ESL Certification Test Questions & Answers 2023/2024

ESL Certification Test Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) - ANSWER-The language ability needed for casual conversation. This usually applies to the interpersonal conversation skills of CLD students (i.e, playground language). It's everyday, straightforrward communication skills that are helped by contextual supports such as gestures. CALLA - ANSWER-(Congitive academic language learning approach) A methos of instruction that is grounded in the cognitive approach and focuses on the explicit instruction of learning strategies and the development of critical thinking as a means of acquiring deep levels of language proficiency. CALP - ANSWER-(Cognitive academic language proficiency) the language ability needed for learning academic skills and concepts in situations in which contextual clues are not present and an abstract use of language is required. Congitive academic language proficiency - ANSWER-The language ability needed for learning academic skills and concepts in situations in which contextual clues are not present and an abstract use of language is required. Communicative Language Teaching - ANSWER-Stressing the importance of language as a tool for communicating information and ideas through teaching Communicative-based instruction - ANSWER-The communicative approach assumes that language production contains an infinite number of possible language combinations, so memorizing patterns and rules does little to prepare language learners for authentic language use. Demonstrative pronouns - ANSWER-This, that, these, those, none and neither are examples. Direct method - ANSWER-A grammatical approach that focuses less on explicit instruction of grammar rules and structures and more on the repetition and memorization of language patterns.