MTTC English Language Arts and
World Languages Test
During world language instruction, which of the following student activities would best
incorporate opportunities for students to negotiate meaning?
a. reading a text and underlining any words that are unfamiliar
b. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution
c. filling out a worksheet of questions that require the use of a dictionary
d. writing a short story based on a sequential set of illustrations from a picture book -
ANS-B
Which of the following characteristics of literacy development best illustrates the
relationship between speaking and writing?
a. printing the letters of the alphabet
b. overgeneralizing regular verb tense endings
c. using phonetic spelling
d. recognizing examples of environmental print - ANS-C
A second-grade teacher notices that several students regularly place adjectives after
nouns in their writing and speaking. These students most likely require explicit
instruction related to which of the following English language systems?
a. phonological
b. semantic
c. syntactic
d. pragmatic - ANS-C
At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten teacher talks informally with
students' families about the kinds of prior experiences their children have had,
especially those related to learning and literacy. The teacher uses this information to
help plan dramatic play and literacy centers that reflect familiar settings, tasks, and
experiences. These actions most clearly demonstrate the teacher's awareness of the:
a. integrated nature of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
b. interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
c. relationship between oral language development and reading achievement.
d. links between vocabulary development and reading in the home. - ANS-B
, As a regular component of whole-group mathematics instruction, a fifth-grade teacher
guides students in closely reading key pages from the grade-level textbook. Afterward,
in addition to guiding students in applying the new material presented in the text to
sample exercises, the teacher also helps the students summarize the text's main ideas
orally. Finally, students draft their own written summaries of the new concepts,
processes, and/or terminology in their mathematics journals. This approach to content-
area instruction promotes students' school achievement primarily in which of the
following ways?
a.by providing a print-rich environment in which students at all skill levels participate in
differentiated literacy activities
b. by using nonverbal, concrete experiences to scaffold students' comprehension and
vocabulary development
c. by promoting students' development of skill in using listening, speaking, reading, -
ANS-C
A kindergarten teacher wants to involve all families in helping students develop oral
language skills that support literacy development. Which of the following teacher
recommendations to families is likely to be most effective in addressing this goal?
a. "Take your children to arts and cultural community events such as concerts and
festivals."
b. "Visit the local public library regularly with your child to borrow children's books such
as picture books and easy readers."
c. "Spend time with your children playing active games such as hopscotch and jump
rope."
d. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing meals and doing other
daily activities." - ANS-D
A teacher is designing a sequence of instruction for teaching letter recognition skills to
emergent readers. Which of the following sets of letters would be most appropriate for a
teacher to include in the first lessons?
a. c, o, w, x, y, z
b. I, L, T, H, E, F
c. a, m, t, s, f, d
d. A, a, B, b, C, c - ANS-C
An English Language Learner in a fourth-grade class can read fluently in a language
that is written using a nonalphabetic script. Which of the following concepts is likely to
be most difficult for this student to grasp when learning to read in English?
a. A series of letters represents a word.
b. Print symbolizes spoken language.
c. A sentence is composed of a sequence of words.
d. Letters correspond to phonemes. - ANS-D
World Languages Test
During world language instruction, which of the following student activities would best
incorporate opportunities for students to negotiate meaning?
a. reading a text and underlining any words that are unfamiliar
b. playing a game in which a word must be guessed by use of circumlocution
c. filling out a worksheet of questions that require the use of a dictionary
d. writing a short story based on a sequential set of illustrations from a picture book -
ANS-B
Which of the following characteristics of literacy development best illustrates the
relationship between speaking and writing?
a. printing the letters of the alphabet
b. overgeneralizing regular verb tense endings
c. using phonetic spelling
d. recognizing examples of environmental print - ANS-C
A second-grade teacher notices that several students regularly place adjectives after
nouns in their writing and speaking. These students most likely require explicit
instruction related to which of the following English language systems?
a. phonological
b. semantic
c. syntactic
d. pragmatic - ANS-C
At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten teacher talks informally with
students' families about the kinds of prior experiences their children have had,
especially those related to learning and literacy. The teacher uses this information to
help plan dramatic play and literacy centers that reflect familiar settings, tasks, and
experiences. These actions most clearly demonstrate the teacher's awareness of the:
a. integrated nature of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
b. interconnections between language, literacy, and culture.
c. relationship between oral language development and reading achievement.
d. links between vocabulary development and reading in the home. - ANS-B
, As a regular component of whole-group mathematics instruction, a fifth-grade teacher
guides students in closely reading key pages from the grade-level textbook. Afterward,
in addition to guiding students in applying the new material presented in the text to
sample exercises, the teacher also helps the students summarize the text's main ideas
orally. Finally, students draft their own written summaries of the new concepts,
processes, and/or terminology in their mathematics journals. This approach to content-
area instruction promotes students' school achievement primarily in which of the
following ways?
a.by providing a print-rich environment in which students at all skill levels participate in
differentiated literacy activities
b. by using nonverbal, concrete experiences to scaffold students' comprehension and
vocabulary development
c. by promoting students' development of skill in using listening, speaking, reading, -
ANS-C
A kindergarten teacher wants to involve all families in helping students develop oral
language skills that support literacy development. Which of the following teacher
recommendations to families is likely to be most effective in addressing this goal?
a. "Take your children to arts and cultural community events such as concerts and
festivals."
b. "Visit the local public library regularly with your child to borrow children's books such
as picture books and easy readers."
c. "Spend time with your children playing active games such as hopscotch and jump
rope."
d. "Talk with your children while working together when preparing meals and doing other
daily activities." - ANS-D
A teacher is designing a sequence of instruction for teaching letter recognition skills to
emergent readers. Which of the following sets of letters would be most appropriate for a
teacher to include in the first lessons?
a. c, o, w, x, y, z
b. I, L, T, H, E, F
c. a, m, t, s, f, d
d. A, a, B, b, C, c - ANS-C
An English Language Learner in a fourth-grade class can read fluently in a language
that is written using a nonalphabetic script. Which of the following concepts is likely to
be most difficult for this student to grasp when learning to read in English?
a. A series of letters represents a word.
b. Print symbolizes spoken language.
c. A sentence is composed of a sequence of words.
d. Letters correspond to phonemes. - ANS-D
