Describe WebQuests.
a. inquiry-oriented student activities
b. collaborative student activities
c. use web-based information for solving problems
d. use focused analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
e. all of the above
Ques. 2What are the major components of language?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 3How does the development of an infant's brain affect language acquisition?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 4What are the major theories of language development?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5Why is it more appropriate to direct students to take an efferent stance when reading informational texts?
a. efferent comes from the Latin word effere, meaning to take away
b. reading any text is for facts only
c. the focus of the reading should be attention to substantive information either embedded in or related to the text
d. students cannot read an informational text from an aesthetic stance
Ques. 6The single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills required for reading is __________.
a. bringing environmental print (EP) into the classroom
b. reading aloud to children
c. creating a classroom library
d. having children engage in dramatic play
Ques. 7Book bags contain a collection of high-quality books and offer informal, interactive activities for extending children's language and literacy acquisition.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 8During an individual experience story, each student meets individually with the teacher while the teacher dictates a story for the student to write.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 9Storybook time is one of the easiest times for teachers with ELL students.
a. True
b. False