ESOL CST EXAM 80 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
discrete language skills - Correct Answer aspects of language governed by rules
integrated language skills - Correct Answer capabilities that allow students to practice and
apply different areas of their languages simultaneously.
content-based instruction - Correct Answer uses academic subject matter as basis for
practicing communicative language skills
Task-based instruction - Correct Answer Instructional method that falls under
communicative approach. Lessons designed around completion of tasks with real
outcomes where students will use language knowledge.
Total Physical Response - Correct Answer Most useful with students who are new to
language. Learners not required to speak, only to follow oral commands.
multisensory strategy - Correct Answer learning materials that integrate multiple senses
content validity - Correct Answer when items on a test measure what they say they are
measuring
construct validity - Correct Answer when items adhere to an underlying construct (theory or
concept) that represents guiding purpose of test.
criterion related validity - Correct Answer demonstrated with items of test are shown to
meausre specific criteria, or pre-determined standards
BINL Basic Inventory of Natural Language - Correct Answer used to measure oral-
language proficiency in one of 32 languages by asking testers to describe set of images.
LAS Language Assessment Scale - Correct Answer Designed to measure all four
language domains K-12.
BSM Bilingual Syntax Measure - Correct Answer Measure oral proficiency and must be
administered individually
, IPT Idea Proficiency Test - Correct Answer Designed to measure all four language
domains K-12.
Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey - Correct Answer Individually administered,
measures cognitive aspects of language proficiency
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) - Correct Answer purpose to ensure
equal educational opportunities for all students. Changed by Obama to Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA). More flexible and less punitive than NCLB and gives states more
authority to determine accountability guidelines.
diagnostic assessment - Correct Answer used to determine instructional needs of a
student
open syllable - Correct Answer syllable that ends in a vowel
covert prestige - Correct Answer term meaning speaker that doesn't adapt to standard
dialect
achievement assessment - Correct Answer measures student achievement in a content
area
clause - Correct Answer a grammatical construction used to bring together a phrase and a
sentence.
syntax - Correct Answer How words are formed into phrases or sentences
sociolinguistic competence - Correct Answer Deals with using language in a socially
appropriate way.
prepositional phrase - Correct Answer Begins with a preposition
compound sentence - Correct Answer Has two or more independent clauses
complex sentence - Correct Answer Has only one independent clause and one or more
dependent clauses.
discrete language skills - Correct Answer aspects of language governed by rules
integrated language skills - Correct Answer capabilities that allow students to practice and
apply different areas of their languages simultaneously.
content-based instruction - Correct Answer uses academic subject matter as basis for
practicing communicative language skills
Task-based instruction - Correct Answer Instructional method that falls under
communicative approach. Lessons designed around completion of tasks with real
outcomes where students will use language knowledge.
Total Physical Response - Correct Answer Most useful with students who are new to
language. Learners not required to speak, only to follow oral commands.
multisensory strategy - Correct Answer learning materials that integrate multiple senses
content validity - Correct Answer when items on a test measure what they say they are
measuring
construct validity - Correct Answer when items adhere to an underlying construct (theory or
concept) that represents guiding purpose of test.
criterion related validity - Correct Answer demonstrated with items of test are shown to
meausre specific criteria, or pre-determined standards
BINL Basic Inventory of Natural Language - Correct Answer used to measure oral-
language proficiency in one of 32 languages by asking testers to describe set of images.
LAS Language Assessment Scale - Correct Answer Designed to measure all four
language domains K-12.
BSM Bilingual Syntax Measure - Correct Answer Measure oral proficiency and must be
administered individually
, IPT Idea Proficiency Test - Correct Answer Designed to measure all four language
domains K-12.
Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey - Correct Answer Individually administered,
measures cognitive aspects of language proficiency
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) - Correct Answer purpose to ensure
equal educational opportunities for all students. Changed by Obama to Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA). More flexible and less punitive than NCLB and gives states more
authority to determine accountability guidelines.
diagnostic assessment - Correct Answer used to determine instructional needs of a
student
open syllable - Correct Answer syllable that ends in a vowel
covert prestige - Correct Answer term meaning speaker that doesn't adapt to standard
dialect
achievement assessment - Correct Answer measures student achievement in a content
area
clause - Correct Answer a grammatical construction used to bring together a phrase and a
sentence.
syntax - Correct Answer How words are formed into phrases or sentences
sociolinguistic competence - Correct Answer Deals with using language in a socially
appropriate way.
prepositional phrase - Correct Answer Begins with a preposition
compound sentence - Correct Answer Has two or more independent clauses
complex sentence - Correct Answer Has only one independent clause and one or more
dependent clauses.
