FREE TExES English as a Second Language Supplemental Questions And Answers

Question 1

A new class of ESL students is shown how to add the -ed ending to normal verbs to signify past tense. This is primarily relevant to:

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Morphology.

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Phonology.

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Semantics.

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Syntax.

Question 2

ESL students learn how to communicate effectively in English in order to get what they want and need in social settings. What branch of language is this usage under?

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Pragmatics

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Lexicon

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Semantics.

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Discourse

Question 3

Which of the following describes how ESL students acquire CALP?

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Context is progressively reduced for tasks using this language.

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Context is progressively increased in tasks using this language.

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New concepts are not presented together with this language.

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Higher order cognitive skills are not an issue for this language.

Question 4

Teachers and administrators anticipate an ESL student to perform better academically than he does based on his excellent English production and comprehension in peer dialogues. What is the most likely cause of the discrepancy between his performance and their expectations?

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The student has acquired BICS but not CALP.

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The student is not motivated for academics.

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The student has acquired CALP but not BICS.

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The student must be intellectually disabled.

Question 5

Which of these is required as part of an enrichment curriculum for K–12 students under the Texas Education Code's Essential Knowledge and Skills?

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physical education

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social studies

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mathematics

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the sciences

Question 6

Which type of classroom instruction is required for ELL students in accordance with the Texas Administrative Code's English Language Proficiency Standards?

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ESL instruction integrated with content-area instruction

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ESL instruction preceding content-area subject teaching

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ESL instruction following teaching content-area subjects

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ESL instruction separately from content-area instruction

Question 7

To "provide intensive and ongoing foundational second-language acquisition instruction to ELLs in Grade _____ or higher...at the beginning or intermediate level of English language proficiency," according to the TEA's English Language competence Standards, is one of the duties placed on school districts.

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3

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2

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4

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K

Question 8

After moving to America, it takes around ______ for ESLs to attain the language acquisition skills indicated by BICS.

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Six months to two years

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No determined duration

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Individually unique times

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From five to seven years

Question 9

If ESL students have mastered scientific _______ principles in their home languages, they can transfer these to English so that they can converse about science concepts.

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Discourse

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Syntactic

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Pragmatic

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Semantic

Question 10

Which of the TESOL criteria is most relevant when experts urge teachers to employ cooperative learning strategies with ESL students?

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Designing lessons in thematic units for teaching a topic in depth

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Aligning content with mainstream units and their comfort level

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Selecting core concepts or units from a content area to explore

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Choosing reading materials for student ESL proficiency and age