Praxis 5362

Makoto, a high school ELL, was in the school hallway speaking to his peers using an informal register with a good deal of slang. When Ms. Richards, his math teacher, approached him while he was with his friends, Makoto immediately spoke to her in a highly formal register. This is an example of

• back-channeling

• convergence

• self-repair

• feedback

Which of the following activities most effectively uses technology to provide writing practice in English in an intermediate ESL classroom?

• Having students correspond by e-mail with a pen pal whose native language is English

• Having students use a computer to copy English sentences from a textbook

• Having students use a software program that displays direct translations from the ELLs' native language

• Having students write basic directions in English for using a computer program

In daily lessons, Ms. Peterson, an ESL teacher, uses vocabulary words and sentence structures that her students have seen before. Additionally, she incorporates words and structures that they have not yet studied. Ms. Peterson is using the concept of

• comprehensible input

• natural order

• positive transfer

• self-monitoring

___________ occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages. In this context, the speaker used manubrio in the speaker's native language while speaking in English for the rest of the exchange.

• Code-switching

• Hypercorrection

• Language loss

• Extralinguistic context

_________ reflects the belief that one must give up one’s original culture in order to fit into the mainstream culture.

• assimilation

• acculturation

• accommodation

• encapsulation

Ms. Lee uses a fill-in-the-blank grammar test to assess her ELLs' knowledge of verb tenses. Which of the following terms best describes this type of testing?

• Objective

• Portfolio

• Subjective

• Holistic

Which assignment presents discrete practice in forming compound and complex sentences?

• Rearrange the following sentences to create a logically sequenced composition.

• Write a paragraph in which you explain how to make an omelet. Include the following words: eggs, milk, mix, beat, frying pan, first, then, finally.

• Study this photograph of a sports car. Together with a classmate, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of owning such a car. Then write a list of the points you would include in an advertisement to encourage people to buy the car.

• Combine the following pairs of sentences using "and," "so," or "because."

Which assignment would rely most on the student's recognition of a topic sentence and supporting ideas?

• Rearrange the following sentences to create a logically sequenced composition.

• Write a paragraph in which you explain how to make an omelet. Include the following words: eggs, milk, mix, beat, frying pan, first, then, finally.

• Study this photograph of a sports car. Together with a classmate, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of owning such a car. Then write a list of the points you would include in an advertisement to encourage people to buy the car.

• Combine the following pairs of sentences using "and," "so," or "because."

Consider the following sentence:

“Do you know the geographic location of the North and South Poles?”

Which of the following best represents the primary stress pattern a native speaker of standard American English would use in pronouncing the word “geographic”?

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One feature of a two-way immersion program is that it promotes

• subtractive bilingualism

• sheltered content instruction

• additive bilingualism

• immersion in English