CTEL 2
Alternative program - correct answer ✔✔language acquisition process where students receive ELD
instruction targeted to their proficiency level and are taught core subjects in their primary language
(bilingual/dual-language immersion programs). To be placed in the class, parents must sign a waiver.
Bridging - correct answer ✔✔Refers to advanced ELD students. They are transitioning to full engagement
in grade-level academic tasks without the need to receive specialized ELD instruction
Why was the CELDT developed? - correct answer ✔✔To identify students with limited English
proficiency, determine the level of English language proficiency for those students, and to assess the
progress of students acquiring CALP.
Crosslinguistic influence - correct answer ✔✔refers to the ways in which different language systems
interact in a learner's mind and affect the learner's development and performance. Interlanguage
transfer (both positive and negative) is a key component of this.
Emerging - correct answer ✔✔refers to students at the "beginning-level" of ELD. These students typically
progress quickly.
English Language Mainstream (ELM) - correct answer ✔✔Refers to 1 of 3 program options for English
learners in CA. It is a classroom setting for students who have acquired reasonable English proficiency.
The focus is on helping students meet grade-level content area standards while developing high levels of
academic language proficiency.
ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessment for California) - correct answer ✔✔test that would
replace the CELDT if funding goes through. Will be aligned to 2012 ELD standards.
Expanding - correct answer ✔✔Refers to students at an "intermediate-level" of ELD. At this level,
learners are challenged to increase English skills in more contexts, learn a greater variety of vocabulary
and language structures, and apply their growing language skills in more sophisticated ways.
Alternative program - correct answer ✔✔language acquisition process where students receive ELD
instruction targeted to their proficiency level and are taught core subjects in their primary language
(bilingual/dual-language immersion programs). To be placed in the class, parents must sign a waiver.
Bridging - correct answer ✔✔Refers to advanced ELD students. They are transitioning to full engagement
in grade-level academic tasks without the need to receive specialized ELD instruction
Why was the CELDT developed? - correct answer ✔✔To identify students with limited English
proficiency, determine the level of English language proficiency for those students, and to assess the
progress of students acquiring CALP.
Crosslinguistic influence - correct answer ✔✔refers to the ways in which different language systems
interact in a learner's mind and affect the learner's development and performance. Interlanguage
transfer (both positive and negative) is a key component of this.
Emerging - correct answer ✔✔refers to students at the "beginning-level" of ELD. These students typically
progress quickly.
English Language Mainstream (ELM) - correct answer ✔✔Refers to 1 of 3 program options for English
learners in CA. It is a classroom setting for students who have acquired reasonable English proficiency.
The focus is on helping students meet grade-level content area standards while developing high levels of
academic language proficiency.
ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessment for California) - correct answer ✔✔test that would
replace the CELDT if funding goes through. Will be aligned to 2012 ELD standards.
Expanding - correct answer ✔✔Refers to students at an "intermediate-level" of ELD. At this level,
learners are challenged to increase English skills in more contexts, learn a greater variety of vocabulary
and language structures, and apply their growing language skills in more sophisticated ways.
