BTLPT Bilingual Education Pedagogy 3

Question 1

Which assessment approach is most appropriate for measuring a bilingual student's academic language proficiency in Spanish?

Accepted Answer

Criterion-referenced academic language tasks aligned to grade-level content standards

Answer

Criterion-referenced academic language assessments measure specific grade-level skills and content knowledge, accurately reflecting bilingual academic proficiency.

Question 2

Additive bilingualism, a goal of quality bilingual programs, means:

Accepted Answer

Students develop a second language while maintaining and strengthening the first

Answer

Additive bilingualism develops a new language as an enrichment without replacing the first language, leading to stronger outcomes than subtractive bilingualism.

Question 3

Which Texas assessment is used to determine the initial language classification of potential English learners in Texas schools?

Accepted Answer

LPAC process including a home language survey and oral proficiency assessment

Answer

The LPAC (Language Proficiency Assessment Committee) process uses the home language survey and oral language assessments to classify students as English learners.

Question 4

A bilingual teacher uses 'think-alouds' during Spanish reading instruction. What is the purpose of this strategy?

Accepted Answer

To model the internal reading comprehension strategies proficient readers use

Answer

Think-alouds make invisible comprehension processes visible by having the teacher verbalize their thinking while reading, modeling strategies students should internalize.

Question 5

What does the research on cross-linguistic transfer suggest for bilingual learners?

Accepted Answer

Literacy and academic skills transfer across languages, supporting learning in both

Answer

Cummins' common underlying proficiency model shows that academic skills, literacy strategies, and conceptual knowledge transfer across languages.

BTLPT - Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test Practice Test

BTLPT - Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test Practice Test

BTLPT Bilingual Education Pedagogy 3