ESOL test
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In most cases, basic communication skills take markedly less time to develop than academic language skills. Which of the following scenarios best illustrates this phenomenon? |
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A. A student can use common idioms and slang but is often unable toconjugate verbs correctly.
B. A student can read and understand American short stories but cannot summarize them coherently. C. A student demonstrates perfect pronunciation but frequently omits articles and prepositions. D. A student speaks English fluently but is having difficulty understanding content-area lectures |
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The teacher's use of literature response groups and journals demonstrates a strong understanding that: |
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A. language development is an integrated process.
B. language instruction should emphasize oral development over written development. C. language development is a sequential process. D. language instruction should emphasize receptive language skills before expressive language skills. |
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To best support and encourage students' ongoing interaction with literature, it would be most effective for the teacher to: |
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A. help students learn how to select books that are likely to be comprehensible and of interest to them.
B. encourage students occasionally to read literature independently without talking or writing about it. C. monitor the reader response groups and journals and correct students' misconceptions about the books. D. make presentations to students aboutstandard guidelines for literary evaluation and criticism. |