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ELL/ESOL VIP Certification Practice Exam
ELL — This exam mirrors the Praxis English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) exam (Test Code 5362), administered by ETS and required for ESOL/ELL teacher endorsement in most U.S. states; the real exam contains approximately 120 selected-response questions administered over 2 hours, with passing scores varying by state (typically 155–162 on ETS's scaled score).
56
Questions
120m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 56👑 VIP
A 4th-grade ELL student named Amara has been in the U.S. for 18 months. She can hold casual conversations with peers on the playground with ease, but she consistently struggles with reading comprehension passages in science and social studies and cannot write coherent multi-paragraph essays. Her classroom teacher assumes she is 'fluent' because of her oral social skills and does not refer her for additional support. Which concept BEST explains the gap between Amara's social and academic language abilities?
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