ESL 154 Texas Teacher Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
LEP -
correct answer ✅Limited English Proficient
L1 -
correct answer ✅Native language
L2 -
correct answer ✅Second language
ESL -
correct answer ✅English as a second language
ESOL -
correct answer ✅English speakers of other languages
SI -
correct answer ✅Sheltered Instruction
SIOP -
correct answer ✅Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
,ESL 154 Texas Teacher Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Phoneme -
correct answer ✅The smallest unit of sound in a language
Phonology -
correct answer ✅The study of the sound system of a language
Morpheme -
correct answer ✅The smallest unit of meaning in a language (word
or unit - prefix re in redo, s in cars)
Morphology -
correct answer ✅The study of how morphemes develop words
Morphemes -
correct answer ✅a meaningful morphological unit of a language
that cannot be further divided (e.g. in, come, -ing, forming
incoming ).
Syntax -
correct answer ✅The order in which words occur in a sentence.•
Semantics
, ESL 154 Texas Teacher Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Semantics -
correct answer ✅The meaning attached to a linguistic unit (word
or phrase)
Pragmatics -
correct answer ✅The proper use of a certain type of language for
a given situation.
Lexicon -
correct answer ✅The vocabulary of an individual or topic
Discourse -
correct answer ✅Interchange of language between speakers
Compound Sentences -
correct answer ✅Two independent clauses that are joined with a
conjunctions such as or, and, but.
Complex Sentences -
correct answer ✅One independent clause and one or more
dependent clauses.
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
LEP -
correct answer ✅Limited English Proficient
L1 -
correct answer ✅Native language
L2 -
correct answer ✅Second language
ESL -
correct answer ✅English as a second language
ESOL -
correct answer ✅English speakers of other languages
SI -
correct answer ✅Sheltered Instruction
SIOP -
correct answer ✅Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
,ESL 154 Texas Teacher Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Phoneme -
correct answer ✅The smallest unit of sound in a language
Phonology -
correct answer ✅The study of the sound system of a language
Morpheme -
correct answer ✅The smallest unit of meaning in a language (word
or unit - prefix re in redo, s in cars)
Morphology -
correct answer ✅The study of how morphemes develop words
Morphemes -
correct answer ✅a meaningful morphological unit of a language
that cannot be further divided (e.g. in, come, -ing, forming
incoming ).
Syntax -
correct answer ✅The order in which words occur in a sentence.•
Semantics
, ESL 154 Texas Teacher Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Semantics -
correct answer ✅The meaning attached to a linguistic unit (word
or phrase)
Pragmatics -
correct answer ✅The proper use of a certain type of language for
a given situation.
Lexicon -
correct answer ✅The vocabulary of an individual or topic
Discourse -
correct answer ✅Interchange of language between speakers
Compound Sentences -
correct answer ✅Two independent clauses that are joined with a
conjunctions such as or, and, but.
Complex Sentences -
correct answer ✅One independent clause and one or more
dependent clauses.
