WorksheetsPraxis -ESOL
Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 36mins
Which of the following IPA symbols represents the sound of the consonant cluster /ng/ in the word swing?
[O]
[ae]
[n]
[f]
Which of the following would most likely explain why a student is having problems being understood when she says the words think, wreath, the, ruthless?
She is not distinguishing between the voiced & unvoiced /th/ sounds.
She has problems making /r/ sounds.
She is not putting stress on the correct syllables.
She needs more instruction in semantics.
In which of the following would a speaker most likely have rising intonation?
Please bring some bread.
I am afraid.
Frankie & Johnny are waiting outside.
Do you want to watch a movie?
The underlined part of the word rebuilding is
a bound morpheme.
an affix.
a dipthong.
a stem or root.
Which of the following statements is/are true?
A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language.
All words are morphemes, but not all morphemes are words.
An affix is a free morpheme.
Both A & B are true statements.
Syntax is concerned with which of the following?
how words are combined to convey meaning
stages of second language acquisition
ensuring transfer of language skills from L1 to L2
how words are formed into phrases or sentences
Semantics could be applied to which aspect of everyday English?
the use of quotation marks in quoted speech
the use of idioms
the pronunciation of vowels
the use of commas with conjunctions
Which of the following statements, said while eating Cajun food for the first time at a friend's house, would suggest that an ESOL student has a good grasp of connotative understanding?
This cuisine is delicious.
This slop is delicious.
This feed is delicious.
This stuff that people and animals eat is delicious.
A Spanish speaker who says, " I have fifteen years," when asked how old he is, is likely to make a mistake because of
morphemes.
pronunciation.
metathesis.
interference
Pragmatics is concerned with
the way the voice rises & falls in speech.
how humans produce sounds.
meaning in context.
how words are constructed into phrases or sentences.
While her class is working on a science project, the teacher overhears a native English speaker and a Spanish-speaking ESOL student communicate using an impromptu simple language that seems to have both English and Spanish words. What would their "language" be called?
a pidgin
a social dialect
a regional dialect
Universal Grammar
In an ESOL classroom, the teacher makes an effort to use authentic audio materials that feature English speakers from England, India, Australia, and the United States as well as nonnative English speakers from Europe and Africa. Which concept would explain why this is a good strategy?
Interlanguage
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model
Language Experience Approach (LEA)
World Englishes
Which of the four components of communicative competence would involve understanding the appropriate way for a student to speak to the principal while visiting a class at school?
linguistic competence
sociolinguistic competence
discourse competence
strategic competence
Why are Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) usually easier for ESOL students to acquire than Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) skills?
Students can study BICS in textbooks at home.
Jim Cummins developed BICS to be easier than CALP.
ESOL teachers stress BICS over CALP.
BICS are more often context driven, whereas CALP requires more advanced knowledge & skills.
Which of the following sentences is/are correct?
You and he should go to the store.
You and him should go to the store.
Stand and him should go to the store.
Both B and C are written correctly.
A student writes the following sentence on the board: I am going to beach tomorrow. What is the sentence mistakenly missing?
future verb tense
adverbs
determiners
a subject
Which sentence uses the present perfect verb tense?
He's been there a few times already.
Katrina thinks the present is perfect for her mother.
Juan is going to drive home tomorrow.
Sean leaves at 8:00 am everyday.
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
Wrapping packages for the soldiers, the kid woman tightly rolled the T-shirts to see how much space remained for the homemade cookies.
wrapping packages for the soldiers
the kind woman
to see how much space
for the homemade cookies
Which sentence is correctly labelled according to its structure?
The grandchildren and their cousins enjoyed their day at the beach. (compound)
Most of the grass has lost its deep color, despite the fall lasting into December. (simple)
The members who had served selflessly were cheering as the sequestration ended. (complex)
Do as you please. (complex)
Which sentence, written by a student, contains a mistake in apostrophe usage?
Stereos used to be a lot bigger.
I can't see the sign from here.
David's bag is still in the car.
Its' paw is hurt.
In which stage of Piaget's cognitive and linguistic development theory is a child most likely to narrate the process she is using to construct a fort with blocks?
sensorimotor
preoperational
concrete operational
formal operational
According to behaviorists, how are children encouraged to string together groups of syllables to form words?
by being provided with rewards and incentives for speech
by being continuously corrected in their attempts at speech
by being continuously spoken to by the adults around them
by being provided with previously learned patterns of sound
Which of Krashen's hypotheses from the monitor model stresses the importance of language as a series of patterns for learners to internalize?
acquisition-learning hypothesis
affective-filter hypothesis
monitor hypothesis
natural order hypothesis
How does Noam Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar differ from the behaviorist theories that existed before his?
