154 ESL Supplemental exam Practice
Questions and answers
The grammatical error by an ELL in the sentence below suggests that the English
language learner needs practice in: Ms. Brown don't have any with paper on her
desk. - n
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Subject/verb agreement
Qs
In the sentence below, the word Maria is: Ms. Brown gives Maria the book. - n
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An indirect object
Qs
Ms. Brown, an ESL teacher makes sure to model the appropriate use of oral
communication by responding to different types of listeners in a variety of
languages registers. To accomplish this goal, she invites different people to her
class at different times, such as the principal, the superintendent, the biology
teacher, a few parents, and students from other classes. She is careful to
demonstrate the differences in her manner of speaking to each person and how she
addresses each one. This type of awareness in the rules of politeness is a lesson in:
-n
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Pragmatics
Qs
Ms. Perez, a first year ESL teacher knows that much of what is learned in the first
language transfers easily to the second language. However, when confronted with a
situation where an emergent level ESL student tells her in English that Raul, a fellow
student, is pulling her hair, the teacher becomes confused to find that she is smiling
and doesn't mean to mind such treatment. Upon further review of the situation, she
finds that translated literally from the student's native language, pulling hair is
similar to "pulling my leg" or more literally "kidding me". Even though the student
,understood the actual translation of words used, what language concept needed to
be taught here in light of the confusion? - n
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Idioms
Qs
Read the words below. Piece peace, right write, feet feat. The pair of words in each
row can be best described as: - n
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Homophones
Qs
A beginning English language learner wrote the following: "I visited the house red
with grandparents mine" The student's arrangement of words in the sentence below
shows which of the following. - n
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Syntactical interference from L1
Qs
According to convergent research, most students take and average of five to seven
years to develop: - n
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Academic-language proficiency
Qs
Pedro, and intermediate ESL student, rapidly acquired irregular past-tense verb
forms such as "went" and "came". Shortly, thereafter he began to say "goed" and
"comed". This developmental stage is explained by the concept of: - n
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Overgeneralization
Qs
, Which statement best characterizes Stephen Krasen's recommendations for
determining the appropriateness of reading materials for ESL students? - n
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They should be at a comprehensible level of complexity and of interest to the
reader.
Qs
Which of the following statements is primarily true about the relationship between
a student's first- and second - language acquisition? - n
Ans✔
Students who receive formal schooling in L1 dot better at acquiring L2 than
students with no schooling in L1.
Qs
Marcos is an ELL who is literate in his native language and speaks English well but
struggles with reading informative texts in English. After assigning a research
project, the teacher wants to find a way to support Marcos's English literacy
development as he completes the assignment. Which of the following is the best
way to accomplish the teacher's goal? - n
Ans✔
Supplementing English texts with research in Marco's native language and having
him present his findings in English.
Qs
A native speaker of English would be most likely to use a rising intonation at the
end of which of the following utterances? - n
Ans✔
"Would you like coffee?"
Qs
A writing sample of an ESL student is shown below. [The three most important
people in my life are my mon, my dad, and sister. My mom is important to me
because she always play with me and she always help me. My dad is important to
me because we always have fun together] The writing sample demonstrates the
student has not yet mastered. - n
Questions and answers
The grammatical error by an ELL in the sentence below suggests that the English
language learner needs practice in: Ms. Brown don't have any with paper on her
desk. - n
Ans✔
Subject/verb agreement
Qs
In the sentence below, the word Maria is: Ms. Brown gives Maria the book. - n
Ans✔
An indirect object
Qs
Ms. Brown, an ESL teacher makes sure to model the appropriate use of oral
communication by responding to different types of listeners in a variety of
languages registers. To accomplish this goal, she invites different people to her
class at different times, such as the principal, the superintendent, the biology
teacher, a few parents, and students from other classes. She is careful to
demonstrate the differences in her manner of speaking to each person and how she
addresses each one. This type of awareness in the rules of politeness is a lesson in:
-n
Ans✔
Pragmatics
Qs
Ms. Perez, a first year ESL teacher knows that much of what is learned in the first
language transfers easily to the second language. However, when confronted with a
situation where an emergent level ESL student tells her in English that Raul, a fellow
student, is pulling her hair, the teacher becomes confused to find that she is smiling
and doesn't mean to mind such treatment. Upon further review of the situation, she
finds that translated literally from the student's native language, pulling hair is
similar to "pulling my leg" or more literally "kidding me". Even though the student
,understood the actual translation of words used, what language concept needed to
be taught here in light of the confusion? - n
Ans✔
Idioms
Qs
Read the words below. Piece peace, right write, feet feat. The pair of words in each
row can be best described as: - n
Ans✔
Homophones
Qs
A beginning English language learner wrote the following: "I visited the house red
with grandparents mine" The student's arrangement of words in the sentence below
shows which of the following. - n
Ans✔
Syntactical interference from L1
Qs
According to convergent research, most students take and average of five to seven
years to develop: - n
Ans✔
Academic-language proficiency
Qs
Pedro, and intermediate ESL student, rapidly acquired irregular past-tense verb
forms such as "went" and "came". Shortly, thereafter he began to say "goed" and
"comed". This developmental stage is explained by the concept of: - n
Ans✔
Overgeneralization
Qs
, Which statement best characterizes Stephen Krasen's recommendations for
determining the appropriateness of reading materials for ESL students? - n
Ans✔
They should be at a comprehensible level of complexity and of interest to the
reader.
Qs
Which of the following statements is primarily true about the relationship between
a student's first- and second - language acquisition? - n
Ans✔
Students who receive formal schooling in L1 dot better at acquiring L2 than
students with no schooling in L1.
Qs
Marcos is an ELL who is literate in his native language and speaks English well but
struggles with reading informative texts in English. After assigning a research
project, the teacher wants to find a way to support Marcos's English literacy
development as he completes the assignment. Which of the following is the best
way to accomplish the teacher's goal? - n
Ans✔
Supplementing English texts with research in Marco's native language and having
him present his findings in English.
Qs
A native speaker of English would be most likely to use a rising intonation at the
end of which of the following utterances? - n
Ans✔
"Would you like coffee?"
Qs
A writing sample of an ESL student is shown below. [The three most important
people in my life are my mon, my dad, and sister. My mom is important to me
because she always play with me and she always help me. My dad is important to
me because we always have fun together] The writing sample demonstrates the
student has not yet mastered. - n
