GACE ESOL preparation (tests 119, 120, and 619)
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100%
CORRECT) A+ GRADED ASSURED
Abraham Maslow - CORRECT ANSWER: developed the hierarchy of needs, which he theorized
to be the unconscious desires that motivate people
ACCESS - CORRECT ANSWER: Accessing Comprehension and Communication in English
State-to-State; large-scale progress monitoring assessment
accomodation - CORRECT ANSWER: provide a student access to the same curriculum as their
grade level peers, but information is presented in a different way
acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER: the process of adapting to a new culture
acquisition learning hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER: one of the five hypotheses of the
monitor model; learning the rules of a language will not allow users to produce output; only
authentic acquisition will allow students to use their new language effectively
active listening - CORRECT ANSWER: improves listening skills by structuring how a person
listens and responds to the person who is talking
active voice - CORRECT ANSWER: a sentence construction in which the subject of the
sentence performs the main action of the sentence
adjective - CORRECT ANSWER: word that describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun
,advanced fluency - CORRECT ANSWER: fifth stage of second-language acquisition; learners
have achieved cognitive language proficiency in their learned language; they demonstrate near-
native ability and use complex, multiphrase, and multiclause sentences to convey their ideas
adverb - CORRECT ANSWER: word that describes or modifies verbs, adjectives, and other
adverbs
adverb clause - CORRECT ANSWER: a dependent clause that modifies a verb, adjective, or
adverb in the main or independent clause of a sentence
affective filter hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER: one of the five hypotheses of the monitor
model; stressors such as low self-esteem, poor motivation, and anxiety may all inhibit language
acquisition
affix - CORRECT ANSWER: a bound morpheme that can be added to a root word to change its
meaning, grammatical function, tense, case, or gender
age equivalent score - CORRECT ANSWER: found using the average score of students within
an age group
Albert Bandura - CORRECT ANSWER: a Canadian psychologist who developed the social
learning theory
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - CORRECT ANSWER: prohibits discrimination based
on disabilities; in schools, this includes activities that take place both on and off campus,
including athletics and extracurricular activities
Annual Measurable Achievment Objectives (AMAOs) - CORRECT ANSWER: objectives
required for school districts to receive Title III funds; 1) increase the number of ELLS
progressing toward proficiency in English; 2) increase the number or percentage of ELLS
,reaching profiency in English; and 3) ELLS must make adequate yearly progress towards content
knowledge
antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER: the noun a pronoun replaces
appositive phrase - CORRECT ANSWER: a particular type of noun phrase that renames the
word or group of words that precedes it
aspiration - CORRECT ANSWER: sound produced with a burst of air out of the mouth
assertive discipline - CORRECT ANSWER: a classroom management technique in which the
teacher takes clear control over the classroom and its dynamics
assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER: when a speech sound changes due to the influence of
nearby sounds
attribution theory - CORRECT ANSWER: internal attribution is assumed when other people
make mistakes or are victims, as individuals tend to see others as a predictable stereotype; when
an individual makes a mistake, he or she tends to view the cause as external
audio lingual method (ALM) - CORRECT ANSWER: an oral-based approach to language
instruction developed by linguists and behavioral psychologists; teaches the target language
through repetition
authentic language - CORRECT ANSWER: reading material from books, newspapers, the
internet, and other real-life sources
authentic materials - CORRECT ANSWER: materials intended for use by native language
speakers and not second-language learners
, B.F. Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER: expanded on operant conditioning, but focused on
responding to environment in lieu of responding to stimuli
babbling stage - CORRECT ANSWER: stage of language acquisition; infants usually play by
controlling the pitch and volume of their vocalizations and learn to produce sounds based on
friction
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) - CORRECT ANSWER: social skills students
use in everyday life when socializing on the playground, in the cafeteria, and outside of school
Basic Inventory of Natural Language (BINL) - CORRECT ANSWER: used to measure oral-
language proficiency in one of thirty-two different languages by asking students to describe a set
of images
behaviorist theory - CORRECT ANSWER: suggests that repeated exposure to stimuli can create
learning the more frequently a behavior is performed, the more quickly it will become a habit
Benjamin Bloom - CORRECT ANSWER: contributed to the taxonomy of educational objectives
and the theory of mastery learning
bias - CORRECT ANSWER: favoring something over another, often unreasonably
Bilingual Syntax Measure (BSM) I and II - CORRECT ANSWER: measure oral proficiency in
English and/or Spanish and must be administered individually; student scores are based on the
grammatical structures of their oral responses
bound morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER: a morpheme that must be attached to a word to have
meaning
Castaneda v. Pickard - CORRECT ANSWER: a 1981 case in which it was decided that ELL
programs must meet three different requirements: 1) the program must be based on sound
