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Why are phonetic symbols important? ✔✔they can help your student visualize English sounds
Which of the following body parts contribute to the creation of sound? ✔✔tongue, lips, &
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Why are phonetic symbols important? ✔✔they can help your student visualize English sounds
Which of the following body parts contribute to the creation of sound? ✔✔tongue, lips, & hard
palate
How do vowel sounds differ from consonant sounds? ✔✔Vowel sounds involve less obstruction
of air
Which of the following are reasons why your students should practice reading out loud?
✔✔Improved self-correction, sharper focus & practice with intonation
What is a downside of round robin reading? ✔✔Some students find it embarrassing and get
anxious
Students do not get anything out of hearing the teacher read a text.
When students are connecting to the text, they are using higher-level thinking than when they
answers questions about the text. ✔✔False
True
How should you provide feedback to your students when they are presenting new ideas in
English? ✔✔Be honest, be specific, tell them what they can improve
According to Glasser, which of the following is an inherent need all humans require for
emotional health? ✔✔The need to belong
Which of the following are the two types of motivation? ✔✔Extrinsic & Intrinsic
Can a student's cultural background affect his or her learning? ✔✔Yes, because people learn
from the world around them
Which of the following are common barriers a new English language learner might run into?
✔✔. Getting used to letters and words instead of conceptual symbols
. Getting used to reading left to right
. Getting used to the order of adjectives and nouns in a sentence
What are cognates? ✔✔A word that has a common etymology with similar words in different
languages
TRUE or FALSE
. Breaking words down to their root parts is a great way to help students understand English.
. Students learning English for the first time should not be able to use translations in their native
language. ✔✔True
False
Which of the following are basic skills that students need to master to have English fluency?
✔✔Reading + Writing
What is phonology the study of? ✔✔The study of the sound and structure of language
Which of the following are common types of phonemes? ✔✔Vowels + Consonants
Which of the following terms describes a morpheme that is not dependent on other words and
carries meaning? ✔✔Free lexical morpheme
Which of the following are word forms of the word "go"? ✔✔Went & Goes
What part of speech describes an action or a state of being? ✔✔Verb
TRUE or FALSE
. A compound sentence is a sentence that is made up of one clause
. An adjective is a word that modifies a noun. ✔✔False
True
Which of the following words have antonymy? ✔✔Light and Dark
Day and Night
Why is phonemic awareness important no matter what native language a student speaks?
✔✔Phonemes are unique to a language
Which of the following are advanced reading strategies? ✔✔Summarizing, Sequences, &
Identifying main ideas
Why is reading considered an active process? ✔✔Because it requires effort
Which of the following are suggestions for teaching students to form letter-sound associations?
✔✔Assessment, Explicit instruction, & Multi-sensory teaching
What is decoding? ✔✔Rapidly turning written word into speech
TRUE or FALSE
. It is a good habit to ask yourself questions as you read a text.
. The first reading skill you should teach is how to compare and contrast. ✔✔True
False
Why is reading for purpose a higher level of thinking than comprehension? ✔✔Because reading
for purpose requires a comprehension of implicit ideas
Because reading for purpose allows students to extend meaning
Which sentence pattern does the sentence, "Samuel ran to the store," follow? ✔✔S-V-O
Which of the following are examples of independent clauses? ✔✔They went to the movies
She wants to go
Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence? ✔✔Myrtle drove to the store and
Calvin bought a soda.
Which of the following pairs provides a singular noun and its accurate plural form? ✔✔Knife -
Knives
Beach - Beaches
What is the word for the noun that a pronoun is replacing? ✔✔Antecedent
TRUE or FALSE
A verb always needs to have an object.b.In possessive nouns, possession is usually marked by an
apostrophe ✔✔False
True
Which of the following is an important component of persuasive writing? ✔✔Thesis
Support
Analysis
What is phonetic transcription? ✔✔Transcribing speech using phonemes
Which of the following are phonetic transcriptions? ✔✔allophonic transcription & comparative
transcription
Why should you use a text that is already transcribed in your transcription exercises? ✔✔So that
there is an answer key for comparison
Which of the following is an effective classroom transcription activity? ✔✔Students transcribe
alone
How does conversational English differ from formal English? ✔✔There is more use of slang and
improper language
TRUE or FALSE
Students need to understand all English idioms to understand conversational English.
Verb conjugation is an important part of conversational English. ✔✔False
True
Which of the following are steps in the paraphrasing process? ✔✔Reword, Recheck, Rearrange
According to Bloom's taxonomy, what skill requires the highest level of thinking? ✔✔Creating
According to behaviorists, what is it called when you give a student an F for not doing his or her
work? ✔✔Positive punishment
Which of the following, according to B.F. Skinner, is a method for dispersing reinforcement to
your students? ✔✔Variable ratio & fixed ratio
When you are planning backwards, what is the first thing you need to identify? ✔✔The
objectives
TRUE or FALSE
As a teacher, you should model desirable behavior for your students.
Lecturing is a great example of student-centered learning. ✔✔True
False
Which of the following are good tips for providing your students with constructive criticism?
✔✔Be honest, Be specific, Balance strengths and weaknesses
Which of the following is NOT an important trait of effective lesson objectives? ✔✔The
objective is written in first-person
Which of the following are typical categories for education standard to cover? ✔✔Reading for
information, Writing, Reading literature
What are cognitive objectives? ✔✔Objectives that measure a student's exploration of knowledge
Which of the following are common components of a curriculum? ✔✔Assessments, Standards,
Exemplar texts
Which of the following steps comes first in the curriculum process? ✔✔Planning
TRUE or FALSE
For a curriculum to be effective, teachers need to be able to revise it.
Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences refer to his ranking of which types of intelligences are
more important. ✔✔True
False
What is the purpose of varied instruction? ✔✔To appeal to the different strengths of your
students AND To appeal to different types of intelligence
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