LET English Major Reviewer

For which is an Individualized Education Program (IEP)?

• Reinforcement of the foundation of learning

• Helping pupils to overcome their learning difficulties

• Developing learners’ potentials

• I, II, III

What should be done first before doing remedial instruction?

• Diagnose the difficulty

• Prepare remedial materials

• Plan the remedial instruction

• Group the pupils by gender

The following are remedial teaching strategies EXCEPT _____.

• Individualized Educational Program (IEP)

• Peer Support Programmed

• Reward Scheme

• Test and Drill

Is remedial instruction the same as special education?

• No, however, remedial instruction may include children with special needs if they are diagnosed with difficulty.

• Yes, both remedial instruction and special education serve learners that need help.

• It depends on the clientele of remedial instruction.

• No, they are far apart and not in any way related.

Which statement on remedial teaching is WRONG? Remedial teaching involves _____.

• Working systematically; observing, diagnosing, remediating, evaluating

• Working purposefully and intensively with a pupil

• Seeing to it that the pupil can remain at his/her school

• Re-teaching, reviewing, assessing

What does remedial instruction focus on?

• Content

• Skills

• Grammar

• Test

Which practices mean success for learners with reading difficulties?

• Be clear on what students must know, understand, and be able to do in to grow in their grasp of a subject.

• Build scaffolding leading to student success in these goals. Don’t dilute goals.

• Make use of several avenues of learning – make students hear it, sing it, read it.

For effective remedial instruction, work for learning-in-content. What does learning-in=content mean?

• Make students see how ideas and skills connect to their families and communities.

• Make students see how important concepts and skills are.

• Make use of problem solving.

• Avoid drills.

Which can increase the effectiveness of remedial teaching?

• Let the students know that you believe in him/her.

• Direct student to work harder whether s/he likes it or not.

• Do not allow him/her to play until s/he can do the task.

• Engage him/her in a continuous drill until s/he learns the skills.

Because reading remediation requires building skills rather than learning course content, which should reading trainers do?

• Minimize testing and grading

• Observe the student in the actual act of reading

• Make reading classes a grammar class.