GACE ESOL TEST 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
diphthongs - ....ANSWER ...-complex sound made by gliding from one vowel
sound to another within the same syllable, as in boy and out.
triphthong - ....ANSWER ...-such a sound that consists of three vowels. e.g.
Paraguay
allophone - ....ANSWER ...-any of the speech sounds that represent a single
phoneme, such as the aspirated k in kit and the unaspirated k in skit, which are
allophones of the phoneme k.. K in kit,skill, Sack
elision - ....ANSWER ...-do you wanna cuppa tea... do you want a cup of tea....
process of merging together
assimilation - ....ANSWER ...-sunbathe- the m sounds like the n
prosody - ....ANSWER ...-different aspects of speech and how they contribute to
meaning of speech
affricative - ....ANSWER ...-a phoneme that combines a plosive with an
immediately following fricative or spirant sharing the same place of articulation, e.g., ch
as in chair and j as in jar.
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,plosive - ....ANSWER ...-a plosive speech sound. The basic plosives in English are
t, k, and p (voiceless) and d, g, and b (voiced).a for apple aaa, b for boy bbb
Achievement - ....ANSWER ...-Which of the following kinds of assessment is most
appropriate for gathering information about what ESOL students have learned from a
science unit?This question requires an understanding of concepts in assessment.
___________ tests can provide information about how much students learned and
retained from a unit of instruction. The other kinds of tests are more appropriately used
for other purposes.
the audio lingual method - ....ANSWER ...-As an activity, an ESOL teacher has the
ELLs listen to a recording of short dialogue between two native speakers of English.
After initially listening to the dialogue, the teacher replays it and stops after each line in
the dialogue so the ELLs can repeat it in unison. The activity is most consistent with the
key characteristics of
Having the students listen to and discuss with the teacher an example of talk between
two native English speakers - ....ANSWER ...-An ESOL teacher plans to introduce
a lesson on language use at the discourse level. Which of the following is the most
appropriate activity for the teacher to incorporate into the lesson?
rubric - ....ANSWER ...-Rubrics provide students with descriptive criteria for a
given assignment. This criteria helps teachers objectively assess student performance
and, in doing so, maintain the validity of the assessment and grading consistency.
performance assessment - ....ANSWER ...-Ms. Woo, a high school ESL teacher,
conducts a history project with her students at the end of a unit. First, she assigns
students to groups of four and has each group research a decade of United States history.
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, Next, she has each group use poster paper to create a newspaper that summarizes the
major events, politics, and pop culture of their assigned decade. Finally, the groups post
their newspapers on the classroom walls and present them to the class. Ms. Woo uses a
rubric to grade the newspapers and the oral presentations. Which of the following types
of assessment best characterizes the project?This question tests your knowledge of using
performance assessment in the ESOL classroom. Performance assessment typically
requires students to perform a task that gives them the opportunity to demonstrate their
knowledge and skills. Having students work in groups to create a newspaper is a
primary example of performance assessment.
restating sentences with errors correctly to provide a model for the ELLs -
....ANSWER ...-Which of the following approaches to error correction is most
appropriate to use during an informal classroom discussion with beginning-level
ELLs?This question requires understanding how to apply appropriate corrective
feedback to a specific population of ELLs during an informal classroom discussion.
Given the proficiency level of the ELLs and the context of the lesson, recasting, or
repeating the corrected form of a speaker's error, offers the ELLs a model while not
obstructing communication.
language experience approach - ....ANSWER ...-This question tests your
knowledge of the language experience approach. The language experience approach
promotes literacy development through the use of students' personal experiences.
Typically, the teacher will ask students to talk about an event in their lives and transcribe
their speech. The transcription can then be used as the basis for reading and writing
activities.
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AND ANSWERS
diphthongs - ....ANSWER ...-complex sound made by gliding from one vowel
sound to another within the same syllable, as in boy and out.
triphthong - ....ANSWER ...-such a sound that consists of three vowels. e.g.
Paraguay
allophone - ....ANSWER ...-any of the speech sounds that represent a single
phoneme, such as the aspirated k in kit and the unaspirated k in skit, which are
allophones of the phoneme k.. K in kit,skill, Sack
elision - ....ANSWER ...-do you wanna cuppa tea... do you want a cup of tea....
process of merging together
assimilation - ....ANSWER ...-sunbathe- the m sounds like the n
prosody - ....ANSWER ...-different aspects of speech and how they contribute to
meaning of speech
affricative - ....ANSWER ...-a phoneme that combines a plosive with an
immediately following fricative or spirant sharing the same place of articulation, e.g., ch
as in chair and j as in jar.
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,plosive - ....ANSWER ...-a plosive speech sound. The basic plosives in English are
t, k, and p (voiceless) and d, g, and b (voiced).a for apple aaa, b for boy bbb
Achievement - ....ANSWER ...-Which of the following kinds of assessment is most
appropriate for gathering information about what ESOL students have learned from a
science unit?This question requires an understanding of concepts in assessment.
___________ tests can provide information about how much students learned and
retained from a unit of instruction. The other kinds of tests are more appropriately used
for other purposes.
the audio lingual method - ....ANSWER ...-As an activity, an ESOL teacher has the
ELLs listen to a recording of short dialogue between two native speakers of English.
After initially listening to the dialogue, the teacher replays it and stops after each line in
the dialogue so the ELLs can repeat it in unison. The activity is most consistent with the
key characteristics of
Having the students listen to and discuss with the teacher an example of talk between
two native English speakers - ....ANSWER ...-An ESOL teacher plans to introduce
a lesson on language use at the discourse level. Which of the following is the most
appropriate activity for the teacher to incorporate into the lesson?
rubric - ....ANSWER ...-Rubrics provide students with descriptive criteria for a
given assignment. This criteria helps teachers objectively assess student performance
and, in doing so, maintain the validity of the assessment and grading consistency.
performance assessment - ....ANSWER ...-Ms. Woo, a high school ESL teacher,
conducts a history project with her students at the end of a unit. First, she assigns
students to groups of four and has each group research a decade of United States history.
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, Next, she has each group use poster paper to create a newspaper that summarizes the
major events, politics, and pop culture of their assigned decade. Finally, the groups post
their newspapers on the classroom walls and present them to the class. Ms. Woo uses a
rubric to grade the newspapers and the oral presentations. Which of the following types
of assessment best characterizes the project?This question tests your knowledge of using
performance assessment in the ESOL classroom. Performance assessment typically
requires students to perform a task that gives them the opportunity to demonstrate their
knowledge and skills. Having students work in groups to create a newspaper is a
primary example of performance assessment.
restating sentences with errors correctly to provide a model for the ELLs -
....ANSWER ...-Which of the following approaches to error correction is most
appropriate to use during an informal classroom discussion with beginning-level
ELLs?This question requires understanding how to apply appropriate corrective
feedback to a specific population of ELLs during an informal classroom discussion.
Given the proficiency level of the ELLs and the context of the lesson, recasting, or
repeating the corrected form of a speaker's error, offers the ELLs a model while not
obstructing communication.
language experience approach - ....ANSWER ...-This question tests your
knowledge of the language experience approach. The language experience approach
promotes literacy development through the use of students' personal experiences.
Typically, the teacher will ask students to talk about an event in their lives and transcribe
their speech. The transcription can then be used as the basis for reading and writing
activities.
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