It assumes an innate, genetic capacity to learn language.
It explains how children are exposed to language prior to birth.
It supports the hypothesis that children are born as blank slates.
It is used to demonstrate how children learn to understand phonemes
During which stage of first-language acquisition do children first begin using words with intentional meaning?
babbling
one-word stage
two-word stage
multiword stage
Jamie has just moved from Mexico to Texas, where is mother enrolled him in an ESOL class. A few weeks in, Jamie is still reluctant to speak because he mixes in words from his first language with the English he is learning. Which of the following linguistic behaviors is Jamie demonstrating?
code-switching
cognate awareness
difficulty with accent
language interference
Mrs. Holly has noticed that Ana usually substitutes the /h/ sound each time the /j/ sound should be used in a word. What should she do in order to help Ana develo her pronunciation skills?
Teach Ana about code-switching.
Plan activities that focus on Ana's accent.
Create lessons that teach Ana about cognates.
Discuss Ana's trouble with transfer with a colleague.
Mr. Swenson is trying to help Jacque work through his silent period and begin speaking more in class. What should he do to encourage Jacque's speech?
Assign students in Jacque's class individual oral reports.
Take Jacque aside and work with him privately on speaking.
Tell Jacque that if he does not begin speaking in class he will fail.
Set up a rotation of small-group activities for Jacque's class.
Why do second-language learners develop an interlanguage?
to overcome first-language dominance
to show proficiency in first and second languages
to move past fossilization of second-language acquisition
to help them move forward in their second-language learning
What are some of the factors that may lead to differences in morpheme acquisition order in English language learners?
gender and cognitive interference
age and first-language interference
cognitive and first-language interference
nonlinguistic mental capacities and gender
Lucia enjoys listening to songs in English. She memorizes the choruses and sings them to herself throughout the day, taking note of words that she does not recognize and integrating phrases from the songs into her everyday language practice. When asked about the songs she likes, Lucia can respond in single words and short phrases but still struggles to compose complete sentences. What stage of second-language acquisition might Lucia be in?
preproduction
early production
speech emergence
intermediate fluency
Xiang is highly motivated in his English class. He strives for high grades, rarely misses an assignment, and asks thoughtful questions in class. How can Xiang's teacher continue to encourage his motivation?
by allowing him to skip an assessment
by having him complete easier assignments
by providing him with small-group opportunities
by giving him assignments to complete on his own
Anja has been in Ms. Becht's ESOL class for the past two years and has shown little interest in learning English. She does not participate in group activities and rarely has her assignments completed when she gets to class. Despite many attempts are rewarding Anja for participating and turning in her work, Ms. Becht has made little progress with her. What strategy should Ms. Becht try to motivate Anja?
Allow Anja to create an assignment for herself to complete.
Have Anja working in small groups in order to encourage her to speak.
Provide Anja with a list of simple vocabulary words to memorize and recite.
Design a contract in which Anja can earn homework passes for turning in her work.
Mr. Horn has noticed that Miguel regularly ignores the h in many words. He would like to focus specifically on helping Miguel create the /h/ sound when speaking. What should Mr. Horn do to help Miguel with his /h/ sounds?
Speak more slowly when working with Miguel.
Use only short sentences when speaking to Miguel.
Create a list of h words that Miguel does not know and have him recite them.
Pronounce familiar h words correctly and have Miguel repeat them.
Which of the following is an example of using comprehensible input to increase student vocabulary?
Students are provided with a list of vocabulary words that focuses on a central theme.
Students generate a list of questions regarding vocabulary that they would like to know.
A teacher narrates what she is doing as she shows students how to work a math problem.
A teacher assigns a short reading paragraph that incorporates both familiar and unfamiliar words.
Which of the following scaffolding techniques is least effective in presenting new content to students learning English?
using modified reading materials
previewing vocabulary prior to a lesson
providing students with an outline for notes
performing regular checks for understanding
Which classroom activity would best help students to understand phonemes?
having students map out the syllables in sentences they create
asking students to sound out words they hear and write them down
asking students to write down all the ways they know how to create the /f/ sound
having students break down the words of a story they hear into individual sounds
Which assignment would allow students to practice applying the standard conventions of written English?
editing a friend's history essay
reading a novel for a literature class
discussing how to write a lab report
writing a rough draft of a research paper
Ms. Worth has asked her students to write an updated version of their favorite Greek myth. What genre of writing should she review with them before students begin the task?
