Carlos, an English learner, has enrolled in a public school in Pennsylvania. He has a rich vocabulary in Spanish, but limited English. Research suggests that a student who has a rich vocabulary in his first language will probably:
a) have more difficulty learning English than would a student with limited vocabulary in the native language
b) have less difficulty learning English than would a student with limited vocabulary in the native language
c) be confused by cognates
d) be confused by repetends
Ques. 2When 6-year-old Carla encountered a new word, she inferred its meaning by using the surrounding words and sentences. In that situation, the student used:
a) context clues
b) phonics clues
c) miscue analysis
d) discourse analysis
Ques. 3Irina, an English learner, recognizes many of the English words on her list because those words are similar to words in her native language. Similar words in two languages that have descended from the same language are known as:
a) repetends
b) morphemes
c) cognates
d) homographs
Ques. 4Because research suggests that students learn many words incidentally, teachers at the Cresco Elementary School have wisely decided to:
a) increase independent reading opportunities and provide direct vocabulary instruction
b) encourage students to express themselves in writing rather than speech
c) remove direct vocabulary instruction from the daily schedule
d) allow students to use cell phones during instructional periods
Ques. 5When his students encountered many unfamiliar words in the novel The Secret School, fourth-grade teacher Scott Daniel correctly chose to teach only the:
a) words with Latin roots
b) decodable words
c) most useful words
d) multisyllabic words
Ques. 6Sixth-grade students in Nancy Loving's class did not use context clues when they encountered unfamiliar words. The most effective way to teach these students about context clues would be to:
a) ask them to underline unfamiliar words as they read
b) develop a miscue analysis chart
c) have the teacher model use of context clues as she reads aloud
d) have the teacher form guided reading groups
Ques. 7Of the following, the best way to help English learners understand a new word would be to:
a) write it on the whiteboard
b) use it in a sentence
c) involve all six of the language arts
d) pronounce the word
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