ELED 330 Final Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
An EL is struggling to identify certain sounds in words. What would be the best
approach to help the student develop phonemic awareness. Why?
A. Determine if the student has phonemic awareness in the first language.
B. Have the student work with an EL who is fluent in English.
C. Require the student to use English only when speaking.
D. Use pictures to help the student identify different words. - ....ANSWER ...-A.
Determine if the student has phonemic awareness in the first language.
- Phonemic awareness is focused on sounds only, not writing. Developing L1 (first
language) skills can positively affect L2 (second language) skills.
- Phonemic Awareness: phonemes, the sounds that letters make, awareness is knowing
what sounds letters make.
Which of the following methods would be most appropriate for a teacher to measure
students' mastery of vocabulary words? Why?
A. Use a multiple-choice test.
B. Have students participate in a vocabulary game.
C. Have students memorize definitions.
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,D. Have students apply the vocabulary in a writing assignment. - ....ANSWER ...-
D. Have students apply the vocabulary in a writing assignment.
- Application is the way to show mastery.
- Applying skills to a task is a high-level activity.
Why is it important for teachers to focus on students' phonological awareness during
emergent reading development?
A. Memorizing sight words is necessary to read quickly and efficiently.
B. Spelling correctly leads to success in other subjects like social studies and science.
C. Understanding how the smallest units of words function is necessary for spelling and
reading development.
D. Being able to read fluently allows students to achieve on standardized tests. -
....ANSWER ...-C. Understanding how the smallest units of words function is
necessary for spelling and reading development.
- Phonological awareness is essential for spelling and word recognition - the
foundational skills in phonological awareness are necessary for students to acquire
phonics (or spelling) skills needed for reading.
Structural analysis is beneficial for students in the upper elementary grades because this
skill:
A. Helps students decode words using phonics.
B. Helps students memorize high-frequency words.
C. Helps students use text structures to determine meaning.
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, D. Helps students use strategies to break down multisyllabic words. -
....ANSWER ...-D. Helps students use strategies to break down multisyllabic
words.
- The definition of structural analysis is breaking down words into smaller parts to
determine meaning.
Which of the following represents a best choice on a sound-spelling chart to reinforce the
alphabetic principle for the letter X.
A. X-Ray
B. Fox
C. Xylophone - ....ANSWER ...-B. Fox
- In English words, X makes the /ks/ sound. X-ray and xylophone do not contain the
correct pronunciation of the letter X.
A third-grade teacher is helping students break down words that are morphemically
complex. The teacher helps students locate the root word and then detach the prefix and
suffix, so that the word is divided into chunks. For example:
Sentence from the text: It was unbelievable how fast the girl ran.
Root: Unbelievable
Prefix: Un-
Suffix: -able
Meaning: Not able to believe
Describe the method the teacher is using in this activity.
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and Answers
An EL is struggling to identify certain sounds in words. What would be the best
approach to help the student develop phonemic awareness. Why?
A. Determine if the student has phonemic awareness in the first language.
B. Have the student work with an EL who is fluent in English.
C. Require the student to use English only when speaking.
D. Use pictures to help the student identify different words. - ....ANSWER ...-A.
Determine if the student has phonemic awareness in the first language.
- Phonemic awareness is focused on sounds only, not writing. Developing L1 (first
language) skills can positively affect L2 (second language) skills.
- Phonemic Awareness: phonemes, the sounds that letters make, awareness is knowing
what sounds letters make.
Which of the following methods would be most appropriate for a teacher to measure
students' mastery of vocabulary words? Why?
A. Use a multiple-choice test.
B. Have students participate in a vocabulary game.
C. Have students memorize definitions.
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,D. Have students apply the vocabulary in a writing assignment. - ....ANSWER ...-
D. Have students apply the vocabulary in a writing assignment.
- Application is the way to show mastery.
- Applying skills to a task is a high-level activity.
Why is it important for teachers to focus on students' phonological awareness during
emergent reading development?
A. Memorizing sight words is necessary to read quickly and efficiently.
B. Spelling correctly leads to success in other subjects like social studies and science.
C. Understanding how the smallest units of words function is necessary for spelling and
reading development.
D. Being able to read fluently allows students to achieve on standardized tests. -
....ANSWER ...-C. Understanding how the smallest units of words function is
necessary for spelling and reading development.
- Phonological awareness is essential for spelling and word recognition - the
foundational skills in phonological awareness are necessary for students to acquire
phonics (or spelling) skills needed for reading.
Structural analysis is beneficial for students in the upper elementary grades because this
skill:
A. Helps students decode words using phonics.
B. Helps students memorize high-frequency words.
C. Helps students use text structures to determine meaning.
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, D. Helps students use strategies to break down multisyllabic words. -
....ANSWER ...-D. Helps students use strategies to break down multisyllabic
words.
- The definition of structural analysis is breaking down words into smaller parts to
determine meaning.
Which of the following represents a best choice on a sound-spelling chart to reinforce the
alphabetic principle for the letter X.
A. X-Ray
B. Fox
C. Xylophone - ....ANSWER ...-B. Fox
- In English words, X makes the /ks/ sound. X-ray and xylophone do not contain the
correct pronunciation of the letter X.
A third-grade teacher is helping students break down words that are morphemically
complex. The teacher helps students locate the root word and then detach the prefix and
suffix, so that the word is divided into chunks. For example:
Sentence from the text: It was unbelievable how fast the girl ran.
Root: Unbelievable
Prefix: Un-
Suffix: -able
Meaning: Not able to believe
Describe the method the teacher is using in this activity.
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