2026 Exam Latest!! LATEST VERSIONS 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100%
CORRECT) A+ GRADED ASSURED
Abraham Maslow - CORRECT ANSWER: developed the hierarchy of needs, which he theorized
to be the unconscious desires that motivate people
ACCESS - CORRECT ANSWER: Accessing Comprehension and Communication in English
State-to-State; large-scale progress monitoring assessment
accomodation - CORRECT ANSWER: provide a student access to the same curriculum as their
grade level peers, but information is presented in a different way
acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER: the process of adapting to a new culture
acquisition learning hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER: one of the five hypotheses of the
monitor model; learning the rules of a language will not allow users to produce output; only
authentic acquisition will allow students to use their new language effectively
active listening - CORRECT ANSWER: improves listening skills by structuring how a person
listens and responds to the person who is talking
active voice - CORRECT ANSWER: a sentence construction in which the subject of the
sentence performs the main action of the sentence
adjective - CORRECT ANSWER: word that describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun
,advanced fluency - CORRECT ANSWER: fifth stage of second-language acquisition; learners
have achieved cognitive language proficiency in their learned language; they demonstrate near-
native ability and use complex, multiphrase, and multiclause sentences to convey their ideas
adverb - CORRECT ANSWER: word that describes or modifies verbs, adjectives, and other
adverbs
adverb clause - CORRECT ANSWER: a dependent clause that modifies a verb, adjective, or
adverb in the main or independent clause of a sentence
affective filter hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER: one of the five hypotheses of the monitor
model; stressors such as low self-esteem, poor motivation, and anxiety may all inhibit language
acquisition
affix - CORRECT ANSWER: a bound morpheme that can be added to a root word to change its
meaning, grammatical function, tense, case, or gender
age equivalent score - CORRECT ANSWER: found using the average score of students within
an age group
Albert Bandura - CORRECT ANSWER: a Canadian psychologist who developed the social
learning theory
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - CORRECT ANSWER: prohibits discrimination based
on disabilities; in schools, this includes activities that take place both on and off campus,
including athletics and extracurricular activities
Annual Measurable Achievment Objectives (AMAOs) - CORRECT ANSWER: objectives
required for school districts to receive Title III funds; 1) increase the number of ELLS
progressing toward proficiency in English; 2) increase the number or percentage of ELLS
,reaching profiency in English; and 3) ELLS must make adequate yearly progress towards content
knowledge
antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER: the noun a pronoun replaces
appositive phrase - CORRECT ANSWER: a particular type of noun phrase that renames the
word or group of words that precedes it
aspiration - CORRECT ANSWER: sound produced with a burst of air out of the mouth
assertive discipline - CORRECT ANSWER: a classroom management technique in which the
teacher takes clear control over the classroom and its dynamics
assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER: when a speech sound changes due to the influence of
nearby sounds
attribution theory - CORRECT ANSWER: internal attribution is assumed when other people
make mistakes or are victims, as individuals tend to see others as a predictable stereotype; when
an individual makes a mistake, he or she tends to view the cause as external
audio lingual method (ALM) - CORRECT ANSWER: an oral-based approach to language
instruction developed by linguists and behavioral psychologists; teaches the target language
through repetition
authentic language - CORRECT ANSWER: reading material from books, newspapers, the
internet, and other real-life sources
authentic materials - CORRECT ANSWER: materials intended for use by native language
speakers and not second-language learners
, B.F. Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER: expanded on operant conditioning, but focused on
responding to environment in lieu of responding to stimuli
babbling stage - CORRECT ANSWER: stage of language acquisition; infants usually play by
controlling the pitch and volume of their vocalizations and learn to produce sounds based on
friction
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) - CORRECT ANSWER: social skills students
use in everyday life when socializing on the playground, in the cafeteria, and outside of school
Basic Inventory of Natural Language (BINL) - CORRECT ANSWER: used to measure oral-
language proficiency in one of thirty-two different languages by asking students to describe a set
of images
behaviorist theory - CORRECT ANSWER: suggests that repeated exposure to stimuli can create
learning the more frequently a behavior is performed, the more quickly it will become a habit
Benjamin Bloom - CORRECT ANSWER: contributed to the taxonomy of educational objectives
and the theory of mastery learning
bias - CORRECT ANSWER: favoring something over another, often unreasonably
Bilingual Syntax Measure (BSM) I and II - CORRECT ANSWER: measure oral proficiency in
English and/or Spanish and must be administered individually; student scores are based on the
grammatical structures of their oral responses
bound morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER: a morpheme that must be attached to a word to have
meaning
Castaneda v. Pickard - CORRECT ANSWER: a 1981 case in which it was decided that ELL
programs must meet three different requirements: 1) the program must be based on sound
