ESOL Praxis 5362 Exam Questions &
Answers 2025/2026
Audiolingual Method - ANSWERS"army method," drilling correct forms, grammar taught
inductively, lots of speaking
Total Physical Response Approach - ANSWERSlearning through commands and questions,
students not made to speak until they are ready
Grammar Translation Approach - ANSWERSoldest method, taught almost exclusively in L1,
explanation of grammar, lots of vocabulary
Direct Method - ANSWERSbegin with dialogue then translate then question, grammar taught
inductively, imitates L1 learning, lots of speaking and listening
Phonics Approach - ANSWERSstart with learning sounds, then progress to words and sentences,
decoding how to read individual sounds and words out of context
Language Experience Approach - ANSWERSentire class shares an experience, creates text, read
and revise, read and reread, extend into other types of activities
Silent Way - ANSWERSphonemic rods, color association
Social Distance Hypothesis - ANSWERSsocial and psychological distance influence L2 acquisition
by determining amount of contact learners have with target language and degree to which they
are open to input available to them
, Stages of Literacy Development - ANSWERS1) emergent readers and spellers
2) alphabetic readers and spellers
3) word pattern readers and spellers
4) intermediate readers and spellers
5) advanced readers and spellers
Stages of Reading - ANSWERS1) Pre-reading and Pseudo-Reading
2) Initial reading and decoding
3) Confirmation and fluency
4) Reading to learn new information
5) Multiple viewpoints
6) Construction and reconstruction
Stages of Writing - ANSWERS1) Drawing
2) Scribbling
3) Letter-like forms
4) Writing via inventive spelling
5) Conventional spelling
CALLA - ANSWERSCognitive Academic Language Learning Approach
-Chamot and O'Malley
-helps students build on what they already know to help them become independent learners
Morphology - ANSWERSarrangement and relationship of language units
Derivational Morphemes - ANSWERSadding them to a word changes the meaning or function
Answers 2025/2026
Audiolingual Method - ANSWERS"army method," drilling correct forms, grammar taught
inductively, lots of speaking
Total Physical Response Approach - ANSWERSlearning through commands and questions,
students not made to speak until they are ready
Grammar Translation Approach - ANSWERSoldest method, taught almost exclusively in L1,
explanation of grammar, lots of vocabulary
Direct Method - ANSWERSbegin with dialogue then translate then question, grammar taught
inductively, imitates L1 learning, lots of speaking and listening
Phonics Approach - ANSWERSstart with learning sounds, then progress to words and sentences,
decoding how to read individual sounds and words out of context
Language Experience Approach - ANSWERSentire class shares an experience, creates text, read
and revise, read and reread, extend into other types of activities
Silent Way - ANSWERSphonemic rods, color association
Social Distance Hypothesis - ANSWERSsocial and psychological distance influence L2 acquisition
by determining amount of contact learners have with target language and degree to which they
are open to input available to them
, Stages of Literacy Development - ANSWERS1) emergent readers and spellers
2) alphabetic readers and spellers
3) word pattern readers and spellers
4) intermediate readers and spellers
5) advanced readers and spellers
Stages of Reading - ANSWERS1) Pre-reading and Pseudo-Reading
2) Initial reading and decoding
3) Confirmation and fluency
4) Reading to learn new information
5) Multiple viewpoints
6) Construction and reconstruction
Stages of Writing - ANSWERS1) Drawing
2) Scribbling
3) Letter-like forms
4) Writing via inventive spelling
5) Conventional spelling
CALLA - ANSWERSCognitive Academic Language Learning Approach
-Chamot and O'Malley
-helps students build on what they already know to help them become independent learners
Morphology - ANSWERSarrangement and relationship of language units
Derivational Morphemes - ANSWERSadding them to a word changes the meaning or function
