, the teacher could best address this student's learning needs by taking which of the following steps? - Answer- Provide the student with low-risk opportunities to interact verbally and nonverbally in small- and large group situations. This is assessing your understanding of the affective filter and students need for opportunities to interact verbally and non-verbally in a non threatening learning environment. Which of the following best explains why academic language skills are inherently more difficult to acquire than social language skills? - Answer- Academic language tends to be context-reduced and more abstract and grammatically complex than social language. Cummins Quadrants - the more context we have, the easier it is to understand language tasks. Concrete concepts are easier to manage than abstract c