RPS ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ performance-based testing.
Answer: assessment of actual performanceconcrete criterion to compare
performance against
◍ Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848).
Answer: treaty signed by the U.S. and Mexico that officially ended the
Mexican-American War; Mexico had to give up much of its northern
territory to the U.S; in exchange the U.S. gave Mexico $15 million and said
that Mexicans living on the formerly Mexican lands would be protected,
their property and language rights respected.
◍ Equal Education Opportunities Act of 1974.
Answer: Established as a result of Lau v Nichols. states cannot deny
students education based on race, color, sex, or national origin
◍ Pre-Production Stage.
Answer: minimal comprehensionnods yes or nodraws or points0-6
monthsTeacher prompts:Show me...Circle the...
◍ morphology.
Answer: study of how words are formed
◍ Advanced Fluency Stage.
Answer: near-native fluencytakes 5-7 years
◍ Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.
Answer: the idea that language influences culture and perspective, such as
how sexist language influences the way we view men and womeni.e.
'fireman,' 'policeman,' and 'male nurse.'
◍ differentiated instruction.
, Answer: practice of individualizing instructional methods, and possibly also
individualizing specific content and instructional goals, to align with each
student's existing knowledge, skills, and needs
◍ interlanguage.
Answer: a linguistic system used by second language learners when they
attempt to communicate in the target language - they use their native
language knowledge to understand and organize the second language and/or
compensate for gaps in competency
◍ content-specific.
Answer: language used to communicate a particular subject area
◍ discourse competence.
Answer: the ability to start, enter, contribute to, and end a conversation
◍ inflectional affixes.
Answer: word endings that serve various grammatical purposes but don't
change the meaning of a word.
◍ Syntax.
Answer: the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible
sentences in a given language
◍ Speech Emergence Stage.
Answer: increasing comprehensionproduces simple sentenceslots of errors,
frequently doesn't get jokes1-3 yearsTeacher prompts:
How?Why?ExplainShort-sentence answers
◍ Meyers v Nebraska.
Answer: court case that determined that states cannot prevent communities
from offering private language classes
◍ Plyler v. Doe (1982).
Answer: denial of public education to students not legally admitted into the
country violates the Equal Protection Clause
◍ Specifically Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE).
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ performance-based testing.
Answer: assessment of actual performanceconcrete criterion to compare
performance against
◍ Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848).
Answer: treaty signed by the U.S. and Mexico that officially ended the
Mexican-American War; Mexico had to give up much of its northern
territory to the U.S; in exchange the U.S. gave Mexico $15 million and said
that Mexicans living on the formerly Mexican lands would be protected,
their property and language rights respected.
◍ Equal Education Opportunities Act of 1974.
Answer: Established as a result of Lau v Nichols. states cannot deny
students education based on race, color, sex, or national origin
◍ Pre-Production Stage.
Answer: minimal comprehensionnods yes or nodraws or points0-6
monthsTeacher prompts:Show me...Circle the...
◍ morphology.
Answer: study of how words are formed
◍ Advanced Fluency Stage.
Answer: near-native fluencytakes 5-7 years
◍ Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.
Answer: the idea that language influences culture and perspective, such as
how sexist language influences the way we view men and womeni.e.
'fireman,' 'policeman,' and 'male nurse.'
◍ differentiated instruction.
, Answer: practice of individualizing instructional methods, and possibly also
individualizing specific content and instructional goals, to align with each
student's existing knowledge, skills, and needs
◍ interlanguage.
Answer: a linguistic system used by second language learners when they
attempt to communicate in the target language - they use their native
language knowledge to understand and organize the second language and/or
compensate for gaps in competency
◍ content-specific.
Answer: language used to communicate a particular subject area
◍ discourse competence.
Answer: the ability to start, enter, contribute to, and end a conversation
◍ inflectional affixes.
Answer: word endings that serve various grammatical purposes but don't
change the meaning of a word.
◍ Syntax.
Answer: the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible
sentences in a given language
◍ Speech Emergence Stage.
Answer: increasing comprehensionproduces simple sentenceslots of errors,
frequently doesn't get jokes1-3 yearsTeacher prompts:
How?Why?ExplainShort-sentence answers
◍ Meyers v Nebraska.
Answer: court case that determined that states cannot prevent communities
from offering private language classes
◍ Plyler v. Doe (1982).
Answer: denial of public education to students not legally admitted into the
country violates the Equal Protection Clause
◍ Specifically Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE).
