NYSTCE BEA EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
LEP -
correct answer ✅Limited English Proficient
SLL -
correct answer ✅Second Language Learner
ELL -
correct answer ✅English Language Learner
CLD -
correct answer ✅Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Title VII of the Improving America's School Act of 1994 definition of
LEP student -
correct answer ✅The LEP individual is defined as someone who
has sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing or understanding
the English language and whose difficulties may deny such
individual the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms where
the language of instruction is in English or to participate fully in our
society.
, NYSTCE BEA EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
LEP student's ability to participate may be hindered by... -
correct answer ✅1. not being born in the US or whose native
language is not English
2. is Native American or Alaska Native or a native resident of the
Outlying Areas and who's native language is not English
3. is migratory and whose native language is other than English and
comes from an environment where a language other than English is
dominant.
The 3 types of LEP students that exist in the US -
correct answer ✅1. Variations in degrees of proficiency across
both languages
2.Sequential vs. simultaneous bilingualism
3.Elective vs. circumstantial bilingualism
The 5 levels of language proficiency -
correct answer ✅negligible
very limited
limited
fluent
advanced
ANSWERS
LEP -
correct answer ✅Limited English Proficient
SLL -
correct answer ✅Second Language Learner
ELL -
correct answer ✅English Language Learner
CLD -
correct answer ✅Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Title VII of the Improving America's School Act of 1994 definition of
LEP student -
correct answer ✅The LEP individual is defined as someone who
has sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing or understanding
the English language and whose difficulties may deny such
individual the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms where
the language of instruction is in English or to participate fully in our
society.
, NYSTCE BEA EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
LEP student's ability to participate may be hindered by... -
correct answer ✅1. not being born in the US or whose native
language is not English
2. is Native American or Alaska Native or a native resident of the
Outlying Areas and who's native language is not English
3. is migratory and whose native language is other than English and
comes from an environment where a language other than English is
dominant.
The 3 types of LEP students that exist in the US -
correct answer ✅1. Variations in degrees of proficiency across
both languages
2.Sequential vs. simultaneous bilingualism
3.Elective vs. circumstantial bilingualism
The 5 levels of language proficiency -
correct answer ✅negligible
very limited
limited
fluent
advanced
