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ESL (154) Exam Questions With Verified
Answers.
A teacher is planning an activity in which his esl students will attempt to spell various words
given to them orally. At the end of the exercise they will turn in their spellings to the teacher.
The teacher than analyzed the spelling results of each student. Which end-result will this activity
most likely assist the teacher measure? - answer✔Phonics skills
What you say what you do are two different things. - answer✔Coordinating conjunctions.
Being able to connect speech sounds so the printed letters they represent is a description of- -
answer✔Phonics
Which of the following phrases contains a mistake in capitalization - answer✔the North Pole
It is very important to the health of anyone with a history of a problem with seesaw's of the heart
that he or she should avoid the sort of foods with a high percentage of saturated fat -
answer✔Prepositional phrases
Individual-crocodile-disturbances-correctness - answer✔5-3-4-3
In an optimal English-language learning environment, most students take an average of five to
seven years to develop- - answer✔Academic-language proficiency
Which of the following models of language acquisition is based on the belief that a child's
language development depends primarily on the relationship between the child's environment,
perceptions, and linguistic experience? - answer✔Interactionist
A new student who recently moved to the United States speaks both Spanish and German at
home. How is this dual-language background likely to affect his acquisition of English -
answer✔He will acquire English skills rapidly because he is already familiar with the concept of
structural variations between languages
Students who have already acquired academic language skills and concepts in L1 tend to develop
which of the following more rapidly in L2? - answer✔Reading comprehension skills
Some esl students have primarily language that is alphabetical by more phonetically regular than
English. When beginning English reading instruction with these students, the teacher should be
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aware that— - answer✔The phonetic irregularities of English are likely to be confusing to the
students when they try to decode unfamiliar English words.
Which of the following factors is likely to have a negative impact on a beginning English
language learners' acquisition of English? - answer✔Being encouraged by teacher and parents to
decelerate native language development in favor of increasing acquisition effort in English
A person says, "I like to play floor." The problem with this sentence could best be described
using which of the following areas of linguistics? - answer✔Semantics
A student who has had five years of previous schooling in his home country has been placed in
the fourth grade in a Texas school. A week later, an immigrant student from the same country as
this student is placed in a different fourth-grade classroom in the same school. After several
weeks it becomes clear that the student that enrolled last is struggling considerable while his
counterpart is making successful gains on the acquisition of English as a second language.
Which of the following explains the most plausible reason this is happening? - answer✔Literacy
gaps in the first language is part of the experience of the second student.
The proficiency levels of beginning, Intermediate, advanced, and advanced high are- -
answer✔Inclusive of listening, speaking, reading and writing
A fourth-grade ELL student is struggling in reading. The teacher notices the child devoted too
much attention to decoding and not enough attention to the meaning of the text. The teacher
could best help the student by— - answer✔Working on fluency skills
A sixth-grade teacher with students at the beginning and intermediate level of English language
proficiency in listening and speaking plans a lesson on the human body. In order to provide
targeted instruction for all students, the teacher chose content concepts appropriate for the age
and educational background level for students, the teacher adapted content for all students, and
the teacher planned meaningful activities to integrate lesson concepts. Which of the following
strategies would the teacher least likely use to help ELLs become a active participants in
learning? - answer✔The teacher should share jargon and slang to clarify concepts
A sixth-grade teacher with students at the beginning and intermediate level of English language
proficiency in listening and speaking plans a lesson on the human body. In order to provide
targeted instruction for all students, the teacher chose content concepts appropriate for the age
and educational background level for student, the teacher adapted content for all students, and
the teacher planned meaningful activities to integrate lesson concepts. Which of the folding
practices might a teacher employ when a student is visibly struggling dieting classroom
conversations? - answer✔The teacher might speak slower and use other verbal cues
A sixth- grade teacher with students at the beginning and intermediate level of English language
proficiency in listening and speaking plans a lesson on the human body. I. Order to provide
targeted instruction for all students, the teacher chose content concepts appropriate for the age
ESL (154) Exam Questions With Verified
Answers.
