ESL Test questions

Question 1

There has been an increase in immigrant students in a local junior high school (Santa Fe Jr. High) whose primary language is not English. The teachers asked the administration for training that would assist them in helping the new students. What type of training would assisst the teachers in terms of learning more about their students?

A. Submersion Training
B. Cultural Diversity Training
C. Motivational Training
D. Community Awareness Training

Answer 1

B. Cultural Diversity Training

Question 2

Mrs. Finegan knows that by providing positive attention to Marvin’s listening and speaking will help him:

A. Overcome speech repitition
B. Increase listening and speaking abilities
C. Increase listening abilities
D. Increase speaking abilities

Answer 2

B. Increase listening and speaking abilities

Question 3

When an teacher wishes to communicate with an ESL parent on a regular basis, she should use what type of communication?

A. Announcements
B. Newsletters
C. Conversations with parents
D. All the above

Answer 3

D. All of the above

Question 4

Mrs. Norvell always sets up stations in her classroom before she begins her science classes. She understands the importance of ESL students using a variety of manipulatives, demonstrations, and experiments. The materials are used to complement and support the lesson to help students better understand abstract ideas. Which of the following terms describe this type of instruction?

A. Material learning
B. Total Physical Response
C. Hands On
D. Learner Centered

Answer 4

C. Hands on

Question 5

Mrs. Norvell strives to create a climate in her classroom that is positive, encouraging, and low anxiety. Which of Krashen’s theories is she applying in her classroom?

A. Aptitude Hypothesis
B. Monitor Hypothesis
C. Input Hypothesis
D. Filter Hypothesis

Answer 5

D. Filter Hypothesis

Question 6

Mr. Guest overheard a mother talking her daughter in Spanish. Based on his observation, he can conclude that Spanish is the student’s:

A. Second Language
B. Primary Language
C. Interactional Language
D. Transitional Language

Answer 6

B. Primary language

Question 7

The manner in which words and other structural elements of a language are arranged to construct sentences is:

A. Lexicon
B. Syntax
C. Discourse
D. Phonology

Answer 7

B. Syntax

Question 8

Oral language activities should be incorporated as:

A. Skills that are taught in isolation
B. Skills that are taught on a one-to-one basis.
C. Skills to be learned after learning to read.
D. Skills to be learned along with reading and writing.

Answer 8

D. Skills to be learned along with reading and writing

Question 9

Which of the following practices would not be included when designing effective language and literacy instruction for second language learners?

A. Encourage only oral language
B. Create an academically challenging environment
C. Have high expectations for learning
D. Use non-verbal cues that include gesture and facial expressions

Answer 9

A. Encourage only oral language

Question 10

Carlos is a second year ESL student who loves his ESL teacher and enjoys going to his ESL class. He likes the other students in his class and enjoys the stories that his teacher shares. Field sensitive learners can be described by all of the following except:

A. Is attentive to persons and things in the environment
B. Analytic processing
C. Like a supportive environment
D. Socially preceptive

Answer 10

B. Analytic processing

Question 11

The Lau Remedies of 1974 made the identification of students whose primary language is not English and the evaluation of their English-language proficiency mandatory in all school districts. How is this accomplished?

A. Identified through Home Language Survey
B. Tested to assess English language proficiency
C. Test oral language proficiency
D. All of the above

Answer 11

D. All of the above

Question 12

Mrs. Tanner undertands that biliteracy includes the development of the:

A. The ability to write
B. The ability to read
C. The full range of understanding and skills appropriate for an educated speaker of two languages.
D. The ability to read and write in English.

Answer 12

C. The full range of understanding and skills appropriate for an educated speaker of two languages

Question 13

Mrs. Radomski records observations in a notebook she keeps on her desk. She takes time each day to observe her kindergarten students as they work in different centers in her classroom. She uses the information when she talks to parents about the progress the children. Which of the following is a running record of an observed behavior or behaviors over a period of time?

