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Which of the following words has a pronunciation in the Boston accent that is the most different from standard American English pronunciation?
- Pears
- Car
- Ice
- Immunity

Car
*car is pronounced like cah in the Boston accent*

Which literacy term best identifies with being careful with vocabulary choice and sentence structure so words are in the correct order when writing?

Syntax

How does a student's level of oral vocabulary impact their decoding and reading abilities?

A student with a large vocabulary is more likely to recognize whether or not they have decoded a word correctly.
*Example, if you are unfamiliar with the word "wander," you will not be aware of whether or not you have decoded it correctly*

Which of the following descriptions best describes the linguistic term language acquisition?

Learning a first or second language as a process, either piece by piece, or through a total immersive experience

An English learner states the following in his informal presentation to the class:
"Today I'm gonna talk about the culture and traditions of Italians. First, I'll discuss a little about the history of the country, and on the other hand, I'll describe how history affected the current culture."

What element of discourse is the learner struggling with?

Discourse markers
*uses a discourse marker, "on the other hand," inappropriately*

Which is the first phonological awareness skill that students will most likely be able to do?

Showing awareness that the word "ball" sounds like "fall" and "tall"

Mr. Kirkpatrick is beginning a unit on morphology with his third-grade class. In order for his students to be most successful in using and manipulating morphemes, he should begin his unit with which activity?

A review of basic morphemes like /ing/, /s/, or /ed/.
*By third grade, students should have a decent understanding of morphemes. Teacher needs to review class knowledge before beginning his lesson to asses what needs review and what students already know*

Strategies that help ELLs internalize new vocabulary:

-Visual organizers
-making associations with their L1 language
-finding patterns in language

When is it acceptable for a student to use sentence fragments?

- During spontaneous verbal exchange.
- During a brainstorming session on a topic.

When a teacher is working with students on their intonation pattern, the teacher is dealing with which level of language?

Pragmatics

An ESL teacher is explaining to students how language is used to express thoughts, feelings, and meaning. He explains how certain words reflect cultural meanings and emotions and can influence our concepts.

Which of the following universal principles of language is the teacher likely to reference?

Language is a social tool

(NOT language is reflexive because that means we can use language to reflect on language and its qualities)

What is the study of existing sounds in a particular language called?

Phonology

Which of the following sentences is an example of a British dialect?

"Do you want a sarnie or bangers and mash?"
*a "sarnie" is a thick bacon sandwich and "bangers and mash" is a dish of sausages in mashed potatoes*

(NOT "Get me a pop and a beaver tail from Timmies, eh?" because that is Canadian dialect. Pop is soda and a beaver tails is a Canadian pastry)
(NOT vegemite toast for brekky!" because that is Australian dialect. Vegemite is a yeast spread is brekky is slang for Australian breakfast)

What type of sound awareness best describes the ability to recognize that "hand," "heart," and "happy" all begin with the same sound?

Phoneme identification

Which of the following is an effective method of learning an unfamiliar word in a text?

Sounding out the word using phonics and syllabication skills

An author who has strong skills in clarity of writing will be able to do which of the following?

- Organize information and use transitional words.
- Use precise language specific to his audience.

(NOT correctly cite sources when necessary or vary his sentence structure)

What concept involves understanding that spoken words consist of a sequence of individual sounds?

Phonemic awareness
*ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words*

The student has shown frustration in his progress because he feels many words are easier to say than to spell. She encourages the students to continue trying to pronounce words and write them correctly. Mrs. Johnson's encouragement most accurately reflects the knowledge that:

Language skills are interrelated and do not develop sequentially.
*teacher is aware if one area of English proficiency is neglected, the remainder of the areas will suffer as well*

(NOT the phonetics of some words are reflected in their spelling because the opposite is true in this case, such as words like "bright" is pronounced /brit/)

It is important for ESL teachers to teach English learners when it is appropriate to respond to questions, ask questions, stay silent, and follow politeness rules. These are all elements of which of the following?

Discourse
*function of language in a social context*

An ELL student who is new to the United States might be surprised to learn that people use different words to describe the same thing, such as yard sale vs. garage sale, tennis shoes vs. sneakers, and garbage can vs. trash can, across the country.
These differences in word choice can be attributed to variations in:

Dialect
*form of language specific to a region of community. Same thing to be referred to in different ways*

Exposition discourse

Used to explain, analyzing a character or a situation, defining a term, giving directions, or explaining something to the reader. Most magazine articles, editorials, and textbooks are written in this style.

What competency is demonstrated by identifying the four sounds that form the word "help"?

Phoneme Segmentation

Which of these abilities is the weakest connection between strong oral language skills and strong writing abilities?

The ability to decode new words in a text.
*decoding new words is an oral language skill, but it's not as immediately connected to strong wiring skills*

(NOT ability to understand organization and text structures, ability to use grammatical structures correctly, ability to write longer paragraphs about a topic)

A student is able to distinguish the structure and form of words. This level of language development is called

Morphology

A standard language is the language:

Utilized and accepted by formal institutions, like governments.

