MTTC English Language Arts and World
Languages Test Questions
During world language instruction, which of the following
student activities would best incorporate opportunities for
students to negotiate meaning?
a. reading a text and underlining any words that are
unfamiliar
b. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of
circumlocution
c. filling out a worksheet of questions that require the use of
a dictionary
d. writing a short story based on a sequential set of
illustrations from a picture book - Correct Answers ✅B
Which of the following characteristics of literacy development
best illustrates the relationship between speaking and
writing?
a. printing the letters of the alphabet
b. overgeneralizing regular verb tense endings
c. using phonetic spelling
d. recognizing examples of environmental print - Correct
Answers ✅C
A second-grade teacher notices that several students
regularly place adjectives after nouns in their writing and
speaking. These students most likely require explicit
,MTTC English Language Arts and World
Languages Test Questions
instruction related to which of the following English language
systems?
a. phonological
b. semantic
c. syntactic
d. pragmatic - Correct Answers ✅C
At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten teacher
talks informally with students' families about the kinds of
prior experiences their children have had, especially those
related to learning and literacy. The teacher uses this
information to help plan dramatic play and literacy centers
that reflect familiar settings, tasks, and experiences. These
actions most clearly demonstrate the teacher's awareness of
the:
a. integrated nature of reading, writing, listening, and
speaking.
b. interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
c. relationship between oral language development and
reading achievement.
d. links between vocabulary development and reading in the
home. - Correct Answers ✅B
, MTTC English Language Arts and World
Languages Test Questions
As a regular component of whole-group mathematics
instruction, a fifth-grade teacher guides students in closely
reading key pages from the grade-level textbook. Afterward,
in addition to guiding students in applying the new material
presented in the text to sample exercises, the teacher also
helps the students summarize the text's main ideas orally.
Finally, students draft their own written summaries of the
new concepts, processes, and/or terminology in their
mathematics journals. This approach to content-area
instruction promotes students' school achievement primarily
in which of the following ways?
a.by providing a print-rich environment in which students at
all skill levels participate in differentiated literacy activities
b. by using nonverbal, concrete experiences to scaffold
students' comprehension and vocabulary development
c. by promoting students' development of skill in using
listening, speaking, reading, - Correct Answers ✅C
A kindergarten teacher wants to involve all families in helping
students develop oral language skills that support literacy
development. Which of the following teacher
recommendations to families is likely to be most effective in
addressing this goal?
a. "Take your children to arts and cultural community events
such as concerts and festivals."
Languages Test Questions
During world language instruction, which of the following
student activities would best incorporate opportunities for
students to negotiate meaning?
a. reading a text and underlining any words that are
unfamiliar
b. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of
circumlocution
c. filling out a worksheet of questions that require the use of
a dictionary
d. writing a short story based on a sequential set of
illustrations from a picture book - Correct Answers ✅B
Which of the following characteristics of literacy development
best illustrates the relationship between speaking and
writing?
a. printing the letters of the alphabet
b. overgeneralizing regular verb tense endings
c. using phonetic spelling
d. recognizing examples of environmental print - Correct
Answers ✅C
A second-grade teacher notices that several students
regularly place adjectives after nouns in their writing and
speaking. These students most likely require explicit
,MTTC English Language Arts and World
Languages Test Questions
instruction related to which of the following English language
systems?
a. phonological
b. semantic
c. syntactic
d. pragmatic - Correct Answers ✅C
At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten teacher
talks informally with students' families about the kinds of
prior experiences their children have had, especially those
related to learning and literacy. The teacher uses this
information to help plan dramatic play and literacy centers
that reflect familiar settings, tasks, and experiences. These
actions most clearly demonstrate the teacher's awareness of
the:
a. integrated nature of reading, writing, listening, and
speaking.
b. interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
c. relationship between oral language development and
reading achievement.
d. links between vocabulary development and reading in the
home. - Correct Answers ✅B
, MTTC English Language Arts and World
Languages Test Questions
As a regular component of whole-group mathematics
instruction, a fifth-grade teacher guides students in closely
reading key pages from the grade-level textbook. Afterward,
in addition to guiding students in applying the new material
presented in the text to sample exercises, the teacher also
helps the students summarize the text's main ideas orally.
Finally, students draft their own written summaries of the
new concepts, processes, and/or terminology in their
mathematics journals. This approach to content-area
instruction promotes students' school achievement primarily
in which of the following ways?
a.by providing a print-rich environment in which students at
all skill levels participate in differentiated literacy activities
b. by using nonverbal, concrete experiences to scaffold
students' comprehension and vocabulary development
c. by promoting students' development of skill in using
listening, speaking, reading, - Correct Answers ✅C
A kindergarten teacher wants to involve all families in helping
students develop oral language skills that support literacy
development. Which of the following teacher
recommendations to families is likely to be most effective in
addressing this goal?
a. "Take your children to arts and cultural community events
such as concerts and festivals."
