ESOL PART 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
Question: To remain in compliance with the Equal Educational Opportunities Act
(EEOA), which of the following requirements must a school district fulfill?
A. Keeping students in ESOL programs even after they have demonstrated full
English fluency. B. Mandating extra English Literature courses for ESOL students
to boost their literary exposure. C. Automatically enrolling any student who speaks
a foreign language at home into an ESOL program. D. Establishing effective and
clear lines of communication with the parents or guardians of ESOL students who
have limited English proficiency.
Answer: ✓✓ D. Communicating meaningfully and successfully with non-English-
speaking or limited-English-speaking parents or guardians of ESOL students
Which of the following fields of study is primarily concerned with the meanings of
words, phrases, and metaphorical expressions?
A. Phonetics
B. Semantics
C. Morphology
D. Syntax -ANSWER ✔✔B. Semantics
Which of the following are examples of minimal pairs?
Select all that apply.
A. fare/fair
B. fair/care
,C. fair/pear
D. fare/wear -ANSWER ✔✔B. fair/care
C. fair/pear
D. fare/wear
Manuel, a nonnative English speaker from Costa Rica, has recently begun school
in the United States. Although he has taken English courses in his native country
and seems to understand spoken and written English, he performed poorly on the
picture-prompt portion of an ESL placement test. In this portion of the assessment,
he was unable to talk about or answer questions based on a picture showing
children playing in the snow. The most likely reason for Manuel's difficulty with
the picture part of the assessment is
A. cultural bias in the test
B. negative transfer
C. unfamiliarity with picture prompts
D. culture shock -ANSWER ✔✔A. cultural bias in the test
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Question:
The idea that a language learner's errors can be predicted by comparing the
language systems of the learner's native language and the target language is best
summarized by
A. the Creative Construction Hypothesis
B. the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
C. the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis
, D. the Direct Contrast Hypothesis -ANSWER ✔✔B. the Contrastive Analysis
Hypothesis
Which of the following is most important to consider when exiting students from
an ESOL program?
A. Updates to national learning standards for content-area subjects
B. Students' cultural backgrounds and academic goals
C. National, state, and local mandates
D. Students' social skills -ANSWER ✔✔C. National, state, and local mandates
The following question is based on an excerpt below from a student's essay about a
trip to a park.
Question:
The student's use of the word "squaro" is most likely an example of which of the
following developmental stages of spelling?
A. Precommunicative
B. Semiphonetic
C. Phonetic
D. Conventional -ANSWER ✔✔C. Phonetic
Which of the following are examples of bottom-up reading strategies?
Select all that apply.
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
Question: To remain in compliance with the Equal Educational Opportunities Act
(EEOA), which of the following requirements must a school district fulfill?
A. Keeping students in ESOL programs even after they have demonstrated full
English fluency. B. Mandating extra English Literature courses for ESOL students
to boost their literary exposure. C. Automatically enrolling any student who speaks
a foreign language at home into an ESOL program. D. Establishing effective and
clear lines of communication with the parents or guardians of ESOL students who
have limited English proficiency.
Answer: ✓✓ D. Communicating meaningfully and successfully with non-English-
speaking or limited-English-speaking parents or guardians of ESOL students
Which of the following fields of study is primarily concerned with the meanings of
words, phrases, and metaphorical expressions?
A. Phonetics
B. Semantics
C. Morphology
D. Syntax -ANSWER ✔✔B. Semantics
Which of the following are examples of minimal pairs?
Select all that apply.
A. fare/fair
B. fair/care
,C. fair/pear
D. fare/wear -ANSWER ✔✔B. fair/care
C. fair/pear
D. fare/wear
Manuel, a nonnative English speaker from Costa Rica, has recently begun school
in the United States. Although he has taken English courses in his native country
and seems to understand spoken and written English, he performed poorly on the
picture-prompt portion of an ESL placement test. In this portion of the assessment,
he was unable to talk about or answer questions based on a picture showing
children playing in the snow. The most likely reason for Manuel's difficulty with
the picture part of the assessment is
A. cultural bias in the test
B. negative transfer
C. unfamiliarity with picture prompts
D. culture shock -ANSWER ✔✔A. cultural bias in the test
Answer the question below by clicking on the correct response.
Question:
The idea that a language learner's errors can be predicted by comparing the
language systems of the learner's native language and the target language is best
summarized by
A. the Creative Construction Hypothesis
B. the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
C. the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis
, D. the Direct Contrast Hypothesis -ANSWER ✔✔B. the Contrastive Analysis
Hypothesis
Which of the following is most important to consider when exiting students from
an ESOL program?
A. Updates to national learning standards for content-area subjects
B. Students' cultural backgrounds and academic goals
C. National, state, and local mandates
D. Students' social skills -ANSWER ✔✔C. National, state, and local mandates
The following question is based on an excerpt below from a student's essay about a
trip to a park.
Question:
The student's use of the word "squaro" is most likely an example of which of the
following developmental stages of spelling?
A. Precommunicative
B. Semiphonetic
C. Phonetic
D. Conventional -ANSWER ✔✔C. Phonetic
Which of the following are examples of bottom-up reading strategies?
Select all that apply.
