TESOL Certificate, Part 2: Teach English
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What kind of learner does the Scarecrow represent? -
correct answer ✅One who does not have enough background
knowledge to make good predictions while reading, and so often
cannot fully comprehend a text.
About 85% of all communication is done with as little as
__________ words. (Choose one correct answer.) -
correct answer ✅2,000
What does Dorothy believe is important to do while reading?
(Check all that apply.) -
correct answer ✅Predict what will happen in the text.
Ask questions while reading.
Read and then compare information from multiple sources.
Think critically while reading.
Which of these is NOT a danger of focusing on phonics? (Choose
one correct answer.) -
correct answer ✅Learners cannot focus on sound if they are
reading silently.
,TESOL Certificate, Part 2: Teach English
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Almost all reading researchers agree that good readers... (Check all
that apply.) -
correct answer ✅have a greater ability to focus on meaning
instead of sound.
are good at making predictions.
What kind of reader is the "Tin Man"? (Choose the best answer.) -
correct answer ✅One who thinks reading is "passive," so he or she
does not connect reading with active strategies (like asking
questions, predicting, thinking about the text, and evaluating the
author's ideas) and the need to interact with a text.
According to Dorothy, reading is most like what sport? (Choose the
best answer.) -
correct answer ✅Tennis, because reading is an active exchange
between two players: the reader and the author.
What purposes may pre-reading activities serve? (Check all that
apply.) -
correct answer ✅Build vocabulary.
Provide background information, thus increasing interest and
motivation.
,TESOL Certificate, Part 2: Teach English
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Connect the reader's prior knowledge, experiences, and opinions to
the text.
Building ________________, or packets of information or
knowledge, can help readers better connect their own past
knowledge/experience to the text and predict while reading.
(Choose the best answer.) -
correct answer ✅Schemata
What concepts did Dorothy employ to help motivate the social-
media loving, selfie-taking Lion? (Check all that apply.) -
correct answer ✅Autonomy, or allowing students to find literature
that fits their own interests and ideas.
Future authenticity, or assigning students reading which they may
be able to use in their own lives.
Immediacy, or designing a lesson that is personally meaningful and
immediately useful for the reader.
Which of these are reasons discussed in this module for why a
"scarecrow" learner might struggle with reading? (Select all that
apply.) -
, TESOL Certificate, Part 2: Teach English
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correct answer ✅Learners may lack strategies for reading
effectively.
Learners may lack "world knowledge" or the ability to apply what
they've learned in other contexts to aid their understanding while
reading.
Learners may not know vocabulary and understanding of simple
sentence structure.
Learners may not know the "rules of the game" or conventions of
different genres.
Learners may not know how to decode the letters and sounds that
make up words.
What kind of learner does the Tin Man represent? -
correct answer ✅One who thinks reading is "passive," so he or she
does not connect reading with active strategies (like asking
questions, predicting, thinking about the text, and evaluating the
author's ideas) and the need to interact with a text.
What kind of learner does the Lion represent? -
correct answer ✅One who thinks that reading is a waste of time
and so does not enjoy it, preferring instead to watch movies or
interact on social media.
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score Latest update 2026
What kind of learner does the Scarecrow represent? -
correct answer ✅One who does not have enough background
knowledge to make good predictions while reading, and so often
cannot fully comprehend a text.
About 85% of all communication is done with as little as
__________ words. (Choose one correct answer.) -
correct answer ✅2,000
What does Dorothy believe is important to do while reading?
(Check all that apply.) -
correct answer ✅Predict what will happen in the text.
Ask questions while reading.
Read and then compare information from multiple sources.
Think critically while reading.
Which of these is NOT a danger of focusing on phonics? (Choose
one correct answer.) -
correct answer ✅Learners cannot focus on sound if they are
reading silently.
,TESOL Certificate, Part 2: Teach English
Exam Questions and Answers 100%
score Latest update 2026
Almost all reading researchers agree that good readers... (Check all
that apply.) -
correct answer ✅have a greater ability to focus on meaning
instead of sound.
are good at making predictions.
What kind of reader is the "Tin Man"? (Choose the best answer.) -
correct answer ✅One who thinks reading is "passive," so he or she
does not connect reading with active strategies (like asking
questions, predicting, thinking about the text, and evaluating the
author's ideas) and the need to interact with a text.
According to Dorothy, reading is most like what sport? (Choose the
best answer.) -
correct answer ✅Tennis, because reading is an active exchange
between two players: the reader and the author.
What purposes may pre-reading activities serve? (Check all that
apply.) -
correct answer ✅Build vocabulary.
Provide background information, thus increasing interest and
motivation.
,TESOL Certificate, Part 2: Teach English
Exam Questions and Answers 100%
score Latest update 2026
Connect the reader's prior knowledge, experiences, and opinions to
the text.
Building ________________, or packets of information or
knowledge, can help readers better connect their own past
knowledge/experience to the text and predict while reading.
(Choose the best answer.) -
correct answer ✅Schemata
What concepts did Dorothy employ to help motivate the social-
media loving, selfie-taking Lion? (Check all that apply.) -
correct answer ✅Autonomy, or allowing students to find literature
that fits their own interests and ideas.
Future authenticity, or assigning students reading which they may
be able to use in their own lives.
Immediacy, or designing a lesson that is personally meaningful and
immediately useful for the reader.
Which of these are reasons discussed in this module for why a
"scarecrow" learner might struggle with reading? (Select all that
apply.) -
, TESOL Certificate, Part 2: Teach English
Exam Questions and Answers 100%
score Latest update 2026
correct answer ✅Learners may lack strategies for reading
effectively.
Learners may lack "world knowledge" or the ability to apply what
they've learned in other contexts to aid their understanding while
reading.
Learners may not know vocabulary and understanding of simple
sentence structure.
Learners may not know the "rules of the game" or conventions of
different genres.
Learners may not know how to decode the letters and sounds that
make up words.
What kind of learner does the Tin Man represent? -
correct answer ✅One who thinks reading is "passive," so he or she
does not connect reading with active strategies (like asking
questions, predicting, thinking about the text, and evaluating the
author's ideas) and the need to interact with a text.
What kind of learner does the Lion represent? -
correct answer ✅One who thinks that reading is a waste of time
and so does not enjoy it, preferring instead to watch movies or
interact on social media.
