What are the main student activities in Whole-to-Part phonics instruction?
a. all of the below
b. shared reading
c. word walls
d. guided reading
Ques. 2What approach to reading makes use of children's oral language and writing?
a. sociolinguistics
b. composition theory
c. language experience
d. literary theory
Ques. 3Certain psychological units in word construction are easier for children to break down than are the phonemic units. What are they called?
a. consonant and r-controlled vowels
b. onsets and rimes
c. diphthongs and digraphs
d. consonants and ordinary vowels
Ques. 4What takes place after reading in a shared reading lesson?
a. link literature to students' needs
b. response options
c. shared repeated readings
d. make predictions
Ques. 5Teachers can best support ELs emergent biliteracy development by:
a. not allowing ELs to use their native language when they enter school
b. not allowing ELs to use English when they enter school
c. allowing and valuing the use of the native language
d. separate EL students from native English speakers
Ques. 6Describe comprehensible input.
a. it is easiest in the language the student knows best
b. it provides paralinguistic clues
c. it involves linguistic modifications
d. all of the above
Ques. 7How long does it usually take for language minority students to use cognitively demanding, context-reduced texts?
a. 23 years
b. 57 years
c. 810 years
d. 1214 years
Ques. 8What is the major aim of schooling according to Cummins?
a. reduce the amount of native language use
b. reduce the accent of a non-native English speaker
c. manipulate and interpret cognitively demanding context-reduced text
d. use English exclusively for academic tasks