A. Check-list
B. Portfolio
C. Anecdotal Record
D. Rubric

Answer 13

C. Anecdotal record

Question 14

Mrs. Criswell introduces the new spelling list to her students by clapping hier hands for each syllable in every word. (ex. Foot-ball) The exercise is likely to help language development by:

A. Stressing letter/sound agreement
B. Prompting phonological awareness
C. Emphasizing vowel placement
D. Developing syntax

Answer 14

B. Prompting phonological awareness

Question 15

Language tests are given to students in order to assess a student’s progress in English. This information is helpful for the ESL teacher. The process of determining or analyzing a students’ performance level or level of language proficiency is called:

A. Inventory
B. Diagnosis
C. Measure
D. Analysis

Answer 15

B. Diagnosis

Question 16

Jose was observed talking to his friends during recess. He was overhead telling Carlos “the dude was driving fast going home.” After recess, Jose’s teacher asked him to share a moment that surprised him. He told the class “a man was accelerating as he drove home.” The meaning of the sentence was the same but delivered in a different way. This is an example of:

A. Social Language
B. Psycholinguistics
C. Function
D. Register

Answer 16

D. Register

Question 17

Marvin’s mother enrolled him into Santa Fe High School. When she enrolled him, she was concerned about the program that he would attend. The school shared that the district’s Bilingual education and English as a second language programs are located:

A. In separate facilities as designated by the district
B. In the regular public schools of the district rather than in separate facilities
C. In neighboring school districts with high limited English proficient populations (over 60%)
D. In neighborhood schools where they live in a special facility

Answer 17

B. In the regular public schools of the district rather than separate facilities

Question 18

As an ESL teacher, Ms. Ostermayer knows that it is important to invite, involve, and build on the participation of families and community in the classroom. To do this, she must find ways to:

A. Overcome fear of the new culture
B. Communicate in culturally responsive ways
C. Demonstrate cultural differences
D. Avoid culture shock

Answer 18

B. Communicate in culturally responsive ways

Question 19

Upon enrolling in school, ELL (English Language Learners) are tested to determine their ability to function in English. This is referred to as:

A. Linguistics
B. Language Proficiency
C. Function
D. Conversation

Answer 19

B. Language proficiency

Question 20

Mrs Balle is aware that the English Language Learners (ELL) students need extended wait time. She slows her rate of speech when introducing new vocabulary words. What type of instruction is characterized by strategies that have been developed to assure that language is adjusted to a simpler syntactical level; vocabulary is controlled; pacing of instruction is slowed; and the conceptual load is regulated?

A. Sheltered Instruction
B. Functional Instruction
C. Supportive Instruction
D. Communicative Language Instruction

Answer 20

A. Sheltered instruction

Question 21

Marvin says “He want now go eat.” Which linguist term best discribes this error?

A. Syntax
B. Morphology
C. Phonology
D. Semantics

Answer 21

A. Syntax

Question 22

Mrs. Patrick and Mrs. Tanner are discussing Santa Fe's ESL program.  There are several groups of students who speak different languages being served.  Mrs. Patrick remarked that Bilingual Education is relatively new to the educational system.  Mrs. Tanner shared that she had learned that there were school established many years ago to serve \_\_\_\_ speaking students.   Whigh language group did the public schools first serve?	
 	 A.	 Spanish
 	 B.	 Native American
 	 C.	 German
 	 D.	 French

Answer 22

C. German

Question 23

Students need to experience realia, real life objects, sounds, and aromas in an effective multicultural and multilingual environment. This means that is is important for an ELL teacher to egage:

A. All five senses
B. Sight
C. Hearing
D. Smell

Answer 23

A. All five senses

Question 24

Mr. Guest knows that students learn a second language by using what they already know about their first language. He has encouraged parents of his ELL students to have their children “play” (songs, rhymes, riddles) with the English Language. He does this because language is:

A. Acquired at a subconscious level
B. Thrives on informal atmosphere
C. Requires positive reinforcement
D. All of the above

Answer 24

D. All of the above

Question 25

Mrs. Scales utilizes portfolios to assess and monitor her ELL students acheivement during the school year. Portfolios are useful because:

A. They are easy to keep
B. They can be used as a self-assessment tool
C. Parents can see evidence of their child

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s progress
D. B and C only

Answer 25

D. B and C only

Question 26

Sometimes we find that parents of ELL students are reluctant to participate or interfere in the school experience which may be directly related to cultural beliefs or practices. Which of the following would be most effective in encouraging parenting involvement?

