Praxis 5362 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS||UPDATED
2026/2027 SYLLABUS||<<NEWEST
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1) Parallel teaching - ANSWER ✓ Content area and ESL teachers teach their
respective groups at the same time; they may, at times, switch groups in the
scenario
2) Proper noun - ANSWER ✓ The name of a specific person, place, or thing
3) Basic inventory of natural language BINL - ANSWER ✓ Used to measure
oral language proficiency and one of 32 different languages by asking
students to describe a set of images
4) Participial phrase - ANSWER ✓ Verbal phrase that acts as an adjective
5) Simple sentence - ANSWER ✓ Has only one independent clause and no
dependent clauses
6) Adjective - ANSWER ✓ Word that describes her modifies a noun or
pronoun
7) Integrated framework - ANSWER ✓ Plan for achieving goals in all subject
areas by combining content across disciplines
8) Acquisition learning hypothesis - ANSWER ✓ One of the five hypothesis
of the monitor model; learning the rules of language will not allow users to
produce output; only authentic acquisition will allow students to use their
new language effectively
9) Morphology - ANSWER ✓ The study of word forms and their component
parts
,10) Equal access - ANSWER ✓ Provides procedural safeguards to ensure
that all students receive the same benefits of public education regardless of
disabilities
11) Silent period - ANSWER ✓ Time at the beginning of second
language acquisition when students are either unwilling or unable to
communicate in their new language
12) Erik Erickson - ANSWER ✓ A researcher who developed the theory
of Psychosocial development that focuses on reconciling individual needs
with the needs of society through stages
13) Active voice - ANSWER ✓ A sentence construction in which the
subject of the sentence performs the main action of the sentence
14) Prepositional phrase - ANSWER ✓ A phrase that begins with a
preposition ends with an object of the preposition
15) Semantics - ANSWER ✓ The study of meaning in language
16) Regional and social dialects - ANSWER ✓ Language variations that
are common to the people in a certain region or social group
17) Indefinite pronoun - ANSWER ✓ Refers to a non-specific thing or
things for example someone has to know the answer
18) Albert Bandura - ANSWER ✓ Canadian psychologist who developed
the social learning theory
19) Attribution theory - ANSWER ✓ Internal attribution is assumed
when other people make mistakes or are victims, as individuals tend to see
others as predictable stereotype; when an individual makes a mistake, here
she tends to view that cause as external
20) IDEA proficiency tests - ANSWER ✓ Designed to measure the oral
proficiency in reading and writing abilities of K-12 students; measure
content such as vocabulary, syntax, and reading for understanding and are
available in both English and Spanish
, 21) John Dewey - ANSWER ✓ Pragmatic philosopher who viewed
learning as a series of scientific inquiry and experimentation; he advocated
real world experiences and volunteerism
22) Honeymoon stage - ANSWER ✓ Stage of acculturation; students are
delighted about the novelty of and the new culture around
23) Direct method - ANSWER ✓ The principle that second languages
should be acquired in much the same way as first languages; also called the
natural method
24) Station teaching - ANSWER ✓ Students move through various
stations set up in the classroom, and teachers work with them in small group
25) Semiauthentic materials - ANSWER ✓ Materials based on original
materials that of been adapted to fit the lesson objectives and the needs of
the students
26) Castaneda v. Pickard - ANSWER ✓ A 1981 case in which it was
decided that L programs must meet three different requirements; 1. the
program must be based on sound academic theory 2. must have adequate
resources and personnel to implement it and 3. the program must conduct a
valuation to determine if the language barriers of students are being over
27) Vowel reduction - ANSWER ✓ Shortening or diminishing of a vowel
sound
28) Compound sentence - ANSWER ✓ Has two or more independent
clauses and no dependent clauses
29) Stem/root - ANSWER ✓ A base word, often a free morpheme, to
which other morphemes can be added
