ESL Self Test

The direct object of a sentence answers the 'who' question.

Reading and re-reading grade level text increases fluency.

Nominative is a form or construction of similar function or meaning

A personal pronoun (me, she, he) that is used as an object is an object pronoun. Ex. They see me.

The verb tense 'perfect' means that something has finished or been perfected.

Any progressive tense of a verb will likely have the 'ing' ending.

'Had walked' is an example of which verb tense?

'Morph' means sound.

What is a phoneme?

Which of the following is a voiceless phoneme?

Which expresses the Threshold Hypothesis by Cummins in 2000?

Which is not one of Krashen's Hypothesis?

Expressive language describes the unspoken words that have been learned.

Natural Order Hypothesis states that language is learned in a logical order and teaching/teachers cannot alter the natural way language is learned. For example, learning present tense first.

Content Academic Language Proficiency takes 7-10 years if there was no first language skills.

Social Register which is the variety of language based on who we're speaking to is most like code switching.

BICS is Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

Stephen Krashen created each language acquisition hypothesis except the Monitor Hypothesis.

Early exit from a bilingual program means 2-5 years

A transitional bilingual program that exits a student to an all English program after six to seven years is described as an early exit.

TPR stands for Total Physical Response

Grammar being taught through whole body actions is an example of Total Physical Response which is an example of Comprehension Approach

CALLA stands for...

The video clip that featured elementary school children outside measuring their shadows was an example of which approach that involves language development, content area instruction, explicit instructions and learning strategies as primary focus? This approach allows the need for academic language to emerge from the content. It is great for ELLs with social skill, but are struggling with academic language of those who are having trouble transferring concepts from their native language.

Which of the following describes the reading strategy where a dialogue exists between the teacher and the student? This involves a segment of text where the purpose is to construct the meaning of text (comprehending). The student takes on role as teacher and actively predicting, clarifying, questioning, and summarizing. (This helps us to teach less and help our students learn more.) There were two-three videos that featured African American students discussing concentration camps and foreign students discussing Sensei and POWs.

Recently, a lion was killed in Africa. Some reporters pronounce his name as Cee-cil and some can be heard pronouncing as Ceh-cil. This is an example of a difference in...

The video that demonstrates this concept featured and Af-Am female teacher who listed ideas, yes, and no on the board. She filled in characteristics (rough, coarse, silky, smooth, etc.) and students had to figure out what she was thinking; texture. This allows students to construct meaning of a new word as was demonstrated in the video featuring four young Teachers who began with the reading of a book and students threw out different animals to in the end up figure out the definition of reptiles. What is the concept/approach that uses yes'es and no's? (In another example, a teacher listed candy veggies pizza water and soda and the students had to deduce that she was distinguishing between healthy and unhealthy items.

Which of the following is not an example of an ESL Instructional Model?

Which of the following describes the CALLA Cycle of Instruction?

Which is not a characteristic of the Constructivist Theory?

LPAC is a requirement of chapter 89.

The LPAC is the advocate for the student and is responsible for identifying other programs such as GT or CTE along with the best instructional model for language.

A campus administrator meaning a principal, vice principal must be on the LPAC as of 2013 as well as a parent of student who is enrolled in the bilingual or ESL program. Meeting notes and documents are confidential.

LPAC is required to meet within the first 15 school days of the student's enrollment.

Which is untrue of LPAC?

How is an exited ELL/Bilingual student coded in PEIMS?

LPAC committee can inform the RTI committee although they are not required there or on the 504 committee.

Which is not one of the required LPAC meetings?

The parent representative on the LPAC can be an employee and the LPAC must meet at least twice during the school year.

The LPAC must monitor exited students for three years.

Which court case used the Lau vs. Nicholas precedent in 1974 and determined that the ESL program must be based on sound pedagogical theory, must be staffed by qualified personnel and must be evaluated for effectiveness. This case was the result or a lawsuit against the Raymondville School District.

The 1923 Case also known as the Siman Act determined that it is lawful to teach foreign language. The Meyer vs. Nebraska case involves all of the following except:

Lau vs. Nichols involved all except:

Which is true of the cloze procedure?

Which of the following characteristics describes a student at an advanced level?

Strong supporter of the Functional Approach. COGNITIVISM

Acquisition of a second language can only be promoted in one way - comprehensible input. Messages must be prsented or encoded in a way that the message is easily understood (pictures, visuals, gestures and facial expressions work to make language more easily understood).

word formation

Students new to the English language should not be forced to communicate. Students should be allowed to build up linguistic competence by active listening via the comprehensive input (they need confidence). The language should emerge naturally

Speech variety understood by all speakers; educated speech; language of the group in power.

Internalize grammatical structures in a predictable order. Errors are signs of develpmental processes

Integration with the dominant group, meeting new people and new cultures.

Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing

Comes naturally via learning (formal setting) by explicit presentation of rules and grammar, classroom instruction, concious process. And via acquisition (informal setting) subconscious process, similar to the way children acquire their native language. (If info is meaningful, it will be internalized. If it doesn't make sense, it can not be internalized).

Mini-lessons are short lessons which focus on a single skill. This is a good way for the teacher to model writing strategies. Teachers can write along with the students on the same topics or choose a model which will effectively communicate the strategy being targeted.