ESL MTEL Correct Questions & Answers(SCORED A)

natural approach - ANSWER natural genuine learning situations where they use both conscious understanding of a language and subconscious (take cues from visual and commands) communicative language approach - ANSWER focus on students communicating naturally in second language; conversation instead of grammar; teaching strategies: role play, games, interviews, negotiation integrated language teaching - ANSWER reading, writing and speaking are integrated; content and lanugage instruction are integrated; collaborative and supportive environment effective strategies for oral skills - ANSWER frequent testing and surveys, speaking and vocabulary games for practice, flashcards, commands, visuals communicative competence - ANSWER ability to understand appropriate behaviors and language for various situations informal methods to assess oral language - ANSWER interviews, oral reports, summaries, descriptions, presentations, dialogue journals formal methods to assess oral language - ANSWER MELA-O, Woodcock Munoz Language, IDEA interpretation of oral language results - ANSWER assess student in both language and see if the problem is just in on language, look for educational history and family history, pysch exam in L1 strategies for teaching reading for literate ELLs - ANSWER connections between reading strategies, teach alphabetic and phonemic differences, use read alouds, partner reading and modeling, and explicit instruction of vocabulary strategies for teaching reading for non-literate ELLs - ANSWER teach sight words, language orally, introduce written words, provide clues to remind, teach direction of reading, relationship and transfer of 1st language reading skills - ANSWER rely on students'phonemic awareness in 1st language and make explicit the differences, effect on pronunciation and decoding strategies, mostly positive and helpful