Question 1
Which of the reasons below might explain why many ELs fail to be successful in school?
a. The school may use language that perpetuates social-class inequality
b. The school values may conflict with the values of the home
c. Their primary language is not supported or valued
d. All of the above
e. Only A and B
CORRECT ANSWER
D. All of the above
Question 2
If a Spanish-speaking student tells you "Tanks!" when you give her a cupcake, what kind of
error is this?
a. A morphology error
b. A semantic error
c. A phonological error
d. A pragmatic error
e. A syntactic error
CORRECT ANSWER
C. Phonological Error
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, Question 3
If an EL tells you "Give me a pencil" instead of asking for one politely, what kind of error is
she making?
a. A morphology error
b. A semantic error
c. A phonological error
d. A pragmatic error
e. A syntactic error
CORRECT ANSWER
D. Pragmatic Error
Question 4
If an EL appears competent in playground English but struggles with the language of the
classroom, what might be the reason?
a. He has different conceptions of space and time.
b. His vocabulary knowledge is mostly "free active".
c. He hasn't acquired academic language proficiency.
d. He has only metalinguistic knowledge.
e. He has acquired only the heuristic function of language.
CORRECT ANSWER
C. He hasn't acquired academic language proficiency.
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Which of the reasons below might explain why many ELs fail to be successful in school?
a. The school may use language that perpetuates social-class inequality
b. The school values may conflict with the values of the home
c. Their primary language is not supported or valued
d. All of the above
e. Only A and B
CORRECT ANSWER
D. All of the above
Question 2
If a Spanish-speaking student tells you "Tanks!" when you give her a cupcake, what kind of
error is this?
a. A morphology error
b. A semantic error
c. A phonological error
d. A pragmatic error
e. A syntactic error
CORRECT ANSWER
C. Phonological Error
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, Question 3
If an EL tells you "Give me a pencil" instead of asking for one politely, what kind of error is
she making?
a. A morphology error
b. A semantic error
c. A phonological error
d. A pragmatic error
e. A syntactic error
CORRECT ANSWER
D. Pragmatic Error
Question 4
If an EL appears competent in playground English but struggles with the language of the
classroom, what might be the reason?
a. He has different conceptions of space and time.
b. His vocabulary knowledge is mostly "free active".
c. He hasn't acquired academic language proficiency.
d. He has only metalinguistic knowledge.
e. He has acquired only the heuristic function of language.
CORRECT ANSWER
C. He hasn't acquired academic language proficiency.
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