A. Provide tutorial activities
B. Plan parent workshops
C. Send notes home in the language used in the home
D. Communicate that parent involvement is a good way to encourage student success

Answer 26

D. Communicate that parent involvement is a good way to encourage student success

Question 27

Ms. Criswell, an ESL teacher, has a kindergarten class that has two level one English Language Level (ELL) students, three level two ELL students and five level five ELL students. She has invited the parents of the ELL students to school for a meeting to explain that they should encourage their children to “play” with their new language through songs, rhymes, and riddles. She also encouraged the parents to read to their children in the home language. Ms. Criswell shares with the parents that people learn a new language by using what they already know about their primary or first language and by going through some of the same stages of first language development. Why does Ms. Criswell encourage the parents to read to the children in the home language?

A. She wants the children to produce expressive language.
B. She wants the children to learn cognates.
C. She thinks that it will increase the use of idiomatic expressions.
D. She knows people learn a second language by using what they already know about their first language

Answer 27

D. She knows people learn a second language by using what they already know about their first language

Question 28

Mrs. Williams is a first-year ESL teacher assigned to a school in a predominately Chinese neighborhood; however, she does not speak Chinese. The school requires her to make home visits after the first six-weeks of school. What should Mrs. Williams do prior to making the home visits?

A. Send notes home to the parents in English
B. Identify a bilingual liaison to assist in making the home visits
C. Ask the principal to excuse her from making home visits
D. Find a child who speaks Chinese and some English to assist with the home visits

Answer 28

B. Identify a bilingual liaison to assist in making the home visits

Question 29

Mrs. Barker is preparing a math lesson for her second-grade class. She has three English Language Level ( ELL) students in her class. All three of the students have been assessed and their language proficiency has been recorded as Level I, Pre-Production. She has gathered manipulatives, realia, and plenty of visuals for the math lesson because she knows it will encourage student success. Mrs. Barker is trying to provide ___________ __________ for her students?

A. Pattern Language
B. Concurrent Language
C. Predictable Language
D. Comprehensible Input

Answer 29

D. Comprehensible input

Question 30

The ability to understand a message is:

A. Receptive language
B. Expressive language
C. Complex language
D. Context embedded language

Answer 30

A. Receptive language

Question 31

The ability to read and write with high levels of proficiency through the effective use of grammatical, syntactic, graphophonic, semantic and pragmatic system is demonstrating which of the following?

A. Phonological awareness
B. Literacy development
C. Alphabetic principle
D. Cognitive style

Answer 31

B. Literacy development

Question 32

A first year ESL teacher uses formal knowledges of the grammar system, phonetic decoding, and rules of usage in her classroom. What type of language approach is she using?

A. Cognitive Approach
B. Sheltered Approach
C. Whole Langauge Approach
D. Natural Approach

Answer 32

A. Cognitive approach

Question 33

According to the National Reading Panel, one way an ESL teacher can prepare children for reading and writing is to:

A. Build self esteem
B. Introduce them to the tools of literacy
C. Talk about real-life experiences
D. Read aloud to them

Answer 33

D. Read aloud to them

Question 34

Marvin and Scott are playing in the gymnasium before school. They stop and have a short discussion about the rules for the game. The sentences are short and the questions and answers seem to be complemented by facial expressions and hand gesturing. These children are speaking using which register?

A. Casual
B. Frozen
C. Intimate
D. Formal

Answer 34

A. Casual

Question 35

School districts in Texas shall by local board policy establish and operate a LPAC (Language Proficiency Committee). Which of the following should the district have on file?

A. Policy and procedures for appointment
B. Policy and procedures for training of members
C. Policy and procedures for selection
D. All of the above

Answer 35

D. All of the above

Question 36

When Mrs. Finegan introduces lessons in her ESL classroom, she makes sure that she uses visuals, gestures, and questioning to help the students with concepts that they do not understand. Language that a student is able to understand using this type of instruction (aid contextual clues such as body language, gestures, context, or prior knowledge) is known as:

A. comprehensible input
B. scaffolding
C. linguistic competence
D. content based ESL

Answer 36

D. Content based ESL

Question 37

The ability to carry on a conversation in familiar, predictable face-to-face situations is called:

A. Function
B. Language proficiency
C. Social language
D. Academic language

Answer 37

C. Social language

Question 38

What should administrators first determine prior to selecting a bilingual program?

