ESL 154 Competency 01 & 02

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It would be most appropriate to use a formal language register for which of the following types of oral presentation? Texting a friend, Presenting a talk at a town meeting, Composing a wedding toast for your best friend, Writing the lyrics to a song

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Presenting a talk at a town meeting

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An ESL teacher notices that Jorge, an ELL, says things like "I have a lot of homeworks" and "I want to buy my mom jewelries." What does this indicate a need for further instruction on?

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Noncount nouns

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Mr. Kini, an elementary teacher, has several intermediate-level ELLs in his class. During workstation time, all students participate in language workstations. Station 1 has several stacks of note cards with a word written on each card. Students use the cards to make sentences. What is the primary focus of the station?

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Focus on understanding syntax

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The primary goal of the assessments is to:

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Determine students' abilities to distinguish between sounds

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If a student is asked to write the word 'whale' and spells it 'wale', what might the student's level of spelling be?

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phonetic

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To effectively teach all the components of a word such as "incomprehensible" and to convey its meaning, it is necessary for ESL teachers to use their knowledge of:

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Morphology and Semantics

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In most cases, basic communications skills (BICS) take markedly less time to develop than academic language skills (CALP). Which of the following scenarios best illustrates this phenomenon? A student pronounces English perfectly and has strong receptive skills in English. A student speaks social English fluently but is having difficulty understanding content-area lectures. A student understands English, but is hesitant to communicate in English. A student is bilingual, biliterate and bicultural.

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A student speaks social English fluently but is having difficulty understanding content-area lectures.

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Krashen's second language acquisition theories have NOT been influential in promoting language teaching practices that focus on: Communication not form, Allowing students a silent period, rather than forcing immediate speech production, Eliminating native language in the home, Creating a low-anxiety environment

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Eliminating native language in the home

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Current research suggest that the most appropriate way for a teacher to respond to an EL who mispronounces a word is to

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Model the EL's response using the correct pronunciation.

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Ms. Frank, the principal, passes one of the ESL students in the hallway at school and says "Hello, Chang." The student responds, "Hey, what's up Ms. Frank?" Based on his response, Chang will most likely benefit from further instruction in:

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language registers