MTEL Sheltered English Immersion & Second Language Acquisition 2

Question 1

Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) is best described as an instructional approach that:

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Makes grade-level content accessible to ELLs through language supports while teaching in English

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Delivers all content in the student's native language until English is mastered

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Removes academic language demands so students can focus on basic English communication

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Separates ELL students from mainstream content instruction entirely

Question 2

A teacher posts both a content objective ('Students will explain the water cycle') and a language objective ('Students will use sequence words such as first, then, and finally') for every lesson. This is a key requirement of which model?

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Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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Response to Intervention (RTI)

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Understanding by Design (UbD)

Question 3

Using realia (real objects), photographs, and graphic organizers to reduce the language burden for ELL students is an example of which category of SEI strategy?

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Contextualization and comprehensible input strategies

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Native language support techniques

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Phonics-based decoding instruction

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Explicit direct grammar instruction

Question 4

An SEI teacher deliberately increases 'wait time' after posing a question primarily to:

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Give ELL students additional time to process the question and formulate a response in English

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Signal to students that the question is especially difficult

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Prevent higher-achieving students from dominating classroom discussion

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Allow the teacher time to rephrase the question in simpler language

Question 5

Pre-teaching key vocabulary before a reading lesson is an SEI best practice primarily because it:

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Reduces cognitive load so students can focus on content comprehension during reading

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Replaces the need for students to encounter vocabulary words in authentic context

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Allows students to skip challenging sections of the assigned text

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Eliminates the need for any vocabulary review or extension after reading

Question 6

Cooperative learning structures benefit ELL students in an SEI classroom primarily by:

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Creating structured, lower-anxiety opportunities to practice academic English with peers

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Reducing the academic expectations and rigor placed on ELL students

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Grouping students by native language so they can translate materials for each other

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Replacing teacher-directed instruction with unsupported peer instruction

Question 7

Which instructional strategy involves a teacher verbalizing their internal reasoning aloud while reading or problem-solving, making invisible cognitive processes visible to ELL students?

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Think-aloud modeling

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Reciprocal teaching

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Total Physical Response (TPR)

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Language experience approach