Chapter 4 Q
A preschool teacher who works with four-year-old children should be most concerned about
the oral language development of a child who has difficulty: - correct answer-describing
recent events in which the child has participated
During an upcoming open house, a preschool teacher plans to give a brief presentation to
parents/guardians about ways to promote their child's language development. Which of the
following recommendations would be most appropriate for the teacher to include in this
presentation? - correct answer-"Talk to your child throughout the day and encourage him or
her to participate in conversations with family members as much as possible"
A preschool teacher would like to improve students' listening skills during morning circle
time. Which of the following strategies would best promote this goal? - correct
answer-incorporating activities that require listening (e.g., identifying the source of various
sounds, listening for words that start with a specific letter)
A second-grade class includes two students who have language delays and who tend to
speak to peers and adults only when necessary. Which of the following teacher strategies
would be most effective for increasing the students' use of oral language in the classroom? -
correct answer-setting up small-group activities on a regular basis that require students to
talk to one another in order to complete assignments
Students in a kindergartner class are telling their teacher about a recent class field trip. As
the students share their experiences, the teacher writes their thoughts on chart paper. The
teacher then reads aloud what the students have dictated. Which of the following describes
the best rationale for incorporating this type of activity into instruction? - correct answer-to
foster students' literacy skills by building upon their oral language skills
Which of the following would be the most effective strategy for a kindergarten teacher to use
in promoting the communication skills of a student who is an English language learner? -
correct answer-facilitating the student's full participation in activities with peers (e.g.,
exploring sand-table materials, role-playing in the class post office)
A third-grade teacher observes a new student who is an English language learner using
sentences that include both English words and words in the student's primary language.
Which of the following would be the teacher's most appropriate response to this
observation? - correct answer-ignoring the student's switching between languages and
encouraging the student's efforts to communicate with others
Young children's development of a large oral vocabulary is likely to support their future
reading development most directly by: - correct answer-preparing them to comprehend
words encountered in print
A toddler teacher regularly engages children in oral word games and encourages their
spontaneous generation of nonsense words and sentences that rhyme. These practices help
A preschool teacher who works with four-year-old children should be most concerned about
the oral language development of a child who has difficulty: - correct answer-describing
recent events in which the child has participated
During an upcoming open house, a preschool teacher plans to give a brief presentation to
parents/guardians about ways to promote their child's language development. Which of the
following recommendations would be most appropriate for the teacher to include in this
presentation? - correct answer-"Talk to your child throughout the day and encourage him or
her to participate in conversations with family members as much as possible"
A preschool teacher would like to improve students' listening skills during morning circle
time. Which of the following strategies would best promote this goal? - correct
answer-incorporating activities that require listening (e.g., identifying the source of various
sounds, listening for words that start with a specific letter)
A second-grade class includes two students who have language delays and who tend to
speak to peers and adults only when necessary. Which of the following teacher strategies
would be most effective for increasing the students' use of oral language in the classroom? -
correct answer-setting up small-group activities on a regular basis that require students to
talk to one another in order to complete assignments
Students in a kindergartner class are telling their teacher about a recent class field trip. As
the students share their experiences, the teacher writes their thoughts on chart paper. The
teacher then reads aloud what the students have dictated. Which of the following describes
the best rationale for incorporating this type of activity into instruction? - correct answer-to
foster students' literacy skills by building upon their oral language skills
Which of the following would be the most effective strategy for a kindergarten teacher to use
in promoting the communication skills of a student who is an English language learner? -
correct answer-facilitating the student's full participation in activities with peers (e.g.,
exploring sand-table materials, role-playing in the class post office)
A third-grade teacher observes a new student who is an English language learner using
sentences that include both English words and words in the student's primary language.
Which of the following would be the teacher's most appropriate response to this
observation? - correct answer-ignoring the student's switching between languages and
encouraging the student's efforts to communicate with others
Young children's development of a large oral vocabulary is likely to support their future
reading development most directly by: - correct answer-preparing them to comprehend
words encountered in print
A toddler teacher regularly engages children in oral word games and encourages their
spontaneous generation of nonsense words and sentences that rhyme. These practices help
