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Which of the following best explains why ELLs need to receive direct instruction in the
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use of nonverbal elements of English?
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A. the meanings of gestures and body language vary from culture to culture
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other cultures
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ases in the oral language - ANSWER--
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Rationale: need to understand what various nonverbal elements of English are
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Which of the following strategies would be most effective in helping intermediate and
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eir independent reading levels
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C. encouraging students to use various comprehension strategies, such as self monito
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ring, predicting, and questions
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D. administering timed reading tests to students monthly to motivate them to read m
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ore quickly and accurately - ANSWER--
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Rachid, a high school ELL, wrote the following paragraph in his history class.
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The Kaunstion of the america was writing in 1787. the Kaunstion had creating a thre
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e parts for the government. The three parts are a kongress president and a supreme
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kourt. Also made the system federal of country.
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Based on Rachid's writing, which of the following accommodations would best help im
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prove his writing? j j
A. providing Rachid with sample sentence stems that are more grammatically comple
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x than his sentences
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B. allowing Rachid to draw his responses for future writing assignments
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C. providing Rachid with a list of high frequency words that had been used throughout t
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he year j
D. assigning Rachid new writing tasks that are above his current level of content under
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x than his sentences
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Rationale: allows him to improve his writing in the context are by providing him with a
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model
Ms. Miranda asks the students in her high school English class to write a paragraph des
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cribing school in their home countries. The following is a student's sample.
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I like going to school, I attended school in Cuba. In Cuba, I went to school during the day
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and I workd at night on homework. I went to school to learn English. I studyed hard bef
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ore I came to Texas.
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After reviewing the student's paragraph, Ms. Miranda plans appropriate intervention
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s and follow-up activities for the student.
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Ms. Miranda can best help the student by focusing on which of the following?
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A. future tense verbs
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c. past tense verbs j j
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ng the past tense
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Ms. Miranda asks the students in her high school English class to write a paragraph des
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cribing school in their home countries. The following is a student's sample.
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I like going to school, I attended school in Cuba. In Cuba, I went to school during the day
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and I workd at night on homework. I went to school to learn English. I studyed hard bef
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ore I came to Texas.
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After reviewing the student's paragraph, Ms. Miranda plans appropriate intervention
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s and follow-up activities for the student.
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EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANS j j j j j j
WERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+ j j j j
Which of the following best explains why ELLs need to receive direct instruction in the
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use of nonverbal elements of English?
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A. the meanings of gestures and body language vary from culture to culture
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B. people need explicit instruction in nonverbal communication because they lack inst
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inctive communication skills j j
C. cultures associated with English tend to have more taboos related to the body than
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other cultures
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D. nonverbal gestures only have meaning when they are connected to specific phr
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ases in the oral language - ANSWER--
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A. the meanings of gestures and body language vary from culture to culture
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Rationale: need to understand what various nonverbal elements of English are
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Which of the following strategies would be most effective in helping intermediate and
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advanced ELLs improve their reading fluency?j j j j j
A. providing frequent opportunities for students to read and reread texts written at th
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eir independent reading levels
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B. expanding students vocabulary knowledge by assigning challenging texts at and be
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yond their instructional reading levels
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C. encouraging students to use various comprehension strategies, such as self monito
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ring, predicting, and questions
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EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANS j j j j j j
WERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+ j j j j
D. administering timed reading tests to students monthly to motivate them to read m
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ore quickly and accurately - ANSWER--
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A. providing frequent opportunities for students to read and reread texts written at th
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eir independent reading levels
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Rationale: increases reading rate/fluency, increases self efficacy, encourages stude
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nts to continue to improve
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What is the difference between deep and surface culture? - ANSWER--
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Part of culture is j j j
visible, like the tip of a j j j j j
n iceberg.
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Language
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Clothing
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Food
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Customs
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Art
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Below the surface are the mo j j j j j
re meaningful and powerful
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aspects of culture: Beliefs - j j j j
What we see as truth.
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Norms - j
Unwritten rules for behavi
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or.
Values - What we hold j j j j
, TEXAS ESL CERTIFICATION EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL j j j j j
EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANS j j j j j j
WERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+ j j j j
most important. j
Rachid, a high school ELL, wrote the following paragraph in his history class.
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The Kaunstion of the america was writing in 1787. the Kaunstion had creating a thre
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e parts for the government. The three parts are a kongress president and a supreme
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kourt. Also made the system federal of country.
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Based on Rachid's writing, which of the following accommodations would best help im
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prove his writing? j j
A. providing Rachid with sample sentence stems that are more grammatically comple
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x than his sentences
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B. allowing Rachid to draw his responses for future writing assignments
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C. providing Rachid with a list of high frequency words that had been used throughout t
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he year j
D. assigning Rachid new writing tasks that are above his current level of content under
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standing evident in his sentences - ANSWER--j j j j j j
A. providing Rachid with sample sentence stems that are more grammatically comple
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x than his sentences
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Rationale: allows him to improve his writing in the context are by providing him with a
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model
Ms. Miranda asks the students in her high school English class to write a paragraph des
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cribing school in their home countries. The following is a student's sample.
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EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANS j j j j j j
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I like going to school, I attended school in Cuba. In Cuba, I went to school during the day
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and I workd at night on homework. I went to school to learn English. I studyed hard bef
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ore I came to Texas.
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After reviewing the student's paragraph, Ms. Miranda plans appropriate intervention
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s and follow-up activities for the student.
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Ms. Miranda can best help the student by focusing on which of the following?
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A. future tense verbs
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b. present tense verbs j j
c. past tense verbs j j
d. subject verb agreement - ANSWER-- j j j j
C. past tense verbs Rationale: frequency makes errors when usi
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ng the past tense
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Ms. Miranda asks the students in her high school English class to write a paragraph des
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cribing school in their home countries. The following is a student's sample.
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I like going to school, I attended school in Cuba. In Cuba, I went to school during the day
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and I workd at night on homework. I went to school to learn English. I studyed hard bef
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ore I came to Texas.
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After reviewing the student's paragraph, Ms. Miranda plans appropriate intervention
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