1. All of the following represent aspects of culture
Answer family structures, life cycles, and behavioral expectations
values and rules for discipline, punctuality, and showing respect
foods, health remedies, and hygiene practices
2. Bilingualism can be studied at....
Answer The societal and individual level
3. With the amount and varied quality of information on the Internet, it is
important that
Answer students apply critical thinking skills to evaluate their findings
4. A positive outcome of No Child Left Behind is the requirement to
Answer report test scores for subgroups based on poverty, race, ethnicity, disability, and limited English
proficiency
5. Important features of effective English learner programs include all EXCEPT-
,Answer restrictions on the use of the primary language for learning purposes
6. The difference between language competence and language performance
is...
Answer knowledge of the language and what one can do with the language
7. Participation structures in the classroom relate to
Answer grouping formats, membership, and corresponding rules for talking and listening
8. An excellent way to integrate a new English learner into your classroom is
to
Answer create a social atmosphere that honors newcomers
9. Which of the following are policy trends affecting the education of English
learners?
Answer high stakes testing that measures how well standards are being met
the use of academic standards in mathematics and English language arts
negative sanctions for schools and teachers when test scores are low
,10. Cultural rules govern sociolinguistic interactions in all EXCEPT
Answer memorizing lines to
prepare for a theatrical production
11. Getting to know the English learners in your classroom is supported by all
the following EXCEPT
Answer place new students in the back row and observe how they respond
12. The best predictor of cognitive/academic language development in a second
language is
Answer the level of development of cognitive/academic language proficiency in the first language
13. English language learners might best be described as
Answer students who speak English as a non-native language
14. The strongest predictor of group performance on standardized achievement
tests is the
Answer socioeconomic status of the test-takers
, 15. BICS is basic interpersonal communicative skills, which refers to
fluency.
Answer conversational
16. There are two ways in which to catagorise bilingual schooling. They are
Answer Strong and weak
17. What is bilingual ability?
Answer It is about receptive and productive skills
18. Traditional literacy uses in a child's home directly influence whether a stu-
dent will
Answer value reading and writing
19. Bilingual proficiency is a question of ....
Answer degree and function as well as ability and use
20. Subtractive bilingual programs are
Answer Spanish is not fostered and importance is placed on Eng- lish meaning while Spanish might first