(NOT labeled as the country's official language by the government)

Mrs. Summerville is teaching a unit on synonyms and antonyms. Her instructional activities would best cover what concept?

Semantics
*synonyms and antonyms are part of semantics, or the study of word meanings in a language*

What skill is not part of phonological awareness?

Letter awareness

An ELL student wrote the following in her journal for class:
"My parents grew up in the small town in Mexico. They moved to United States when I was one year old."
The student makes a mistake in her use of:

Articles
*are the words a, an, and the. Articles are used with nouns to define the specificity of the noun*

Which of the following would be the best activity for students struggling with phonemic awareness?

Have struggling students practice phonemic activities specific to the area in which they are behind.

Which of the following areas of language development are most likely to be influenced by the sociocultural background of a child?

The manner in which the child presents and organizes oral narratives.
*some organize oral narratives around association or analogy while others may organize oral narratives around a central topic*

(NOT the length of time necessary to master public speaking or ability to write stories or ease of learning new vocab words)

Which of the following activities could be expected in a multi-level ESOL classroom?

An activity in which each student has a separate role customized for his or her ability level.

(NOT an activity that has been designed for a student at the average level because its not beneficial for the lower level or advanced level students)

What best describes the native language or dialect of a specific group of people?

Vernacular
*the native language or dialect of a specific group of people*

Which of the following activities best promotes students' understanding of how oral language relates to literacy?

Modeling the writing of words or phrases.
*students need to repeatedly see and hear words in both their printed and spoken form*

English learners (ELs) in early childhood environments often require direct instruction in literacy development. One pedagogical strategy a teacher can use to improve academic language outcomes in young children is to:

Create activities that incorporate language that will be used outside of the classroom.

(NOT allow extra time within lessons for processing content in English because it doesn't necessarily increase fluency in English in a classroom setting)

What is most important in promoting reading comprehension across all content areas?

Oral reading fluency.

Jose, an ELL from Mexico, says to his classmate, "I have 13 years." The ELL's statement is best characterized as:

Lexical error.
*lexical error involves inappropriate direct translation from the learners language to English. In Spanish, one's age is expressed using the phrase "I have ___ years." The ELL student is attempting to directly translate from Spanish*

Which of the following words changes its meaning and pronunciation depending on whether it is used as a noun or an adjective?

Invalid.
**pronounced IN-valid when it is used as a noun to mean "a person disabled by illness or injury." Pronounced in-VALID when used as an adjective to mean "being without foundation in fact, truth, or law")

Pragmatics is the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of language in practical situations. Which of the following would be a pragmatic meaning of the sentence "Can you pass the ketchup?"

A request for the listener to give the questioner the ketchup.
*the words literally ask if the listener is physically able to pass the ketchup, but the question is a pragmatic request to hand over the ketchup*

How does oral language development affect reading comprehension?

Reading comprehension is enhanced by promoting oral language.

What statement accurately represents an aspect of phonological awareness related to literacy development?

Reading new words requires a student to be able to sound out words by breaking them into parts.

A dialect is different from a standard language in all of these ways except:

A dialect blends words and structures of multiple standard languages.
*dialects are variations on the standard language rather than a mixing of different languages*

A middle school teacher teaches a group of intermediate-level English learners about prefixes and suffixes.
How is this activity most likely to promote students' English language development?

This activity will increase vocabulary and syntactic understanding.
*helps the students to understand new words and change the tense and/or part of speech*

(NOT This activity will increase their understanding of semantics)

Which of the following is least important for reading comprehension?

Accuracy when required to read aloud to class.
*nervousness and other factors could negatively affect their comprehension*

Which of the following statements about phonemic awareness is most accurate?

Phonemic awareness is an early indicator of students becoming strong readers.

In which region of the United States do residents pronounce the English word "fog" as "fahg"?

Northern region.

A second-grade teacher conducting a phonics lesson reads the words "kite," "bike," and "recite" aloud and has students write and discuss the use of these words. The greatest benefit to this strategy is it:

Discusses vowel rules in a realistic context familiar to students.

"Hey mate! Watch out for crikey mikeys! They like to hide in the bushes and bite when provoked!"
Which of the following dialects does this sentence represent?

Australian English.

Mr. MacMillan has a new ELL student in his English class. The new student knows very little English. When should Mr. MacMillan should begin implementing writing assignments for the student?

The first day of school.
*all language skills are integrated and should be learned together*

(NOT after the student has 100 word oral vocabulary because there is no minimun number of words to be mastered prior to beginning writing)

When an English language learner is learning how to write words he knows how to say in English, what is the most important aspect of the English writing system he should remember?

Written English is not based on phonetics of the spoken English.

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