TESOL Praxis II UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
formative assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment during instruction. Ongoing
assessment that checks for understanding while teaching and learning are still happening.
Ex: Observations, discussions, questioning, exit cards, peer and self assessment.
standardized assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Any form of test that (1) requires all
test takers to answer the same questions, and (2) is scored in a consistent manner.
Ex: Multiple-choice test
Performance assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- It is the application of knowledge,
skills, and work habits through the performance of tasks that are meaningful and engaging to
students.
EX: demonstrating proficiency in using a piece of equipment; developing athletic skills;
playing musical instruments; building models; writing essays; oral presentations;
Authentic task - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- This requires the student to use knowledge or
skills to produce a product or complete a performance
Diagnostic assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment before instruction.
Assessment of students' knowledge and skills prior to beginning a learning segment.
Ex: Pretest
Summative assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Traditional assessment after instruction.
Ex: standardized assessments
Norm-referenced assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment that reports how
students performed compared to students who have already taken the exam.
Diphthong - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- two adjacent vowels in one word.
, Realia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Objects or materials from everyday life.
Minimal pairs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Words that differ in only one phonological
element.
Ex: let and lit
Chronemics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A subcategory of nonverbal communication; the
study of the role of time in communication. Includes rate of speech and perceptions of time.
Homophone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a word that is pronounced the same as another
word but differs in meaning, and may differ in spelling.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- prohibits discrimination
on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal
financial assistance.
Connected speech - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Spoken language that's used in a continuous
sequence.
Metathesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the transposition of sounds or letters in a word.
Ex: Aks and Ask
Epenthesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the addition of one or more sounds to a word.
Ex: Drawring and Drawing, Athalete and Athlete
Flapping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A process that modifies the sounds of some words in
English.
Ex: Budder for Butter; Winner for Winter
Devoicing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when a voiced consonant becomes voiceless
Consonant voicing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when a voiceless consonant becomes voiced
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
formative assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment during instruction. Ongoing
assessment that checks for understanding while teaching and learning are still happening.
Ex: Observations, discussions, questioning, exit cards, peer and self assessment.
standardized assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Any form of test that (1) requires all
test takers to answer the same questions, and (2) is scored in a consistent manner.
Ex: Multiple-choice test
Performance assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- It is the application of knowledge,
skills, and work habits through the performance of tasks that are meaningful and engaging to
students.
EX: demonstrating proficiency in using a piece of equipment; developing athletic skills;
playing musical instruments; building models; writing essays; oral presentations;
Authentic task - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- This requires the student to use knowledge or
skills to produce a product or complete a performance
Diagnostic assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment before instruction.
Assessment of students' knowledge and skills prior to beginning a learning segment.
Ex: Pretest
Summative assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Traditional assessment after instruction.
Ex: standardized assessments
Norm-referenced assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assessment that reports how
students performed compared to students who have already taken the exam.
Diphthong - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- two adjacent vowels in one word.
, Realia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Objects or materials from everyday life.
Minimal pairs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Words that differ in only one phonological
element.
Ex: let and lit
Chronemics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A subcategory of nonverbal communication; the
study of the role of time in communication. Includes rate of speech and perceptions of time.
Homophone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a word that is pronounced the same as another
word but differs in meaning, and may differ in spelling.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- prohibits discrimination
on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal
financial assistance.
Connected speech - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Spoken language that's used in a continuous
sequence.
Metathesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the transposition of sounds or letters in a word.
Ex: Aks and Ask
Epenthesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the addition of one or more sounds to a word.
Ex: Drawring and Drawing, Athalete and Athlete
Flapping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A process that modifies the sounds of some words in
English.
Ex: Budder for Butter; Winner for Winter
Devoicing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when a voiced consonant becomes voiceless
Consonant voicing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when a voiceless consonant becomes voiced
