MTEL - SEI Bootcamp Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
Phonics - What does this mean for ELLs? ELLs who know about phonics in their native
language can transfer this skill into English - can be used with older ELLs to help decode text.
ELLs who have poor literacy skills in their native language should only be taught phonics as
needed and always in context of what they are reading.
Morpheme - definition & examples Smallest meaningful unit in language (examples:
roots, prefixes, suffixes)
Fluency - definition & implication for ELLs Rapid word and word group recognition -
students spend less time decoding and more time on meaning. ELLs need familiarity with sounds
and spelling of English to become fluent. Teachers should provide a variety of readings to better
determine student fluency.
Semantics - definition Word meanings
Syntax - definition Arrangements of words and phrases to create sentences.
, Discourse - definition & implication for ELLs The use of words to exchange thoughts
and ideas - ELLs need instruction to analyze language structures of academic oral and written
language functions
Pragmatics - definition & implication for ELLs The ways in which context contributes to
meaning - "social language". Teachers should help facilitate ELLs sense of finding the socially
appropriate language. "Secret rules of English".
OR Strategy - 1) Write a Content Objective - What do you need to remember about writing an
objective? Keep it SIMPLE and MEASUREABLE. (Examples: define, identify, lower on
Bloom's)
OR Strategy - 2) Analysis of Vocabulary - How do you analyze vocabulary? Identify Tier
1, 2 and 3 vocabulary words. Mark polysemous words with a (p).
Polysemous words - What are they? Words that have more than one meaning.
Tier 1 Vocabulary Words - What are they? Basic everyday words that most children know
in L1. Rarely have multiple meanings or require explicit teaching. Words you "learn when you
go to another country". (Ex: book, girl, sad, run, dog, orange)
Answers 100% Solved
Phonics - What does this mean for ELLs? ELLs who know about phonics in their native
language can transfer this skill into English - can be used with older ELLs to help decode text.
ELLs who have poor literacy skills in their native language should only be taught phonics as
needed and always in context of what they are reading.
Morpheme - definition & examples Smallest meaningful unit in language (examples:
roots, prefixes, suffixes)
Fluency - definition & implication for ELLs Rapid word and word group recognition -
students spend less time decoding and more time on meaning. ELLs need familiarity with sounds
and spelling of English to become fluent. Teachers should provide a variety of readings to better
determine student fluency.
Semantics - definition Word meanings
Syntax - definition Arrangements of words and phrases to create sentences.
, Discourse - definition & implication for ELLs The use of words to exchange thoughts
and ideas - ELLs need instruction to analyze language structures of academic oral and written
language functions
Pragmatics - definition & implication for ELLs The ways in which context contributes to
meaning - "social language". Teachers should help facilitate ELLs sense of finding the socially
appropriate language. "Secret rules of English".
OR Strategy - 1) Write a Content Objective - What do you need to remember about writing an
objective? Keep it SIMPLE and MEASUREABLE. (Examples: define, identify, lower on
Bloom's)
OR Strategy - 2) Analysis of Vocabulary - How do you analyze vocabulary? Identify Tier
1, 2 and 3 vocabulary words. Mark polysemous words with a (p).
Polysemous words - What are they? Words that have more than one meaning.
Tier 1 Vocabulary Words - What are they? Basic everyday words that most children know
in L1. Rarely have multiple meanings or require explicit teaching. Words you "learn when you
go to another country". (Ex: book, girl, sad, run, dog, orange)
