CTEL CTEL English Literacy Development 3

Question 1

Morphological awareness instruction benefits English learners most directly by helping them:

Accepted Answer

Derive word meanings from prefixes, roots, and suffixes

Answer

Morphological awareness allows students to analyze word parts (e.g., un- + predict + -able) to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the 'language experience approach' (LEA) in literacy instruction for ELs?

Accepted Answer

Students dictate personal stories that become their reading material

Answer

In LEA, students dictate stories from their own experiences; the teacher transcribes them, and those texts become reading material, connecting oral and written language.

Question 3

A teacher uses a 'think-aloud' strategy while reading a complex informational text to English learners. The PRIMARY literacy goal of this strategy is to:

Accepted Answer

Model metacognitive comprehension strategies explicitly

Answer

Think-alouds make invisible comprehension processes visible, explicitly modeling how proficient readers monitor and repair understanding.

Question 4

Which text structure signal word would help an EL student identify a cause-and-effect relationship in informational text?

Accepted Answer

Consequently

Answer

'Consequently' signals that what follows is a result or effect of something previously stated, marking a cause-and-effect text structure.

Question 5

According to research on English learner literacy, which factor most strongly predicts long-term reading achievement in English?

Accepted Answer

Strong oral language proficiency in English

Answer

Research consistently shows that oral language proficiency—vocabulary, syntax, and discourse—is the strongest predictor of long-term reading comprehension for ELs.

CTEL Exam Practice Test

CTEL Exam Practice Test

CTEL CTEL English Literacy Development 3