ESL 154 EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH 100

ESL 154 EXAM (ACTUAL / ) QUESTIONS WITH 100%

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Scaffolding Stages - -----Answers----1) Teacher does, student watches 2) Teacher does, student helps 3) student does, teacher helps 4) student does, teacher watches and is ready to step in w/ support if needed

What is sheltered instruction? - -----Answers----A means for making grade-level academic content (e.g. science, social studies, math) more accessible for ELLs while at the same time promoting their English language development.

SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) Model - ---- -Answers----Attention to content objectives, language objectives, background knowledge, interaction, and meaningful activities.1) Lesson Preparation 2) Building Background 3) Comprehensible Input 4) Strategies 5) Interaction 6) Practice/Application 1 / 4

7) Lesson Delivery 8) Review/Assessment

CALLA Model - -----Answers----Cognitive academic language learning approach- Through carefully designed lesson plans tied to content curriculum, teachers explicitly teach learning strategies and have students apply them to instructional tasks.

Currently accepted ESL methods all use these 5 basic strategies. - -----Answers----1. Visuals - pictures, realia, video

• Vocabulary development - attention to teaching core

vocabulary

• Active learning - process and apply new content and skills
• Interaction - use multiple grouping configurations
• Learning Strategies - help students monitor their own

learning

What are higher order thinking skills? - -----Answers---- Questioning techniques that require students to analyze, evaluate and synthesis.

Students who have L1 reading skills and know how to transfer skills to the L2, with the help of specific instruction, will develop what ____ English literacy and comprehension skills. - -----Answers----Stronger

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Combining simple sentences to make complex sentences is an important exercise to help ESL students advance in their writing abilities because? - -----Answers----Most of the sentences in writing or continuous speech are complex

Phonological Awareness - -----Answers----Instruction focuses on the sounds in spoken language. It is auditory and does not involve print.

When is a semicolon used? - -----Answers----To combine 2 independent clauses that convey closely related ideas

Schemata - -----Answers----Connections that allow new experiences and info to be aligned with previous knowledge

According to the concept of "Dual Iceberg Representation" regarding L1 and L2 acquisition, which of these in most accurate?

• The visible surface features that differ from L1 to L2 are the

largest components

• It is more effective to teach skills and concepts in L2 while

teaching L2 vocabulary

• It is more effective to teach skills and concepts in L1 while

teaching L2 vocabulary

• The underlying skills for L1 are different from those required

for learning the L2 - -----Answers----It is more effective to teach skills and concepts in L1 while teaching L2 vocabulary

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Noam Chomsky - -----Answers----Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT. He is credited with the creation of the Theory of Generative Grammar.

Jim Cummins - -----Answers----Came up with BICS and CALP one of the world's leading authorities on bilingual education and second language acquisition.

Denotation - -----Answers----Specific or literal meaning of a word, as opposed to its figurative senses or connotations

ESOL - -----Answers----English for Speakers of Other Languages

Discourse Analysis - -----Answers----Analyzing written or spoken language.

IPT (Idea Proficiency Test) - -----Answers----One of three state approved oral language proficiency tests. It may be used for identification/entry/exit and annual assessment.

Inclusion/"Push in" - -----Answers----When an ESL specialist goes into the mainstream classroom in order to work with the ESL student.

LAS (Language Assessment Scales) - -----Answers----One of three state approved oral language proficiency tests. It may be used for identification/entry/exit and annual assessment.

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