ESOL GACE Exam Questions and Correct
Answers.
Sociolinguistics - Correct Answer The study of how social conditions influence the use of
language
Code Switching - Correct Answer Interspersing one language with another
Dialect - Correct Answer Complete system of verbal communication (oral or signed, not
written) with its own pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar; often associated with
regions or social groups
Pragmatics - Correct Answer The study of how the context impacts the interpretation of
language
Phonology - Correct Answer The way in which speech sounds form patterns
Phonemes - Correct Answer The smallest unit of sound that affects meaning
Phonographemics - Correct Answer Study of letters and letter combinations
Homonyms - Correct Answer General term for word forms that have two or more
meanings
Homophones - Correct Answer Two words with the same pronunciation, but different
meaning and spelling (wood/would, cite/sight)
Homographs - Correct Answer Two words with the same spelling or pronunciation, but
different meanings (stalk-to follow, stalk-part of a plant)
Heteronyms - Correct Answer Two words that have the same spelling, but different
pronunciation and meanings (Polish, polish)
Morphology - Correct Answer How te words of a language are formed to create
meaningful messages
, Morpheme - Correct Answer Smallest unit of a language system that has meaning
Syntax - Correct Answer Order words are arranged to create meaning
Standardizer - Correct Answer One who successfully integrates new knowledge
Simplifier - Correct Answer Reverts to syntactical rules of earlier stages (requires a
reteach)
Semantics - Correct Answer The meaning of words
DIscourse - Correct Answer linguistic components of several sentences
BICS - Correct Answer Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALP - Correct Answer Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
CUP - Correct Answer Common Underlying Proficiency (skills that can transfer from L1 to
English learning
LAD - Correct Answer Language Acquisition Device
Chomsky - Correct Answer Language Acquisition Device
Language Acquisition Device - Correct Answer innate, nature, experience using language
activates
Behaviorist Theory - Correct Answer Children learn by being rewarded
Piaget - Correct Answer Cognitive Constructivism
Cognitive Constructivism - Correct Answer Language as reflection of thought, does not
contribute to development of thinking, cognitive thinking precedes language development
Vygotsky - Correct Answer Social Constructivism and Language
Answers.
Sociolinguistics - Correct Answer The study of how social conditions influence the use of
language
Code Switching - Correct Answer Interspersing one language with another
Dialect - Correct Answer Complete system of verbal communication (oral or signed, not
written) with its own pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar; often associated with
regions or social groups
Pragmatics - Correct Answer The study of how the context impacts the interpretation of
language
Phonology - Correct Answer The way in which speech sounds form patterns
Phonemes - Correct Answer The smallest unit of sound that affects meaning
Phonographemics - Correct Answer Study of letters and letter combinations
Homonyms - Correct Answer General term for word forms that have two or more
meanings
Homophones - Correct Answer Two words with the same pronunciation, but different
meaning and spelling (wood/would, cite/sight)
Homographs - Correct Answer Two words with the same spelling or pronunciation, but
different meanings (stalk-to follow, stalk-part of a plant)
Heteronyms - Correct Answer Two words that have the same spelling, but different
pronunciation and meanings (Polish, polish)
Morphology - Correct Answer How te words of a language are formed to create
meaningful messages
, Morpheme - Correct Answer Smallest unit of a language system that has meaning
Syntax - Correct Answer Order words are arranged to create meaning
Standardizer - Correct Answer One who successfully integrates new knowledge
Simplifier - Correct Answer Reverts to syntactical rules of earlier stages (requires a
reteach)
Semantics - Correct Answer The meaning of words
DIscourse - Correct Answer linguistic components of several sentences
BICS - Correct Answer Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALP - Correct Answer Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
CUP - Correct Answer Common Underlying Proficiency (skills that can transfer from L1 to
English learning
LAD - Correct Answer Language Acquisition Device
Chomsky - Correct Answer Language Acquisition Device
Language Acquisition Device - Correct Answer innate, nature, experience using language
activates
Behaviorist Theory - Correct Answer Children learn by being rewarded
Piaget - Correct Answer Cognitive Constructivism
Cognitive Constructivism - Correct Answer Language as reflection of thought, does not
contribute to development of thinking, cognitive thinking precedes language development
Vygotsky - Correct Answer Social Constructivism and Language
