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ESOL Praxis Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Metathesis

a)

when sounds are rearranged in a word (iron vs iern)

b)

the addition of sounds to a word

c)

the omission of sounds in a word

d)

the substitution of one sound for another

2.

CALP

a)

Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

b)

Conversational Language Acquisition

c)

Contextual Academic Language Practice

d)

Comprehensive Academic Language Proficiency

3.

Information-Processing Theory

a)

Miller

b)

Piaget

c)

Vygotsky

d)

Skinner

4.

Intonation

a)

the way the voice rises and falls in speech

b)

a type of punctuation used in writing

c)

the speed at which someone speaks

d)

the volume of a person's voice during a conversation

5.

Aural skills

a)

listening skills, audible skills

b)

visual skills, reading skills

c)

tactile skills, kinesthetic skills

d)

cognitive skills, analytical skills

6.

Reliability

a)

Are all judges grading the test in the same way?

b)

Is the test measuring what it is supposed to measure?

c)

Are the test results consistent over time?

d)

Is the test easy to understand for all students?

7.

Assimilation

a)

the minority adopts the dominant culture while retaining its own

b)

the minority gives up its own culture to acquire a new culture

c)

the minority influences the dominant culture without losing its own

d)

the minority creates a new culture that blends elements of both

8.

η

a)

"ng" sound

b)

"m" sound

c)

"k" sound

d)

"t" sound

9.

Transcription

a)

a way to visually represent sounds

b)

a method of sound amplification

c)

a technique for sound distortion

d)

a process of sound elimination

10.

Performance Based

a)

grading performance of language and content through presentations and portfolios

b)

assessing written exams only

c)

evaluating group discussions without presentations

d)

measuring attendance and participation in class

11.

Interference (Negative Transfer)

a)

when language learners incorrectly apply the rules of their native language

b)

when language learners perfectly apply the rules of their native language

c)

when language learners ignore the rules of their native language

d)

when language learners create new rules that do not exist in either language

12.

Minimal Pair

a)

words or phrases that differ in one phonological element and have different meanings (kind of like rhyming-just one sound is different)

b)

words that are identical in sound but differ in meaning

c)

phrases that have the same meaning but different spellings

d)

words that rhyme with each other but have no relation in meaning

13.

Morpheme

a)

the smallest unit of meaning in a language

b)

a type of phoneme

c)

a grammatical structure

d)

a sentence fragment

14.

IPA

a)

International Phonetic Alphabet

b)

International Phonetic Association

c)

International Phonetic Acronym

d)

International Phonetic Analysis

15.

Pragmatics

a)

examines the meaning in context

b)

focuses on sentence structure

c)

analyzes phonetic sounds

d)

studies historical language changes

16.

Digraph

a)

one sound represented by 2 letters

b)

a single letter representing a sound

c)

a combination of three letters

d)

a sound that is silent in a word

17.

Convergence

a)

strategies to adapt to or accommodate the other's communication styles

b)

a method of increasing communication barriers

c)

a technique for avoiding misunderstandings

d)

a way to enhance individual communication skills

18.

Verb tenses

a)

Quizizz Practice

b)

Grammar Rules

c)

Tense Consistency

d)

Subject-Verb Agreement

19.

Connotation vs. Denotation

a)

Connotation-emotional association of a word

b)

Denotation-a word's actual dictionary definition

c)

Connotation-literal meaning of a word

d)

Denotation-the implied meaning of a word

20.

Integrative Motivation

a)

motivated by getting to know people who speak the language

b)

driven by the desire to achieve high grades

c)

focused on mastering grammar rules

d)

interested in learning for travel purposes