LET REVIEW - Remedial Instruction in English

For which is an Individualized Education Programme (IEP) ?

I. Reinforcement of the foundation of learning

II. Helping pupils overcome their learning difficulties

III. Developing learner’s potentials

• I only

• II only

• III only

• I, II and III

Is remedial instruction the same as special education?

• No, however, remedial instruction may include children with special needs

  if they are diagnosed with difficulty.

• Yes, both remedial instruction and special education serve learners that need

  help

• It depends on the clientele of remedial instruction

• No, they are far apart and not in any way related

Which statement on remedial teaching is WRONG?

Remedial teaching involves

• Working systematically: observing, diagnosing, remediating, evaluating

• Working purposefully and intensively with a pupil

• Seeing to it that the pupil can remain at his/ her school

        

• Re-teaching , reviewing and assessing  

What does remedial instruction focus on?

• A. Content

• B. Skills

• C. Grammar

• D. Test

Which practices mean success for learners with reading difficulties?

I. Be clear on what students must know, understand and be able to do in

order to grow in their grasp of a subject?

II. Build scaffolding leading to student success in those goals. Don’t dilute

the goals.

III. Make use of several avenues of learning- make students hear it, sing it,

read it.

• I, II

• II and III

• I, II and II

• I and II

For effective remedial instruction, work for learning-in -the- context. What does

learning-in-the-context mean?

• Make students see how ideas and skills connect to their families and

  communities

• Make students see how important concepts and skills are

• Make use of problem solving

• Avoid drills

Which can increase the effectiveness of remedial teaching?

• A. Let the student know that you believe in her/him

• B. Direct students to work harder whether she likes it or not

• C. Do not allow him to play until he can do the task

• D. Engage him in a continuous drill until he learns the skill

Because reading remediation requires building skills rather than learning course

content, which should reading trainers do?

I. Minimize testing and grading

II. Observe the student in the actual act of reading

III. Make reading classes a grammar class

• A. I and II

• B. II only

• C. III only

• D. I, II and III

One of the strategies to help struggling writers in the secondary level is explicit teaching of the structure and language features of written genres. Which of the following procedures explicitly teach the genres?

• Asking students to read the different text types

• Making students write specific text type each day.

• Conducting a text analysis of the specific text types.

• c. Conducting a text analysis of the specific text types

Which of the following should a teacher do prior reading remediation?

• a.     Conduct an interest inventory through a questionnaire.

• Thoroughly assess and evaluate students.

• Administer an informal reading inventory.

• Design a material reading program.