ESOL Abbreviated Praxis Practice Test

An ELL approaches the ESOL teacher and says, "Give me a piece of paper." The ELL's utterance is best characterized as an error in

• article usage
• word order
• register
• conugation

Which of the following terms refers to how the level of a language learner's negative feelings and motivation correlates to his or her ability to acquire new language skills?

• deductive reasoning
• extrinsic reinforce
• affective filter
• self-regulated learning

Mr. Lewis, a new ESL teacher, is evaluating several assessments that were used by the previous ESL teacher. Because of the diverse cultural backgrounds of his students, Mr. Lewis wants to ensure that the assessments he chooses to incorporate into the curriculum do not exhibit any cultural bias. Which of the following is the most appropriate questions for Mr. Lewis to use as a guideline when screening the assessments for cultural bias?

• Was the ESL teacher who designed the assessments fluent in more than one language?
• Will the students need a high level of sociopragmatic competence to complete the assessments?
• Are the scores that students received on the assessments in the past reliable?
• Do the assessments separate content-area learning from language learning?

A worksheet's instructions read: "In the sentence above, which word would you emphasize when speaking to answer the questions below." The primary purpose of the worksheet is to provide instruction on

• morphology
• stress
• intonation
• syllabication

Which of the following court cases resulted in a ruling that district-implemented programs for ELLs must be evaluated for effectiveness?

• Lau v. Nichols
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plyer v. Doe
• Castañeda v. Pickard

An ESL teacher plans to evaluate the students' midyear progress by referencing various examples of their work taken from the current semester. Which of the following will most accurately assist the teacher in assessing the students' English-language development?

• Standardized test scores that demonstrate ESL students' academic performance in specific content areas
• Report card grades and comments from all content area classroom teachers
• Individualized portfolios that include all essays, presentation rubrics, and tests
• A norm-referenced midterm exam that was recently administered to ESL students

Subtractive bilingualism is most likely to occur in second-language learners who

• have difficulty understanding content-area vocabulary
• have little opportnity to continue using their first language
• work to maintain the customs of their home cultures
• had limited formal schooling in their home countries

Which of the following makes the greatest use of activie participation, including gestures and body movement?

• Grammar Translation
• Total Physical Response
• Suggestopedia
• The Direct Method

The following is based on an excerpt from an ELL's essay about a summer job: Mr. Hunter also a good president. Since Mr. Hunter had big confidence, he led the company fluently. The errors in the second sentence primarily involve

• word choice
• word structure
• word order
• word spelling

Listen to an ESOL student read the following sentence aloud: He finally went to bed. (Student pronounces "bed" as "bet.") The error in pronunciation in the word "bed" indicates a problem with

• final intonation patterns
• places of articulation
• voiced and voiceless sounds
• word stress patterns