A teacher is planning an activity in which his esl students will attempt to spell various words
given to them orally. At the end of the exercise they will turn in their spellings to the teacher.
The teacher than analyzed the spelling results of each student. Which end-result will this activity
most likely assist the teacher measure? - answer✔Phonics skills
What you say what you do are two different things. - answer✔Coordinating conjunctions.
Being able to connect speech sounds so the printed letters they represent is a description of- -
answer✔Phonics
Which of the following phrases contains a mistake in capitalization - answer✔the North Pole
It is very important to the health of anyone with a history of a problem with seesaw's of the heart
that he or she should avoid the sort of foods with a high percentage of saturated fat -
answer✔Prepositional phrases
Individual-crocodile-disturbances-correctness - answer✔5-3-4-3
In an optimal English-language learning environment, most students take an average of five to
seven years to develop- - answer✔Academic-language proficiency
Which of the following models of language acquisition is based on the belief that a child's
language development depends primarily on the relationship between the child's environment,
perceptions, and linguistic experience? - answer✔Interactionist
A new student who recently moved to the United States speaks both Spanish and German at
home. How is this dual-language background likely to affect his acquisition of English -
answer✔He will acquire English skills rapidly because he is already familiar with the concept of
structural variations between languages
Students who have already acquired academic language skills and concepts in L1 tend to develop
which of the following more rapidly in L2? - answer✔Reading comprehension skills
Some esl students have primarily language that is alphabetical by more phonetically regular than
English. When beginning English reading instruction with these students, the teacher should be
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aware that— - answer✔The phonetic irregularities of English are likely to be confusing to the
students when they try to decode unfamiliar English words.
Which of the following factors is likely to have a negative impact on a beginning English
language learners' acquisition of English? - answer✔Being encouraged by teacher and parents to
decelerate native language development in favor of increasing acquisition effort in English
A person says, "I like to play floor." The problem with this sentence could best be described
using which of the following areas of linguistics? - answer✔Semantics
A student who has had five years of previous schooling in his home country has been placed in
the fourth grade in a Texas school. A week later, an immigrant student from the same country as
this student is placed in a different fourth-grade classroom in the same school. After several
weeks it becomes clear that the student that enrolled last is struggling considerable while his
counterpart is making successful gains on the acquisition of English as a second language.
Which of the following explains the most plausible reason this is happening? - answer✔Literacy
gaps in the first language is part of the experience of the second student.
The proficiency levels of beginning, Intermediate, advanced, and advanced high are- -
answer✔Inclusive of listening, speaking, reading and writing
A fourth-grade ELL student is struggling in reading. The teacher notices the child devoted too
much attention to decoding and not enough attention to the meaning of the text. The teacher
could best help the student by— - answer✔Working on fluency skills
A sixth-grade teacher with students at the beginning and intermediate level of English language
proficiency in listening and speaking plans a lesson on the human body. In order to provide
targeted instruction for all students, the teacher chose content concepts appropriate for the age
and educational background level for students, the teacher adapted content for all students, and
the teacher planned meaningful activities to integrate lesson concepts. Which of the following
strategies would the teacher least likely use to help ELLs become a active participants in
learning? - answer✔The teacher should share jargon and slang to clarify concepts
A sixth-grade teacher with students at the beginning and intermediate level of English language
proficiency in listening and speaking plans a lesson on the human body. In order to provide
targeted instruction for all students, the teacher chose content concepts appropriate for the age
and educational background level for student, the teacher adapted content for all students, and
the teacher planned meaningful activities to integrate lesson concepts. Which of the folding
practices might a teacher employ when a student is visibly struggling dieting classroom
conversations? - answer✔The teacher might speak slower and use other verbal cues
A sixth- grade teacher with students at the beginning and intermediate level of English language
proficiency in listening and speaking plans a lesson on the human body. I. Order to provide
targeted instruction for all students, the teacher chose content concepts appropriate for the age
