OAE 055 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Children develop phonological awareness:
A. Only through direct training given by adults
B. Only naturally through exposure to language
C. Via both natural expires and direct training
D. His brother incidental exposure not instruction - Answers :C. Via both natural expires
and direct training
Young children are more likely to respond to analogies in stories rather than to
metaphors because:
A. They are old enough to understand the abstract thinking and symbolism that
analogies express
B. The ability to understand the kinds of abstraction expressed in metaphors is not
developed until later in childhood
C. They can apply the concepts expressed in analogies to their own daily lives but
metaphors do not compare things that children are familiar with
D. Metaphors and symbols are usually found only in books that children find boring
because of their abstractions - Answers :B. The ability to understand the kinds of
abstraction expressed in metaphors is not developed until later in childhood
Young children's skills in phonological awareness are focused on:
A. Morphologies
B. Speech sounds
C. Word meanings
D. Word sequence - Answers :B. Speech sounds
Which of the following is the earliest phonological feature to be independently
recognizable in a typically developing child:
A. Syllables
B. Alliteration
C. Rhyming
D. Letter sound relationships - Answers :C. Rhyming
Which is true about instruction to improve preschoolers alphabetic knowledge as
needed:
A. Teachers should give only explicit instruction in isolated letter sound matches
B. Teachers should only integrate letter sound correspondences into curriculum
C. Teachers should provide opportunities for practice but not isolated instruction
,D. Teachers should combine explicit instruction, integration, and ways to practice -
Answers :D. Teachers should combine explicit instruction, integration, and ways to
practice
What is true about teaching ESL students English language reading, including
alphabetic knowledge:
A. Formal instruction in a second language can accelerate students acquisition of
English
B. Teachers should require ESL students to master each curriculum element
consecutively
C. Providing students with linguistic activities meaningful to them promotes ESL
acquisition
D. Letter to sound correspondences are the same across languages so they transfer
easily - Answers :C. Providing students with linguistic activities meaningful to them
promotes ESL acquisition
Which of these is accurate regarding young children's development of print awareness:
A. The most common age for children to develop print awareness is between five and
seven years
B. Research finds that four year olds are likely to acquire print concepts before word
concepts
C. Preschoolers who attain print literacy skills are no likely to read better at later ages
D. Print awareness is knowing that print has meaning but. It necessarily it's
form/function - Answers :B. Research finds that four year olds are likely to acquire print
concepts before word concepts
The interactive book reading teaching method promotes early literary development and
reading comprehension by incorporating all except which of these strategies:
A. Curriculum embedded assessments
B. The 3S strategy (see, show, and say)
C. Asking the students "wh-" questions
D. The expended book reading strategy - Answers :A. Curriculum embedded
assessments
Which of the following is true about the 3N (Notice, Nudge, Narrate) instructional
strategy for developing early childhood literary:
A. It does not incorporate any informal assessment of literacy levels
B. It uses scaffolding to promote further literacy skills development
C. It is a strategy that does not integrate any reflective components
D. This strategy is not found adaptable to games for young children - Answers :B. It
uses scaffolding to promote further literacy skills development
, Which of the following reading comprehension strategies is most applicable to
differentiating between homonyms without knowing their exact spellings:
A. Pictures
B. Phonics
C. Context
D. Grammar - Answers :C. Context
Which of these is an example of attributes to seek in good children's literature:
A. Stable story characters who do not change
B. Books featuring overly moralistic themes
C. Concise summaries of race/genders types
D. Original yet believable plot constructions - Answers :D. Original yet believable plot
constructions
Which of the following has research found most predictive of children's future long term
literacy performance:
A. Their scores on standardized intelligence tests
B. Their family's relative socioeconomic status
C. Their phonological and phonemic awareness
D. Their early knowledge of vocabulary words - Answers :C. Their phonological and
phonemic awareness
What statement is accurate regarding normally developing oral language in children:
A. There is a considerable range of ages within normal individual growth
B. There are bo individual differences amount developmental milestones
C. Individual children achieve oral language milestones at specified ages
D. Individual children all develop spoken language skills at the same rates - Answers :A.
There is a considerable range of ages within normal individual growth
To support EC language development experts advise which of the following teacher
practices:
A. Asking children linear or one way questions
B. Doing most of the talking in their classrooms
C. Focusing on durations of verbal interactions
D. Asking children more open ended questions - Answers :D. Asking children more
open ended questions
A student learning English as a second language who has limited comprehension of
English and can speak one to two word English answers, essential English words,
present tense English verbs, and some familiar English phrases is in which stage of
second language acquisition:
Children develop phonological awareness:
A. Only through direct training given by adults
B. Only naturally through exposure to language
C. Via both natural expires and direct training
D. His brother incidental exposure not instruction - Answers :C. Via both natural expires
and direct training
Young children are more likely to respond to analogies in stories rather than to
metaphors because:
A. They are old enough to understand the abstract thinking and symbolism that
analogies express
B. The ability to understand the kinds of abstraction expressed in metaphors is not
developed until later in childhood
C. They can apply the concepts expressed in analogies to their own daily lives but
metaphors do not compare things that children are familiar with
D. Metaphors and symbols are usually found only in books that children find boring
because of their abstractions - Answers :B. The ability to understand the kinds of
abstraction expressed in metaphors is not developed until later in childhood
Young children's skills in phonological awareness are focused on:
A. Morphologies
B. Speech sounds
C. Word meanings
D. Word sequence - Answers :B. Speech sounds
Which of the following is the earliest phonological feature to be independently
recognizable in a typically developing child:
A. Syllables
B. Alliteration
C. Rhyming
D. Letter sound relationships - Answers :C. Rhyming
Which is true about instruction to improve preschoolers alphabetic knowledge as
needed:
A. Teachers should give only explicit instruction in isolated letter sound matches
B. Teachers should only integrate letter sound correspondences into curriculum
C. Teachers should provide opportunities for practice but not isolated instruction
,D. Teachers should combine explicit instruction, integration, and ways to practice -
Answers :D. Teachers should combine explicit instruction, integration, and ways to
practice
What is true about teaching ESL students English language reading, including
alphabetic knowledge:
A. Formal instruction in a second language can accelerate students acquisition of
English
B. Teachers should require ESL students to master each curriculum element
consecutively
C. Providing students with linguistic activities meaningful to them promotes ESL
acquisition
D. Letter to sound correspondences are the same across languages so they transfer
easily - Answers :C. Providing students with linguistic activities meaningful to them
promotes ESL acquisition
Which of these is accurate regarding young children's development of print awareness:
A. The most common age for children to develop print awareness is between five and
seven years
B. Research finds that four year olds are likely to acquire print concepts before word
concepts
C. Preschoolers who attain print literacy skills are no likely to read better at later ages
D. Print awareness is knowing that print has meaning but. It necessarily it's
form/function - Answers :B. Research finds that four year olds are likely to acquire print
concepts before word concepts
The interactive book reading teaching method promotes early literary development and
reading comprehension by incorporating all except which of these strategies:
A. Curriculum embedded assessments
B. The 3S strategy (see, show, and say)
C. Asking the students "wh-" questions
D. The expended book reading strategy - Answers :A. Curriculum embedded
assessments
Which of the following is true about the 3N (Notice, Nudge, Narrate) instructional
strategy for developing early childhood literary:
A. It does not incorporate any informal assessment of literacy levels
B. It uses scaffolding to promote further literacy skills development
C. It is a strategy that does not integrate any reflective components
D. This strategy is not found adaptable to games for young children - Answers :B. It
uses scaffolding to promote further literacy skills development
, Which of the following reading comprehension strategies is most applicable to
differentiating between homonyms without knowing their exact spellings:
A. Pictures
B. Phonics
C. Context
D. Grammar - Answers :C. Context
Which of these is an example of attributes to seek in good children's literature:
A. Stable story characters who do not change
B. Books featuring overly moralistic themes
C. Concise summaries of race/genders types
D. Original yet believable plot constructions - Answers :D. Original yet believable plot
constructions
Which of the following has research found most predictive of children's future long term
literacy performance:
A. Their scores on standardized intelligence tests
B. Their family's relative socioeconomic status
C. Their phonological and phonemic awareness
D. Their early knowledge of vocabulary words - Answers :C. Their phonological and
phonemic awareness
What statement is accurate regarding normally developing oral language in children:
A. There is a considerable range of ages within normal individual growth
B. There are bo individual differences amount developmental milestones
C. Individual children achieve oral language milestones at specified ages
D. Individual children all develop spoken language skills at the same rates - Answers :A.
There is a considerable range of ages within normal individual growth
To support EC language development experts advise which of the following teacher
practices:
A. Asking children linear or one way questions
B. Doing most of the talking in their classrooms
C. Focusing on durations of verbal interactions
D. Asking children more open ended questions - Answers :D. Asking children more
open ended questions
A student learning English as a second language who has limited comprehension of
English and can speak one to two word English answers, essential English words,
present tense English verbs, and some familiar English phrases is in which stage of
second language acquisition:
