Praxis -ESOL

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Which of the following IPA symbols represents the sound of the consonant cluster /ng/ in the word swing? [O], [ae], [n], [f]

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[n]

Front

Which of the following would most likely explain why a student is having problems being understood when she says the words think, wreath, the, ruthless?

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She is not distinguishing between the voiced & unvoiced /th/ sounds.

Front

In which of the following would a speaker most likely have rising intonation?
Options:
Please bring some bread.
I am afraid.
Frankie & Johnny are waiting outside.
Do you want to watch a movie?

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Do you want to watch a movie?

Front

The underlined part of the word rebuilding is

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a stem or root.

Front

Which of the following statements is/are true? A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language. All words are morphemes, but not all morphemes are words. An affix is a free morpheme. Both A & B are true statements.

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Both A & B are true statements.

Front

Syntax is concerned with which of the following? how words are combined to convey meaning, stages of second language acquisition, ensuring transfer of language skills from L1 to L2, how words are formed into phrases or sentences

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how words are formed into phrases or sentences

Front

Semantics could be applied to which aspect of everyday English? Options: the use of quotation marks in quoted speech, the use of idioms, the pronunciation of vowels, the use of commas with conjunctions

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the use of idioms

Front

Which of the following statements, said while eating Cajun food for the first time at a friend's house, would suggest that an ESOL student has a good grasp of connotative understanding? Options: This cuisine is delicious., This slop is delicious., This feed is delicious., This stuff that people and animals eat is delicious.

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This cuisine is delicious.

Front

A Spanish speaker who says, " I have fifteen years," when asked how old he is, is likely to make a mistake because of

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interference

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Pragmatics is concerned with

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meaning in context.