expository
descriptive
narrative
procedural
Mylee is interested in doing extra credit for her science class. Her teacher tells her to write a report about the chemical reactions that occur between metals & acids. Which rhetorical pattern is Mylee being asked to write in?
argumentative
cause & effect
listing
problem & solution
Mrs. Holtz has decided to try the Language Experience Approach (LEA) to developing literacy with her ESL class. She pulls students one by one to her desk and has them tell her a story about what they did over their weekend. As students tell the story, Mrs. Holtz writes down what each child says. She makes sure that her written words match the vocabulary that the student uses. She then has the children swap papers with classmates to read about what they have done over the weekend. As Mrs. Holtz walks around the room, she notices that the students are struggling to read each other's papers. Where in her implementation of the LEA did Mrs. Holtz make a mistake?
She has students tell her what they did over the weekend.
She writes down what the students tell her about the events.
She uses the same vocabulary in the writing as the students use in their speech.
She has students swap papers to read about their classmates' weekends.
During which stage of literacy development are students likely to discuss what they are reading in order make sense of the text?
emergent
early
transitional
fluency
Why are students with strong phonological awareness f their native language more likely to suceed in learning to read English?
They have advanced reading levels in their native leanguage.
They have greater exposure to second-language vocabulary.
They have a higher likelihood of knowledge transfer between languages.
They have superior oral skills development in their native and second languages.
Which of the following activities uses the direct method of second-language instruction?
Students are paired together to write a short story.
Students read a play together with each student taking a role.
Students choose a topic from a teacher-provided list and have a discussion about it.
Students give oral presentations on research they have done for their science classes.
In order to ensure that she is using the natural method correctly, Mrs. Holmes must do which of the following?
provide specific targeted vocabulary
require students to speak in the target language
provide instruction in the students' first languages
make specific corrections to grammatical errors
Why do some language theorists and instructors OPPOSE the grammar-translation method of foreign language instruction?
Students are taught in their native languages.
Students do not learn to write in the target language.
Students acquire vocabulary through reading exercises.
Students are not required to speak in the target language.
Mr. Hanson's students are learning new vocabulary that they might use in everyday conversation. They listen to a recording once, repeating each line after the speaker. As students recite back what they have heard, Mr. Hanson praises the pronunciation of some students while ignoring that of others.
What method of instruction is Mr. Hanson practicing?
audio-lingual
induction
direct method
grammar-translation
Karla has been practicing interactions she will have with friends at her new school. She has been working to understand idimatic expressions & rehearsing their use in casual conversation.
What is Karla working to improve?
communicative competence
morpheme acquisition
phonemic awareness
rhetorical patterns
Which of the following would be considered task-based instruction?
students listen to songs on the radio, select a song, & rehearse the lyrics; they use the chorus of the song as a conversation starter
students translate passages from their favorite short stories; they trade papers with a partner and read each other's papers
students organize a classroom party using their target language; they create a detailed plan, distributing responsibility and mapping out activities
students read aloud to one another from texts provided by the teacher; then they take turns asking one another questions about the text
Mrs. Rose would like to try total physical response with one of her classes. Which class would this method MOST benefit?
students who are preparing to exit ESOL instruction
students who are in their first year of ESOL instruction
students who demonstrate advanced speaking & listening skills
students who demonstrate intermediate intermediate reading & writing skills
Which of the following manipulatives is NOT commonly found in a Silent Way classroom?
Cuisenaire rods
Fidel charts
sound-color charts
translation charts
Ms. Ortega is a new ESOL teacher, and she has been assigned to provide push-in instruction to students in an 8th grade English Language Arts class. Which of the following activities would NOT be a good use of Ms. Ortega's specialized training?
helping her co-teacher grade multiple-choice quizzes from the language learners in her class
creating differentiated materials for language learners in the classroom
contributing to the co-teacher's lesson plan and helping her to execute it with the language learners in the classroom
working with a small group of English language learners to understand a difficult passage in the novel the class is reading
Pull-out ESOL instruction is most commonly found in which academic setting?
preschool level
elementary school
middle school
high school
What is unique about the SIOP model of instruction?
Students are in a classroom with their peers for only some of their content studies.
Students are in a self-contained classroom in which they learn both content and language skills.
Teachers work in pairs to provide students with content and linguistic instruction in a single classroom setting.
Teachers travel with language learners from class to class and work with them in their content classrooms.
According to the SIOP model, how frequently should students' learning be assessed.
daily
weekly
monthly
biannually
Which of the following statements is a clearly written language objective?
Students will learn about the Battle of Antietam.
Students will write a summary of their science lab.
Students will identify and define the adjectives used in a character description.
