STR Oral Language and Listening Comprehension

Question 1

According to the Simple View of Reading, which of the following is a key component of language comprehension?

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Background knowledge and vocabulary

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Phonological recoding

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Print concepts

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Phoneme segmentation

Question 2

Which of the following classroom practices best develops oral language skills in early elementary students?

Accepted Answer

Structured academic conversations with sentence frames and partner talk

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Worksheets requiring students to circle correct answers silently

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Independent silent reading of leveled books

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Teacher read-alouds with no discussion

Question 3

A teacher reads aloud daily to her first-grade class and pauses to ask inferential questions. This practice primarily supports:

Accepted Answer

Oral vocabulary and listening comprehension

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Phonemic awareness development

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Print concept acquisition

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Phonics pattern recognition

Question 4

Which statement about the relationship between oral language and reading is most accurate?

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Strong oral language skills, especially vocabulary and grammar, support reading comprehension

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Reading development is independent of oral language skills

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Oral language only matters for early decoding, not for later comprehension

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Written language is processed through entirely separate cognitive systems from oral language

Question 5

Which is the best example of a dialogic reading strategy during a read-aloud?

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Using CROWD prompts such as Completion, Recall, Open-ended, Wh-, and Distancing to actively engage students

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Reading the entire book without stopping to maintain narrative flow

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Asking students to listen quietly and raise their hand if they hear a rhyming word

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Assigning a drawing activity after the read-aloud as a comprehension check

Question 6

Which listening comprehension skill is most directly targeted when a teacher asks: 'What was the author's main message in the passage we just heard?'

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Identification of the main idea from an oral text

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Literal recall of stated facts

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Evaluation of the author's writing style

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Sequencing events in chronological order