ESOL GACE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+ (Verified)
3 Tests in Georgia - ANSWER-ACCESS, GAA, Language proficiency
5 Levels of Scaffolding - ANSWER-1) Modeling, 2) Sharing, 3) Interacting, 4) Guiding,
5) Independence
ACCESS - ANSWER-Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State
to State (Proficiency Test)
Accommodation - ANSWER-Motivations underlying adapting our language and
communication patterns to others
Acculturation - ANSWER-Becoming accustomed to customs, languages, practices,
environment of a new culture or group
Assimilation - ANSWER-process of integration
Behaviorist Theory - ANSWER-Children learn by being rewarded
BICS - ANSWER-Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALLA - ANSWER-Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach
CALP - ANSWER-Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
Castaneda v. Pickard - ANSWER-3 criteria to determine effectiveness of ELL program:
1) based on pedagogically sound education theory recognized by experts, 2) must be
implemented effectively with resources for personnel, materials, and space, and 3) must
produce results that language barriers are being overcome
CBI - ANSWER-Content Based Instruction
Chomsky - ANSWER-Language Acquisition Device
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - ANSWER-No federal funding recipient can discriminate
against ELL
Cluster Center - ANSWER-Students grouped for intensive language instruction
Code Switching - ANSWER-Interspersing one language with another
, Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach - ANSWER-Actual grade level
determines content, gradually acquire language in subject area
Cognitive Constructivism - ANSWER-Language as reflection of thought, does not
contribute to development of thinking, cognitive thinking precedes language
development
Communication Based ELL Pull-Out - ANSWER-Teaches using language in meaningful
context
Concurrent Empirical Validity - ANSWER-How a test relates to another variable
Content Based ELL Pull-Out - ANSWER-Teaches in English to develop skills to study
grade level content in English
Content Based Instruction - ANSWER-integrates L2 content with instruction (students
learn L2 through meaningful interaction with grade level content)
Criterion-referenced Tests - ANSWER-Test score is based on mastery of course
content
Critical Period Hypothesis - ANSWER-First ten years best for SLA
Cultural relativism - ANSWER-Beliefs and understandings should be understood in the
context of society
Cultural universalism - ANSWER-elements, patterns, traits or institutions that are comon
to all human cultures
CUP - ANSWER-Common Underlying Proficiency (skills that can transfer from L1 to
English learning
Development patterns - ANSWER-The order in which features of a language are
acquired and sequenced
Diagnostic Language Tests - ANSWER-Designed to identify strengths and weaknesses
Dialect - ANSWER-Complete system of verbal communication (oral or signed, not
written) with its own pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar; often associated with
regions or social groups
DIscourse - ANSWER-linguistic components of several sentences
Empirical Validity - ANSWER-Measure of how a test relates to some other known
measure
ANSWERS RATED A+ (Verified)
3 Tests in Georgia - ANSWER-ACCESS, GAA, Language proficiency
5 Levels of Scaffolding - ANSWER-1) Modeling, 2) Sharing, 3) Interacting, 4) Guiding,
5) Independence
ACCESS - ANSWER-Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State
to State (Proficiency Test)
Accommodation - ANSWER-Motivations underlying adapting our language and
communication patterns to others
Acculturation - ANSWER-Becoming accustomed to customs, languages, practices,
environment of a new culture or group
Assimilation - ANSWER-process of integration
Behaviorist Theory - ANSWER-Children learn by being rewarded
BICS - ANSWER-Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALLA - ANSWER-Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach
CALP - ANSWER-Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
Castaneda v. Pickard - ANSWER-3 criteria to determine effectiveness of ELL program:
1) based on pedagogically sound education theory recognized by experts, 2) must be
implemented effectively with resources for personnel, materials, and space, and 3) must
produce results that language barriers are being overcome
CBI - ANSWER-Content Based Instruction
Chomsky - ANSWER-Language Acquisition Device
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - ANSWER-No federal funding recipient can discriminate
against ELL
Cluster Center - ANSWER-Students grouped for intensive language instruction
Code Switching - ANSWER-Interspersing one language with another
, Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach - ANSWER-Actual grade level
determines content, gradually acquire language in subject area
Cognitive Constructivism - ANSWER-Language as reflection of thought, does not
contribute to development of thinking, cognitive thinking precedes language
development
Communication Based ELL Pull-Out - ANSWER-Teaches using language in meaningful
context
Concurrent Empirical Validity - ANSWER-How a test relates to another variable
Content Based ELL Pull-Out - ANSWER-Teaches in English to develop skills to study
grade level content in English
Content Based Instruction - ANSWER-integrates L2 content with instruction (students
learn L2 through meaningful interaction with grade level content)
Criterion-referenced Tests - ANSWER-Test score is based on mastery of course
content
Critical Period Hypothesis - ANSWER-First ten years best for SLA
Cultural relativism - ANSWER-Beliefs and understandings should be understood in the
context of society
Cultural universalism - ANSWER-elements, patterns, traits or institutions that are comon
to all human cultures
CUP - ANSWER-Common Underlying Proficiency (skills that can transfer from L1 to
English learning
Development patterns - ANSWER-The order in which features of a language are
acquired and sequenced
Diagnostic Language Tests - ANSWER-Designed to identify strengths and weaknesses
Dialect - ANSWER-Complete system of verbal communication (oral or signed, not
written) with its own pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar; often associated with
regions or social groups
DIscourse - ANSWER-linguistic components of several sentences
Empirical Validity - ANSWER-Measure of how a test relates to some other known
measure
