ESL UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

ESL UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

●● Language 2 L2
Answer: non-native language, 2nd language) implies the prior aailability
to the individual of an L1, some form of biligualism. May indicate a
lower level of proficiency.


●● Phonology
Answer: producing the basic sound units of language


●● Morphology
Answer: word formation in a language including inflection, derivation
and compunding


●● syntax
Answer: the way in which words are put together to form phrases,
clause, or sentences


●● Semantics
Answer: relating to menaing in language


●● Pragmatics

, Answer: the appropriate use of language; rules for communicating
effectively and responding to the needs of one's listeners.


●● comprehensible input
Answer: means that students should be able to understand the essence of
what is being said to them


●● affective filter
Answer: Is a mental barrier put up the ELL student when put in high
stress or anxiety or embrassess


●● TPR
Answer: total physical repsonse; say a single action word then perform
that action


●● 5 Stages of ESL Development
Answer: 1. Preproduction, 2. Early production, 3. Speech emergent, 4.
Intermediate fluency, 5. Advance proficiency


●● Preproduction
Answer: silent/receptive, 500 words or less; use of pictures, gestures,
pointing; 6months


●● Early Production