ESL 154 CERTIFICATION TEST 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE

ESL 154 CERTIFICATION TEST 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE 1. What is the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS)?: A federally required assessment program designed to measure the annual progress that ELLs make in learning academic English 2. What are the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)?: Federally required instructional standards designed to ensure that ELLs are taught the academic English they need for school purposes. These can be considered the "TEKS" of language development. 3. ELPS PLDS: PROFICIENCY LEVEL DESCRIPTORS. The proficiency level descriptors show the progression of second language ac- quisition from one proficiency level to the next and serve as a road map to help content area teachers instruct ELLs commensurate with students' linguistic needs. Teachers of ELLs are required to use them for formative assessment. 4. Beginning Proficiency Level: Little or no English ability 5. Intermediate Proficiency Level: Limited ability, simple language structures, high-frequency vocabulary, routine contexts 6. Advanced Proficiency Level: Grade appropriate, with second language acqui- sition support 7. Advanced High Proficiency Level: Grade appropriate, with minimal second language acquisition support 8. WHAT IS AN LPAC?: As an advocate for the ELL, the LPAC becomes the voice that initiates, articulates, deliberates, and determines the best instructional program for the student. It functions as a link between the home and the school in making appropriate decisions regarding placement, instructional practices, as- sessment, and special programs that impact the student. 9. BICS: Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills -social language 10. CALP: Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency -academic language 11. The Lau Remedies of 1974: made the identification of students whose prima- ry language is not English and the evaluation of their English-language proficiency mandatory in all school districts. 12. Transitional Bilingual: uses the native language in core academic subjects. The goal is to phase into English only as quickly as possible.