Students will listen to two pianists' interpretation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
Mr. Carson wants to conduct a classroom experiment to see how many students are able to get an inflated balloon from one side of the room to the other without using their arms, legs, or mouths. He has set some obstacles in the room for students to get around, including a large blue tarp on the floor that he has labeled quicksand. Any student who touches the quicksand is automatically out.
What kind of cognitive strategy should MR. Carson model for students before allowing them to complete the activity?
comprehension strategy
problem-solving strategy
reasoning strategy
writing strategy
Which of the following strategies is NOT intended to aid students in activating prior knowledge?
asking questions about the content
introducing vocabulary before content
using graphic organizers, diagrams, and outlines
listening to an expert speaker discuss the content
Ms. Perry is teaching a lesson on the grammatical structure of compound-complex sentences to one of her intermediate ESOL classes. What linguistic area is she focusing on?
content-based instruction
discrete language skills
integrated language skills
task-based instruction
Why are students usually slower to gain cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) than they are to learn basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS)?
Students are provided vocabulary words to study while they are learning BICS.
Students are not provided with any interpersonal context to assist them in developing CALP.
BICS relies entirely on facial cues, which students are familiar with because of their first language.
CALP calls for a greater use of higher-order thinking skills because of a reduction of contextual clues.
Which of the following activities involves the use of semi-authentic materials?
Students watch several television commercials and compare the products being advertised.
Students read a newspaper article and create a list of questions that they would ask the reporter.
Students watch an adapted version of Taming of the Shrew and discuss the plot and characters in the play.
Students read a series of ad campaigns for local politicians and discuss which mayoral candidate they think would be best for the city.
Which of the following is considered a best practice for working with ESOL students?
Provide students with written instruction.
Avoid the use of students' native languages in instruction.
Correlate academic and linguistic standards whenever possible.
Speak at a conversational pace to help students acclimate to conversation.
Melvil tries to participate in his ESOL classes each day. However, he finds it difficult to focus when there is no movement involved in the lesson. What kind of learner is Melvil likely to be considered?
auditory learner
kinesthetic learner
tactile learner
visual learner
Mr. Osborne is working on a banking and finance unit with his students. he is hoping to create some hands-on activities that will simulate real financial transactions. What might Mr. Osborne use in his lessons to make students' experiences feel more authentic?
Internet websites that discuss banking procedures
audio recordings of a person's interaction with a bank teller
realia such as deposit slips and account statements
a computer software program that simulates what bank accounts look like
Mikko is motivated by his grandson's enthusiasm and enjoyment of his English lessons. He has decided to take lessons as well. What is likely to be the outcome of Mikko's lessons.
He will become fluent in English if he persists in practicing.
He will learn to read and write in English but is unlikely to speak the language.
He will learn to speak and understand English but is unlikely to read or write it.
He will gain proficiency in English with practice but will not become completely fluent.
How does the affective domain influence language learning?
It controls students' emotional responses to learning experiences.
It controls students' physical capacities to produce speech and writing.
It controls students' reasoning capacity to understand and transfer linguistic knowledge.
It controls students' conceptual ability to comprehend how elements of language work together.
After administration in different settings and under different conditions, an assessment has been shown to produce consistent outcomes.
What quality does this assessment demonstrate?
practicality
construct validity
reliability
content validity
Which of the following assessments can be used to measure language proficiency in all four common language domains?
BSM II and BINL
BINL and LAS
LAS and IPT
IPT and BSM II
Which is the key purpose of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965?
to establish equal educational opportunity for all students
to hold schools accountable for student performance
to legally require school districts to administer language placement tests
to identify students whose primary language is not English.
Which is the one way that the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) differs from the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)?
The federal government will take the lead in establishing accountability guidelines and measures that are compulsory for all states.
States are provided with the authority to designate & provide programs for students who face societal or environmental obstacles to optimal learning.
The federal government will no longer require states to demonstrate accountability in relation to student achievement due to new laws passed by Congress
States are provided more authority to establish accountability guidelines and measures appropriate to the specific educational needs of their student populations.
Mr. Williams has presented a student with for pictures of a cat and asked the student to point to the picture that shows the cat sleeping.
Which best explains the language skills Mr. Williams is assessing?
receptive language skills
productive language skills
social language skills
expressive language skills
Which of the following choices states the main purpose of a standardized test?
to provide a holistic measure of student progress along the continuum of the school year
to provide a formal measure of student achievement using predetermined and established scoring material
to provide an informal measure of student ability based on observations of student progress
to provide a measure of student achievement in a context that incorporates creativity, innovation, insight, and collaboration
