STR Oral Language and Listening Comprehension 2

Question 1

Which of the following describes the language comprehension component in Scarborough's Reading Rope?

Accepted Answer

A set of strands including background knowledge, vocabulary, language structures, verbal reasoning, and literacy knowledge

Answer

Scarborough's Reading Rope represents language comprehension as multiple strands that become increasingly automatic as they are woven together with word recognition strands.

Question 2

A pre-kindergarten teacher notices that several students speak mostly in two-word utterances while their peers are using full sentences. What is the most appropriate first step?

Accepted Answer

Conduct targeted oral language screening to determine the nature and extent of the gap

Answer

Before making referrals or designing intervention, the teacher should conduct systematic oral language screening to identify the degree and type of language delay, informing next steps.

Question 3

Which instructional strategy explicitly develops students' syntactic awareness?

Accepted Answer

Sentence combining exercises that teach students to join simple sentences into complex ones

Answer

Sentence combining directly develops syntactic awareness by requiring students to understand and manipulate grammatical structures to create more complex sentences.

Question 4

Why is background knowledge particularly important for reading comprehension?

Accepted Answer

It allows readers to make inferences, fill gaps, and build mental models of text meaning

Answer

Background knowledge provides the conceptual scaffold for inference-making and mental model construction, which are essential for deep comprehension.

Question 5

In the context of language acquisition, what is meant by 'decontextualized language'?

Accepted Answer

Language about topics, events, or ideas not immediately present in the here and now

Answer

Decontextualized language refers to language used to discuss things not present in the immediate context, such as past events, future plans, and hypotheticals, which is the type of language heavily used in academic settings.

STR - Science of Teaching Reading Practice Test

STR - Science of Teaching Reading Practice Test

STR Oral Language and Listening Comprehension 2