ESL 154 Comp 003

1. 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

2. An ESL teacher is trying to determine the language proficiency level of an EL new to her. The student has some ability to understand English and uses high-frequency vocabulary. They are most likely ___ in their proficiency level.

• Beginner

• Intermediate

• Advanced

• Advanced High

ELs need ____ accommodations to help them when learning grade-level academic content.

• proficiency

• TEKS

• linguistic

• communicative

Teachers of ELs are responsible for all of the below EXCEPT _____.

• language acquisition

• advocacy

• L1 instruction

• content acquisition

An ESL teacher wants to support his ELs by integrating technology into the classroom. He wants to focus on the students' oral language development. Which technology program might be the most helpful?

• Kahoot! a quiz game

• Newsela a program that supports literacy development

• Google Slides a program that supports presentations

• Seesaw a program that has video recording ability

6. Integrating technology into the classroom can support ELs by which three of the following?

• allowing for immediate communication and feedback

• intrinsically motivating students

• replacing the classroom instruction

• enriching the learning experience

7. Common sheltered instruction practices include all of the following EXCEPT for ____.

• Language & content objectives

• Visuals, demonstrations, & realia

• Repetition of information with gestures

• Memorizing grammar rules

8. Sheltered instruction includes TWO key components.

• Increases social language

• Comprehensible input

• Uses culturally relevant material

• Builds academic language

9. The ELPS includes four components: Introduction, District Responsibilities, Student Expectations (SEs), and Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs). Teachers use the PLDs to determine proficiency levels for each of the ___.

• learning strategies

• domains

• accommodations

• components

Mr. Jones's 4th-grade class is studying the Battle of the Alamo. Mr. Jones pre-teaches the academic vocabulary and has his ELs watch a video prior to the lesson. What additional strategies would help support beginner and intermediate ELs?

• graphic organizers to connect information to background knowledge

• native language support on the lesson

• writing journal entries after the lesson

• memorization of the battle's facts