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ESL 154 CERTIFICATION EXAM AND PRACTICE
EXAM NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK| TEXES ENGLISH AS
A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) SUPPLEMENTAL (154)
CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP WITH COMPLETE 350
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
An ELL student volunteers to participate in a read-aloud. It appears that
the ELL is flustered and struggles to speak clearly. In response, the
teacher praises the student for offering to participate. The teacher's
actions most clearly show her understanding of which of the following?
A- developing cognitive abilities
B- reducing the affective filter
C- focusing on proper pronunciation
D- improving reading fluency - Correct Answer - -reducing the affective
filter
Diana, an ELL student, is giving a presentation on a topic that she knows
a lot about, but she seems to be struggling. She keeps pausing because
she can't remember the correct word. The teacher has seen Diana
demonstrate knowledge of these words in the past, and she thinks that
Diana might be struggling with:
A- dysnomia.
B- code-switching.
C- biliteracy.
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D- automaticity. - Correct Answer - -dysnomia.
The Texas Education Agency has adopted language descriptors and
benchmarks to replace the English as a Second Language (ESL)
standards. TEA requires that these benchmarks be integrated throughout
all areas of the curriculum and content teachers need to use them to
guide instruction. These benchmarks are known as:
A- Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
B- English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS).
C- Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP).
D- WIDA Can Do Descriptors. - Correct Answer - -English Language
Proficiency Standards (ELPS).
Isaac is a third-grade ELL student enrolled in a district-selected language
program. He receives content-based instruction from Mr. Smith and also
sees Mrs. Wise twice a week for specialized English instruction. Based
on the scenario, which of the following program models is Isaac part of
during the school year?
A- a content-based ESL program
B- a one-way dual-language immersion program
C- a transitional bilingual early-exit program
D- an ESL pull-out program - Correct Answer - -an ESL pull-out
program
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Ms. Wendell is a 1st-grade social studies teacher with several English
language learners (ELLs) in her class. She is teaching a unit about
geography and wants to further develop their map skills and ability to
determine between north, south, east and west. To do this, she asks each
student to draw their own map as she slowly and clearly explains to
them what to draw. This activity incorporates elements of which two
learning styles?
A- logical and visual
B- kinesthetic and auditory
C- auditory and logical
D- visual and kinesthetic - Correct Answer - -kinesthetic and auditory
Mrs. Harris' ESL class is given a homework assignment in which the
students must observe other people around school and outside of school.
The students are to note how other people greet each other and say
farewell. Back in class, the teacher gives the students a real life scenario
of two friends who have not seen each other in five years. The students
must develop a dialogue and present to the class. What area of
linguistics does this activity focus on?
A- discourse
B- phonology
C- pragmatics
D- semantics - Correct Answer - pragmatics
An ESL teacher is reading through an ELL's journal and finds the
following sentences:
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I chose to have a sandwich from the menu that had turkey and cheese.
My cat took a nap on the couch covered with a blanket.
I told John when the class was over we should meet for lunch.
Based on the writing samples, which of the following should the teacher
focus on in her lessons?
A- complex sentence structures
B- basic grammar tenses
C- descriptive language
D- narrative writing - Correct Answer - complex sentence structures
An ESL teacher is reading through an ELL's journal and finds the
following sentences:
I chose to have a sandwich from the menu that had turkey and cheese.
My cat took a nap on the couch covered with a blanket.
I told John when the class was over we should meet for lunch.
The teacher notices a pattern in the samples and determines that the
student needs more practice with which of the following?
A- modifiers
B- parallelism
C- past participles
D- passive structures - Correct Answer - Modifiers
ESL 154 CERTIFICATION EXAM AND PRACTICE
EXAM NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK| TEXES ENGLISH AS
A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) SUPPLEMENTAL (154)
CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP WITH COMPLETE 350
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
An ELL student volunteers to participate in a read-aloud. It appears that
the ELL is flustered and struggles to speak clearly. In response, the
teacher praises the student for offering to participate. The teacher's
actions most clearly show her understanding of which of the following?
A- developing cognitive abilities
B- reducing the affective filter
C- focusing on proper pronunciation
D- improving reading fluency - Correct Answer - -reducing the affective
filter
Diana, an ELL student, is giving a presentation on a topic that she knows
a lot about, but she seems to be struggling. She keeps pausing because
she can't remember the correct word. The teacher has seen Diana
demonstrate knowledge of these words in the past, and she thinks that
Diana might be struggling with:
A- dysnomia.
B- code-switching.
C- biliteracy.
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D- automaticity. - Correct Answer - -dysnomia.
The Texas Education Agency has adopted language descriptors and
benchmarks to replace the English as a Second Language (ESL)
standards. TEA requires that these benchmarks be integrated throughout
all areas of the curriculum and content teachers need to use them to
guide instruction. These benchmarks are known as:
A- Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
B- English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS).
C- Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP).
D- WIDA Can Do Descriptors. - Correct Answer - -English Language
Proficiency Standards (ELPS).
Isaac is a third-grade ELL student enrolled in a district-selected language
program. He receives content-based instruction from Mr. Smith and also
sees Mrs. Wise twice a week for specialized English instruction. Based
on the scenario, which of the following program models is Isaac part of
during the school year?
A- a content-based ESL program
B- a one-way dual-language immersion program
C- a transitional bilingual early-exit program
D- an ESL pull-out program - Correct Answer - -an ESL pull-out
program
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Ms. Wendell is a 1st-grade social studies teacher with several English
language learners (ELLs) in her class. She is teaching a unit about
geography and wants to further develop their map skills and ability to
determine between north, south, east and west. To do this, she asks each
student to draw their own map as she slowly and clearly explains to
them what to draw. This activity incorporates elements of which two
learning styles?
A- logical and visual
B- kinesthetic and auditory
C- auditory and logical
D- visual and kinesthetic - Correct Answer - -kinesthetic and auditory
Mrs. Harris' ESL class is given a homework assignment in which the
students must observe other people around school and outside of school.
The students are to note how other people greet each other and say
farewell. Back in class, the teacher gives the students a real life scenario
of two friends who have not seen each other in five years. The students
must develop a dialogue and present to the class. What area of
linguistics does this activity focus on?
A- discourse
B- phonology
C- pragmatics
D- semantics - Correct Answer - pragmatics
An ESL teacher is reading through an ELL's journal and finds the
following sentences:
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I chose to have a sandwich from the menu that had turkey and cheese.
My cat took a nap on the couch covered with a blanket.
I told John when the class was over we should meet for lunch.
Based on the writing samples, which of the following should the teacher
focus on in her lessons?
A- complex sentence structures
B- basic grammar tenses
C- descriptive language
D- narrative writing - Correct Answer - complex sentence structures
An ESL teacher is reading through an ELL's journal and finds the
following sentences:
I chose to have a sandwich from the menu that had turkey and cheese.
My cat took a nap on the couch covered with a blanket.
I told John when the class was over we should meet for lunch.
The teacher notices a pattern in the samples and determines that the
student needs more practice with which of the following?
A- modifiers
B- parallelism
C- past participles
D- passive structures - Correct Answer - Modifiers
