Quiz 3 Week 7: Integration of Skills

Question 1

Having students work with assigned jobs within small groups so that they can have authentic discussions using academic vocabulary discussing key concepts is which of the six strategies for teaching ELLs across content areas?

A) Connect content to ELL’s background knowledge
B) Provide comprehensible input for ELLs
C) Make lessons auditory, visual, and kinesthetic
D) Use cooperative learning strategies
E) Modify vocabulary instruction for ELLs

Answer 1

D) Use cooperative learning strategies

Question 2

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Gibbons (2015) has noted that scaffolding does not occur by accident. It is an intentional and strategic process that requires teachers to know students’ learning needs deeply and from a variety of angles so that appropriate support can be provided.

By Yin Gao

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following statements belongs to the Progressive approach for language learning?

A. Develop not only their students’ linguistic, socio-cultural, sociopolitical and raciolinguistic awareness and engagement, but also develop their students’ multilingual and plurilingual competences through community
project-based language learning experiences and solidarity work.

B. Equal emphasis should be given to the promotion of the four language skills: Listening, reading, speaking, and writing as well as viewing in three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. Learners need to interact using oral or written language to decipher meaning. Educators following the communicative approach often provide opportunities for interaction, collaboration and integration of skills.

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Answer 3

B