MTEL: ESL (54) Practice Test Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version (2024/2025) Expert Verified

MTEL: ESL (54) Practice Test Exam
Questions with 100% Correct Answers |
Latest Version (2024/2025) Expert Verified

WhichTofTtheTfollowingTexamplesTprovidesTtheTstrongestTsupportTforTt
heTnativistTnotionTthatTallTchildrenTareTbornTwithTanTinnateTsenseTofTu
niversalTlanguageTprinciplesTthatTcanTbeTappliedTtoTtheTacquisitionTofTa
nyTlanguage?T-TCorrectTAnswer-
ATchildTcanTproduceTstructurallyTcomplexTnovelTutterancesTatTaTveryTy
oungTage.


AnTESLTteacherTisTdesigningTaTlisteningTlessonTforT6thTgradeTintermedia
te-
levelTEnglishTlanguageTlearners.TWhichTofTtheTfollowingTguidelinesTsho
uldTtheTteacherTfollowTinTorderTtoTalignTtheTlessonTwithTtheTcomprehe
nsibleTinputThypothesis?T-TCorrectTAnswer-
ChooseTanTauralTselectionTthatTisTslightlyTaboveTtheTstudents'Tcompreh
ensionTlevel.


WhichTofTtheTfollowingTsituationsTbestTillustratesTJamesTCummin'sTthe
oryTofTCommonTUnderlyingTProficiencyT(CUP)?T-TCorrectTAnswer-
AnTEnglishTlanguageTlearnerTwhoThasTknowledgeTofTanTacademicTconc
eptTinTtheT1stTlanguageTquicklyTintroducedTinTEnglish.


WhichTofTtheTfollowingTtypesTofTinstructionalTactivitiesTwouldTbeTmost
TappropriateTforTELLsTatTadvancedTstagesTofTEnglishTlanguageTdevelop

ment?T-TCorrectTAnswer-

,FrequentTopportunitiesTforTtheTstudentTtoTuseTEnglishTinTchallenging,Ta
uthenticTsituations.


WhichTofTtheTfollowingTutterancesTwouldTbeTmostTtypicalTofTanTELLTwh
oTisTinTtheTearlyTproductionTstageTofTlanguageTacquisition?T-
TCorrectTAnswer-WantTcrayon.




WhichTofTtheTfollowingTvocabulary-
learningTactivitiesTmostTclearlyTinvolvesTmetacognition?T-
TCorrectTAnswer-IdentifyingTunfamiliarTwordsTinTaTreadingTpassage.




Student:T(pointingTtoTwordTinTaTbook)TWhatTdoesTitTmeanTinvisible?


Teacher:TLookTatTtheTpartsTofTtheTword.


Student:TITknowTin-
TmeansT"not"TandTvisTisTlikeT"visual,"TsomethingTyouTseeTwithTtheTeyes

.TITrememberT-ibleTisTlikeT-able,Tright?


Teacher:TRight.TNowTlookTatTtheTsentence.


Student:T(reading)T"TheTcreatureTwasTpracticallyTinvisible,ThiddenTinTth
eTdenseTfoliage."T"Hidden"TisTlikeTtoThide.TITguessTifTitTisTinvisible,TitTme
ansTyou'reTnotTableTtoTseeTitTbecauseTitTisThiding.

,ThisTstudent'sTperformanceTmostTclearlyTdemonstratesTwhichTofTtheTf
ollowingTcognitiveTprocessesTinvolvedTinTlanguageTacquisition?T-
TCorrectTAnswer-ElaborationTandTinference




AnTELLTovergeneratesTtheTregularTpastTtenseT-
edTtoTirregularTverbs,TsuchTasTholdedTorTheld.TThisTstudentTisTmostTlikel
yTdemonstrating:T-TCorrectTAnswer-
TheTprocessTofTinternalizingTaTgrammaticalTrule.


AnTELLTisTextrovertedTandTenjoysTinteractingTwithTothers.THeTisTnotTafr
aidTtoTtryTtoTcommunicateTevenTwhenTheTisTuncertainTofTtheTaccuracyT
ofThisTspeech.TTheseTpersonalityTtraitsTareTlikelyTtoTaffectTthisTstudent'
sTEnglishTlanguageTacquisitionTinTwhichTofTtheTfollowingTways?T-
TCorrectTAnswer-

FacilitatingTlanguageTacquisitionTbyTpromotingThisTwillingnessTtoTtakeT
risksTandThisTmotivationTtoTintegrateTintoTtheTnewTculture.


WhichTofTtheTfollowingTfactorsTisTlikelyTtoThaveTtheTmostTsignificantTim
pactTonTtheTdegreeTtoTwhichTanTELLTisTableTtoTacquireTnative-
likeTpronunciationTinTEnglish?T-TCorrectTAnswer-
TheTageTatTwhichTtheTstudentTbeginsTlearningTEnglish.


AnTESLTteacherTasksTanTELL,T"WhereTisTyourTpencil?"TTheTstudentTrepli
es,T"HeTisTonTmyTdesk."T
WhichTofTtheTfollowingTbestTexplainsTthisTerrorTinTtheTstudent'sTuseTofT
theTpersonalTpronounTheTtoTreferTtoTanTobject?T-TCorrectTAnswer-

, TheTstudentTspeaksTaT1stTlanguageTinTwhichTinanimateTobjectsTareTma
rkedTforTgender.


AnTELLTisTatTanTadvancedTstageTofTEnglishTlanguageTacquisition.THowev
er,TtheTstudentTcontinuesTtoTmakeTcertainTconsistentTsyntacticTerrorsT
despiteTaTgeneralTlevelTofTproficiency.TThisTphenomenonTcanTbestTbeTe
xplainedTas:T-TCorrectTAnswer-
FossilizationTofTinterlanguageTstructures.


WhichTofTtheTfollowingTEnglishTwordsTisTmostTcommonlyTpronouncedT
withTtheTvowelTsoundT/e(upside-down)/T(i.e.,Tschwa)?T-
TCorrectTAnswer-What




AnTELLThasTdifficultyTdistinguishingTbetweenTtheTsoundsT/b/TandT/v/Tin
TEnglishTwordsT(e.g.,Tbet/vet,Tboat/vote)TbecauseTinTtheTstudent'sTfirst

TlanguageTtheTsoundsT/b/TandT/v/TareTspokenTinterchangeablyTinTword

s.T
WhichTofTtheTfollowingTprovidesTtheTmostTaccurateTexplanationTofTthis
TlinguisticTphenomenon?T-TCorrectTAnswer-

TheTsoundsT/b/TandT/v/TareTdistinctTphonemesTinTEnglish,TwhileTtheyTa
reTallophonesTofTtheTsameTphonemeTinTtheTstudent'sT1stTlanguage.


"ThisTremarkableTspeciesTofTlichenTmakesTitsThomeTinTtheTinhospitable
TterrainTofTtheTAtacamaTDesert."T(remarkable/inhospitable)


KnowingTtheTusageTofTtheTsuffixT-
ableTinTtheTwordsTremarkableTandTinhospitableTwouldTbestThelpTaTstu