ESOL GACE Prep - Subarea 5 (Methods)

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Which of the following activities would encourage authentic oral language production in ELLs? Group work, Oral quizzes, One-on-one interviews with teacher, Oral reports

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Group work

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Which of the following activities is probably the most meaningful for developing ELL’s communicative skills? Cloze procedure activities, Gap-filling activities, Role plays and skits, TPR

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Role plays and skits

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Which of the following instructions is appropriate for introducing a listening exercise to ELLs?
- Introducing the dialog with “Listen to the passage…”
- Presenting a speaker by stating his name and to whom he is related to in the class
- Stating the context of the passage being presented.
- Assigning five questions to be answered during the listening process by stating that they are a quiz.

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Stating the context of the passage being presented.

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Which one of the following activities would be the best option for teaching stress in speech?
- Have students listen to a text being read and follow the stress patterns marked in the textbook.
- Have students beat out the rhythm while listening to a text.
- Have students silently read a text and mark the stressed words.
- Explain the rules for stress in words and sentences in English.

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Have students beat out the rhythm while listening to a text.

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When the teacher is correcting a student’s speech, the teacher should: Repeat the student’s message but correcting it.

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Repeat the student’s message but correcting it.

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Which of the following types of correction is appropriate? Lexical correction. Correcting sentence semantic errors. Correction of overgeneralization. Correction of simplification errors.

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Lexical correction.

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When correcting written work, what is the most effective way for the teacher to correct the paper of her ELLs?

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Correct one example of different types of errors.

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Which of the following options is probably the most beneficial to ELLs who do not yet read in their native language? Options: Instruction based on needs., Involving the ELL’s family., Oral storytelling in the classroom., Using the same methods of instruction as used for native speakers.

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Instruction based on needs.

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Which of the following ESL goals is achieved when having ELLs retell a story? Options: ELLs are better able to understand the culture of the story. ELLs obtain practice in recognizing important story elements. ELLs are able to incorporate some of the language of the story in their speech. ELLs derive aesthetic pleasure from the story.

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ELLs are able to incorporate some of the language of the story in their speech.

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What is the best option for beginning reading instruction for ELLs who have reached the level of speech emergence in their native language?

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All ELLs benefit from beginning reading instruction in L2.