CTEL 1 Practice Exam Questions with Correct
Solutions
Assign rhyming words in poems and songs as minimal pairs to place it in whole-
word contexts
Second-grade English language learners (ELLs) are struggling with pronunciation of an
English-language phoneme not found in their native language. What would be the best
strategy for a teacher to do first?
Discriminating between independent clauses and dependent clauses
English language learner (ELL) students in an English language development (ELD)
class at the early-advanced level typically show writing errors like the underlined part of
the following: "We studied all week. TO GET GOOD SCORES ON THE TEST." What
should their teacher first instruct them to learn?
Their native language always preceded consonant clusters with the /E/.
Spanish-speaking students learning English commonly add /E/ before word-initial
consonand clusters like /sp/, /st/, /spr/, /str/, and so on, for example, "espeak," "estudy,"
"esprinkle," "estrike." Why does this happen?
morphology
A Chinese student learning English tends to speak and write constructions like this: "This
dish is my favorite because it has shrimp, snow pea, water chestnut, and bamboo shoot."
, To correct the errors represented in this sentence, what part of the English language does
the teacher need to address?
False cognates
A Mexican student is aghast when an American classmate tries to communicate with her
in Spanish and translates "embarrassed" to "embarazada." The teacher helps her explain
to the American classmate that, in Spanish, this word means pregnant. What is the
difference an example?
The influence of contextual discourse factors on language variation choices
Since coming to America, Fredo has learned to speak English using different vocabulary
words and sentence structures when addressing his teachers and principal than he does
when conversing with his friends. This is an example of which of the following?
Help them analyze provided sample essays, and make graphic organizers of various
essay types.
A high school teacher wants to familiarize ELL students with standard discourse
structures and conventions used in academic essays. What activity would be most
appropriate for this purpose?
Fluency
Sylvia is a high school English language learner (ELL) student. When given oral
discourse activities, she is very good at addressing points classmates have just brought
up, organizing her ideas, unifying her overall message, and finding appropriate English
Solutions
Assign rhyming words in poems and songs as minimal pairs to place it in whole-
word contexts
Second-grade English language learners (ELLs) are struggling with pronunciation of an
English-language phoneme not found in their native language. What would be the best
strategy for a teacher to do first?
Discriminating between independent clauses and dependent clauses
English language learner (ELL) students in an English language development (ELD)
class at the early-advanced level typically show writing errors like the underlined part of
the following: "We studied all week. TO GET GOOD SCORES ON THE TEST." What
should their teacher first instruct them to learn?
Their native language always preceded consonant clusters with the /E/.
Spanish-speaking students learning English commonly add /E/ before word-initial
consonand clusters like /sp/, /st/, /spr/, /str/, and so on, for example, "espeak," "estudy,"
"esprinkle," "estrike." Why does this happen?
morphology
A Chinese student learning English tends to speak and write constructions like this: "This
dish is my favorite because it has shrimp, snow pea, water chestnut, and bamboo shoot."
, To correct the errors represented in this sentence, what part of the English language does
the teacher need to address?
False cognates
A Mexican student is aghast when an American classmate tries to communicate with her
in Spanish and translates "embarrassed" to "embarazada." The teacher helps her explain
to the American classmate that, in Spanish, this word means pregnant. What is the
difference an example?
The influence of contextual discourse factors on language variation choices
Since coming to America, Fredo has learned to speak English using different vocabulary
words and sentence structures when addressing his teachers and principal than he does
when conversing with his friends. This is an example of which of the following?
Help them analyze provided sample essays, and make graphic organizers of various
essay types.
A high school teacher wants to familiarize ELL students with standard discourse
structures and conventions used in academic essays. What activity would be most
appropriate for this purpose?
Fluency
Sylvia is a high school English language learner (ELL) student. When given oral
discourse activities, she is very good at addressing points classmates have just brought
up, organizing her ideas, unifying her overall message, and finding appropriate English
