WEST E ELL| 50 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

How does the suffix in words like classify and astonishment effect the root word? correct answer: The suffixes change the grammatical category of the root words. What is the acceptable order of parts of speech in an English sentence? correct answer: Subject-Verb-Indirect Object-Direct Object Why would a student deny being the 'hands down' fastest? correct answer: The student is interpreting the meaning of an English idion literally. How can a teacher help a student who performs well on exams speak up more in class? correct answer: Provide the student with low-risk opportunities to interact verbally and nonverbally in small and large group situations. Why are academic language skills inherently more difficult to acquire than social language skills? correct answer: Academic language tends to be context-reduced and more abstract and grammatically complex than social language. Name a word that an ELL who is literate in an L1 that has an orthographic system with one-to-one sound-symbol correspondence might have difficulty decoding. correct answer: Neighborhood If a group of student with grade-level literacy skills in L1 must read autobiographies and then write their own, what unit activities would be most effective in helping the students transfer their L1 knowledge into English? correct answer: In preparation for writing their autobiographies, the students write journal entries in their first language. What is the likely effect of an ELL interacting exclusively with other members of their home culture due to difficulties socializing with native English speakers? correct answer: Delayed development of English language proficiency. What is a likely effect of administrators adopting policies that support respect for multiculturalism in schools on ELLs? correct answer: ELLs will be motivated to achieve acadmically becucase they will feel that their background experiences are respected and validated. What instructional goals can be met by expecting students to follow set cultural norms in school while expressing their own traditions when they do not conflict with school policy? correct answer: Facilitating students' acculturation to U.S. culture. How can a student not knowing it is frowned upon to share answers be explained? correct answer: The lack of congruence between cultural values of the United States and the students' native culture.