ESL 154 CERTIFICATION FINAL EXAMS ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔INCREASE COMPREHENSIBILITY by.... - ✔✔-using pictures, props, gestures and
voice variations to explain and demonstrate the subject.
-Use short sentences and avoid slang and idioms.
-Build on the language concepts the student already has.
✔✔ENCOURAGE INTERACTION by... - ✔✔-asking questions and assigning group
activities (only with students willing and able to respond to the unique requirements).
-This provides the ELL student with lots of opportunities to practice what he knows and
increase his confidence, so he is able to learn more effectively.
✔✔INCREASE THINKING AND STUDY SKILLS by... - ✔✔asking thought-provoking
questions and assigning complex topics for research projects. Establish and expect the
same high standards from every student.
✔✔USE THE NATIVE LANGUAGE to... - ✔✔increase understanding and
comprehension.
Translating questions and assignments into the student's native language clarifies
instructions and helps him understand what is expected.
✔✔Which of the following is the most important for effective second-language
acquisition?
a. engaging in social activities and meaningful interactions
b. memorizing and practicing frequently used words and phrases
c. interacting primarily with the teacher and other adults
d. learning with various structured and rote activities - ✔✔A. engaging in social activities
and meaningful interactions
✔✔Best strategy to help ELLs when having phonetic struggles - ✔✔Presenting small
group lessons on digraphs, consonant blend, and vowel sounds
, ✔✔Venn Diagram - ✔✔Helps understand similarities and differences
✔✔Time line - ✔✔helps understand the sequence of events
✔✔thinking map - ✔✔connects topic and it's supporting details
✔✔story map - ✔✔helps understand a FICTION text
✔✔Word web - ✔✔helps understand vocab
✔✔Graphic organizers to help ELLs understand expository texts - ✔✔venn diagram,
timeline, thinking map, and word web
✔✔Expository text - ✔✔gives you information (most of the time is nonfiction)
✔✔Anecdotal log - ✔✔notes throughout the day
✔✔ELLs who meet requirements and exit the special language program are monitored
for ____ years - ✔✔2
✔✔School districts that have at least _____ ELLs at one grade level must provide ESL
services - ✔✔1
✔✔The identification and placement of ELLs occurs within the first _______ weeks of
their enrollment in school. - ✔✔4
✔✔3 practices to use in Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model -
✔✔1. Use explicit instruction in vocabulary
2. Provide Clarification in the first language
3. intertwining content and language goals in lessons
✔✔Primary characteristic of SIOP - ✔✔students are provided with content adapted to
their level of proficiency to facilitate comprehension
✔✔Castaneda v. Pickard - ✔✔Established requirement that programs must be
evaluated to determine their effectiveness in achieving instructional goals
✔✔Relative pronouns - ✔✔who, whom, which, whoever, whomever, whichever, and
that
✔✔possessive pronouns - ✔✔my, mine, our, ours, its, his, her, hers, their, theirs, your
and yours
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔INCREASE COMPREHENSIBILITY by.... - ✔✔-using pictures, props, gestures and
voice variations to explain and demonstrate the subject.
-Use short sentences and avoid slang and idioms.
-Build on the language concepts the student already has.
✔✔ENCOURAGE INTERACTION by... - ✔✔-asking questions and assigning group
activities (only with students willing and able to respond to the unique requirements).
-This provides the ELL student with lots of opportunities to practice what he knows and
increase his confidence, so he is able to learn more effectively.
✔✔INCREASE THINKING AND STUDY SKILLS by... - ✔✔asking thought-provoking
questions and assigning complex topics for research projects. Establish and expect the
same high standards from every student.
✔✔USE THE NATIVE LANGUAGE to... - ✔✔increase understanding and
comprehension.
Translating questions and assignments into the student's native language clarifies
instructions and helps him understand what is expected.
✔✔Which of the following is the most important for effective second-language
acquisition?
a. engaging in social activities and meaningful interactions
b. memorizing and practicing frequently used words and phrases
c. interacting primarily with the teacher and other adults
d. learning with various structured and rote activities - ✔✔A. engaging in social activities
and meaningful interactions
✔✔Best strategy to help ELLs when having phonetic struggles - ✔✔Presenting small
group lessons on digraphs, consonant blend, and vowel sounds
, ✔✔Venn Diagram - ✔✔Helps understand similarities and differences
✔✔Time line - ✔✔helps understand the sequence of events
✔✔thinking map - ✔✔connects topic and it's supporting details
✔✔story map - ✔✔helps understand a FICTION text
✔✔Word web - ✔✔helps understand vocab
✔✔Graphic organizers to help ELLs understand expository texts - ✔✔venn diagram,
timeline, thinking map, and word web
✔✔Expository text - ✔✔gives you information (most of the time is nonfiction)
✔✔Anecdotal log - ✔✔notes throughout the day
✔✔ELLs who meet requirements and exit the special language program are monitored
for ____ years - ✔✔2
✔✔School districts that have at least _____ ELLs at one grade level must provide ESL
services - ✔✔1
✔✔The identification and placement of ELLs occurs within the first _______ weeks of
their enrollment in school. - ✔✔4
✔✔3 practices to use in Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model -
✔✔1. Use explicit instruction in vocabulary
2. Provide Clarification in the first language
3. intertwining content and language goals in lessons
✔✔Primary characteristic of SIOP - ✔✔students are provided with content adapted to
their level of proficiency to facilitate comprehension
✔✔Castaneda v. Pickard - ✔✔Established requirement that programs must be
evaluated to determine their effectiveness in achieving instructional goals
✔✔Relative pronouns - ✔✔who, whom, which, whoever, whomever, whichever, and
that
✔✔possessive pronouns - ✔✔my, mine, our, ours, its, his, her, hers, their, theirs, your
and yours