A. Certified program staff
B. The student population that will be served
C. The state rules
D. The bilingual instructional methodology

Answer 38

B. The student population that will be served

Question 39

Teachers today believe that children should:

A. Write before they learn to read
B. Have control over oral language before they learn to write
C. Know how to read before they learn to write.
D. Be introduced to oral language, reading, and writing from their earliest years.

Answer 39

D. Be introduced to oral language, reading, and writing from their earliest years

Question 40

Language 1 (L1) and Language 2 (L2) have many similarities. Those are:

A. Both are developmental and have stages.
B. Both are at a subconscious level
C. Both focus on communication and meaning.
D. All of the above

Answer 40

D. All of the above

Question 41

When children who are learning a second language are making their first attempts at communication, recognizable imitating is usually:

A. Verbal
B. Nonverbal
C. Syllabic
D. Words Like

Answer 41

B. Nonverbal

Question 42

When identifying limited English proficient students, districts shall administer to each student in Prekindergarten through Grade 1:

A. A test of reading approved by the Texas Education Agency
B. A test of reading and math
C. An oral language proficiency test approved by the Texas Education Agency
D. A norm-referenced test approved by the Texas Education Agency

Answer 42

C. An oral language proficiency test approved by the Texas Education Agency

Question 43

Ms. Jackson knows that when positive attention is given a student regarding his/her listening and speaking skills, it helps the student:

A. Increase listening and speaking abilities
B. Increase listening abilities
C. Overcome speech repitition
D. Increase thinking abilities

Answer 43

A. Increase listening and speaking abilities

Question 44

Most language teachers advocate that

A. Language learning should be included in the teaching of social studies but not mathematics.
B. Language learning should be included in the teaching of mathematics but not science.
C. Language learning should be integrated across the curriculum
D. Language learning should only be taught in the study of language arts.

Answer 44

C. Language learning should be integrated across the curriculum

Question 45

Santa Fe ISD reports student progress to parents of the ELL children that participate in the progams that are offered at each campus at least __________________.

A. Weekly
B. Monthly
C. Annually
D. Semi-annually

Answer 45

C. Annually

Question 46

Level I Pre-production is the first stage of language acquisition. It is characterized by

A. Very good comprehension
B. Conversation
C. Comprehension and near native speech
D. Nonverbal production

Answer 46

D. Nonverbal production

Question 47

When an ESL teacher incorporates small group learning, which of the following should be used?

A. Arrange to ensure equal number of boys and girls
B. Change groups every two the three days
C. Experiment with different group compositions
D. Assign more difficult tasks

Answer 47

C. Experiment with different group compositions

Question 48

Mrs. Radomski is preparing a math lesson for her 3rd grade class. She has several ELL students in her class. Their language proficiency has been recorded as a Level I, Pre-production. Because of how important it is, Mrs. Radomski has gathered manipulatives, relia, and visuals to use for the math lesson. Mrs. Radomski should expect the ELL students in her class to respond to her questions during the lesson by:

A. Pointing, gesturing, or drawing
B. Completing fill in the blank responses
C. Answering in complete sentences
D. Raising their hands and answering orally

Answer 48

A. Pointing, gesturing, or drawing

Question 49

When Mrs. Patrick teaches math, she makes sure to use manipulatives and hands-on activities. The ESL students in her class are doing very well in math. They are able to do the same activities as the other students in the classroom. Language is best acquired when students are using it to learn something other than English. This statement applies to:

A. Best practice
B. Promoting Literacy
C. Content-based ESL Instruction
D. SDAIE (Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English)

Answer 49

C. Content-based ESL instruction

Question 50

When their is little or no expressive language, an ESL student is going through what period of learning?

A. Early Production Period
B. Pre-Production Period
C. Silent Period
D. Speech Emergence

Answer 50

C. Silent period