ESL Certification Practice Quiz

Which of the following is most important for effective second-language acquisition?

• Engaging in social activities and meaningful interactions

• Memorizing and practicing frequently used words and phrases

• Interacting primarily with the teacher and other adults

• Learning with various structured and rote activities

Which of the following statements is primarily true about the relationship between a student's first and second-language acquisition?

• Cogninitive development in L1 should be discontinued through the elementary years in order to achieve cogniitve and academic success in L2

• Cognitive development in L1 should be limited through the elementary years in order to achieve cognitive and academic success in L2

• Students who receive formal schooling in L1 do better at acquiring L2 than students with no schooling in L1

• Students who receive formal schooling in L1 do worse in acquiring L2 than students with no schooling in L1

It is most important for a teacher who provides content instruction to ESL students do to which of the following?

• Expect the ESL students to remain academically behind their peers

• Discourage ESL students from using nonstandard English

• Provide lower-level content instructional materials to the ESL students

• Incorporate content materials that are culturally relevant to the ESL students

Hanh, a Vietnamese student, has been in the United States for eighteen months. She is progressing in her schoolwork, but she rarely speaks to her classmates or teachers. Which of the following is the best action for the teacher to take to help increase Hanh's oral proficiency in English?

• Partnering Hanh with an English-speaking peer during oral discussions and presentations

• Incorporating daily lessons on social interactions that include role-playing

• Providing Hanh with a list of common phrases in English for her to memorize and practice

• Provide individual social lessons for Hanh to practice speaking until she is comfortable

Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the transfer of literacy knowledge and skills from L1 to L2?

• Literacy instruction should be confined to L1 to prevent negative transfer between L1 and L2

• Literacty instruction should be confined to L2 to prevent negative transfer between L1 and L2

• Literacy experiences developed in L1 with native language scaffolding have a positive impact on literacy development in L2.

• Literacy experiences developed in L1 through home reading activities have a negative impact on literacy development in L2.

Which of the following is the best strategy to help ELLs when having phonetic struggles?

• Presenting small group lessons on digraphs, consonant blends, and vowel sounds

• Focusing on context clues and word structure analysis during read-alouds

• Integrating activities with high-frequency words into learning centers

• Modeling think-aloud strategies during guided reading

An ESL teacher wants to use graphic organizers to help ELLs understand expository texts. Which FOUR of the following graphic organizers are best for this purpose?

• Venn diagram

• Time line

• Thinking map

• Story map

• Word web

An ESL teacher finds it difficult to set aside time to observe the specific academic language proficiency of the ELLs in the classroom. Therefore, the teacher makes notes on ELLs' progress as it is observed during natural course of the school day. The teacher is primarily using

• an anecdotal log

• a formal assessment

• a performance-based assessment

• a portfolio

Martin, a fifth-grade ELL who is a beginning reader, is having difficulty understanding an idiom encountered in his assigned fiction reading. After the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom, the best strategy for helping Martin remember the idiom is to have him

• translate the idiomatic language into his native language

• draw a picture of what the idiomatic language describes

• use a dictionary to find and copy the literal meaning of the idiom

• find other instances of idiomatic language in English writing

Which of the following statements most accurately identifies state-mandated Limited English Proficient (LEP) policies?

• ELLs who meet requirements and exit the special language program are monitored for one year

• School districts that have at least two ELLs at one grade level must provide ESL services

• The Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) asseses the proficiency levels of ELLs annually

• The identification and placement of ELLs occurs within the first four weeks of their enrollment in school