ESL #154- Domain II

It is most important for a teacher who provides content instruction to ESL students to do 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

• Providing 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.

• Literacy 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 to use 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 the 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.

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

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) assesses the proficiency levels of ELLs annually.

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

A fifth-grade teacher is using the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model in a science class with both ELLs and native English speakers. Which THREE of the following practices should the teacher incorporate to be consistent with the SIOP Model for instruction?

• Using explicit instruction in vocabulary

• Requiring that most classwork be done independently

• Providing clarification in the first language

• Intertwining content and language goals in lessons

Kenny, an ELL, writes the following statement in his journal.

“My friend, which I met at college, comes from San Marcos, who is located near San Antonio, Texas.”

Based on the statement, Kenny will most benefit from further instruction in

• relative pronouns

• possessive pronouns

• reflexive pronouns

• indefinite pronouns