30) Consonant cluster - ANSWER ✓ A group of two or more consonsnts
CORRECT SOLUTIONS||UPDATED
2026/2027 SYLLABUS||<<NEWEST
VERSION>>
1) Parallel teaching - ANSWER ✓ Content area and ESL teachers teach their
respective groups at the same time; they may, at times, switch groups in the
scenario
2) Proper noun - ANSWER ✓ The name of a specific person, place, or thing
3) Basic inventory of natural language BINL - ANSWER ✓ Used to measure
oral language proficiency and one of 32 different languages by asking
students to describe a set of images
4) Participial phrase - ANSWER ✓ Verbal phrase that acts as an adjective
5) Simple sentence - ANSWER ✓ Has only one independent clause and no
dependent clauses
6) Adjective - ANSWER ✓ Word that describes her modifies a noun or
pronoun
7) Integrated framework - ANSWER ✓ Plan for achieving goals in all subject
areas by combining content across disciplines
8) Acquisition learning hypothesis - ANSWER ✓ One of the five hypothesis
of the monitor model; learning the rules of language will not allow users to
produce output; only authentic acquisition will allow students to use their
new language effectively
9) Morphology - ANSWER ✓ The study of word forms and their component
parts
,10) Equal access - ANSWER ✓ Provides procedural safeguards to ensure
that all students receive the same benefits of public education regardless of
disabilities
11) Silent period - ANSWER ✓ Time at the beginning of second
language acquisition when students are either unwilling or unable to
communicate in their new language
12) Erik Erickson - ANSWER ✓ A researcher who developed the theory
of Psychosocial development that focuses on reconciling individual needs
with the needs of society through stages
13) Active voice - ANSWER ✓ A sentence construction in which the
subject of the sentence performs the main action of the sentence
14) Prepositional phrase - ANSWER ✓ A phrase that begins with a
preposition ends with an object of the preposition
15) Semantics - ANSWER ✓ The study of meaning in language
16) Regional and social dialects - ANSWER ✓ Language variations that
are common to the people in a certain region or social group
17) Indefinite pronoun - ANSWER ✓ Refers to a non-specific thing or
things for example someone has to know the answer
18) Albert Bandura - ANSWER ✓ Canadian psychologist who developed
the social learning theory
19) Attribution theory - ANSWER ✓ Internal attribution is assumed
when other people make mistakes or are victims, as individuals tend to see
others as predictable stereotype; when an individual makes a mistake, here
she tends to view that cause as external
20) IDEA proficiency tests - ANSWER ✓ Designed to measure the oral
proficiency in reading and writing abilities of K-12 students; measure
content such as vocabulary, syntax, and reading for understanding and are
available in both English and Spanish
, 21) John Dewey - ANSWER ✓ Pragmatic philosopher who viewed
learning as a series of scientific inquiry and experimentation; he advocated
real world experiences and volunteerism
22) Honeymoon stage - ANSWER ✓ Stage of acculturation; students are
delighted about the novelty of and the new culture around
23) Direct method - ANSWER ✓ The principle that second languages
should be acquired in much the same way as first languages; also called the
natural method
24) Station teaching - ANSWER ✓ Students move through various
stations set up in the classroom, and teachers work with them in small group
25) Semiauthentic materials - ANSWER ✓ Materials based on original
materials that of been adapted to fit the lesson objectives and the needs of
the students
26) Castaneda v. Pickard - ANSWER ✓ A 1981 case in which it was
decided that L programs must meet three different requirements; 1. the
program must be based on sound academic theory 2. must have adequate
resources and personnel to implement it and 3. the program must conduct a
valuation to determine if the language barriers of students are being over
27) Vowel reduction - ANSWER ✓ Shortening or diminishing of a vowel
sound
28) Compound sentence - ANSWER ✓ Has two or more independent
clauses and no dependent clauses
29) Stem/root - ANSWER ✓ A base word, often a free morpheme, to
which other morphemes can be added
30) Consonant cluster - ANSWER ✓ A group of two or more consonsnts
