ELL Test 2 Q&A 2023

Proponents of direct vocabulary instruction argue that instruction should focus on: - Answer- Tier 2: high-utility words that cut across academic content areas When Ells are ready to speak, they may need time to process their thoughts in English before speaking - Answer- Wait time Students who are just beginning to learn a new language may not be ready to start speaking - Answer- Silent Period Guide for teachers to determine how best to differentiate language and content-area lessons and activities and establish appropriate expectations for ELLS - Answer- WIDA standard Teachers provide a set of commands in the target language to which students respond by taking a specific action - Answer- Total Physical Response Think-Pair-Share, Roundtable, Concentric Circles, and Numbered Heads Together are examples of: - Answer- Cooperative Learning True or False: the Student Oral Language Observation Matrix can be used to access listening and speaking. - Answer- True students complete a project individually or in a small group and then present findings to the class - Answer- Projects words or phrases that differ by only one phoneme - Answer- minimal pairrs Students wear a headband.... - Answer- What am I? student collaboration in pairs or in small groups to solve a problem, complete a specific task or project - Answer- cooperative learning One student in a pair or group is blindfolded and must make it through the obstacle course guided only by instructions in English from teammates. - Answer- obstacle course explanations students give in their own words of something they have heard or read - Answer- oral retelling a partner is given a pattern or picture, which is placed behind some type of barier where an artist cannot see it. The partner tells the artist how to draw it. - Answer- Barrier games