4/17/25, 7:43
AM
NYSTCE BEA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
5.0 (1 review)
LEP Limited English Proficient
SLL Second Language Learner
ELL English Language Learner
CLD Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
The LEP individual is defined as someone who has sufficient difficulty speaking,
Title VII of the Improving America's
reading, writing or understanding the English language and whose difficulties
School Act of 1994 definition of LEP
may deny such individual the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms
student
where the language of instruction is in English or to participate fully in our
society.
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
LEP student's ability to participate may be
Areas and who's native language is not English
hindered by...
3.is migratory and whose native language is other than English and comes
from an environment where a language other than English is dominant.
1. Variations in degrees of proficiency across both languages
The 3 types of LEP students that exist in
2. Sequential vs. simultaneous bilingualism
the US
3. Elective vs. circumstantial bilingualism
negligible
very limited
The 5 levels of language proficiency limited
fluent
advanced
Provides information on a student's language skills across oral language, listening
The Woodcock- Munoz Language Survey
and reading/ writing domains in both English and Spanish
The Woodcock- Munoz Language Survey variations in degrees of proficiency across both languages in domains such as:
can be used to assess oral language and reading/ writing
an individual who initially was a monolingual speaker in his or her native
Sequential Bilingualism language and was subsequently exposed to an additional language at a later
time in his or her development is considered to have sequential bilingual
ability
a student who recently immigrated to the United States or who came from a
Sequential Bilingualism may develop in
non English- speaking home and is now entering public school
tends to occur when someone comes from a home where 2 languages are used,
Simultaneous bilingualism or when a child is in a situation in which he or she was exposed to 2 languages
at the same time at an early age.
households where parents are bilingual
Sequential Bilingualism may develop in one parent may speak to the child in one language whereas the other parent may
speak to the child in another.
children who typically home from families who have recently immigrated to this
Circumstantial Bilingualism country or who live in homes where parents/ family members have primarily, if
not exclusively, conversed in their native language
1/
2
AM
NYSTCE BEA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
5.0 (1 review)
LEP Limited English Proficient
SLL Second Language Learner
ELL English Language Learner
CLD Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
The LEP individual is defined as someone who has sufficient difficulty speaking,
Title VII of the Improving America's
reading, writing or understanding the English language and whose difficulties
School Act of 1994 definition of LEP
may deny such individual the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms
student
where the language of instruction is in English or to participate fully in our
society.
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
LEP student's ability to participate may be
Areas and who's native language is not English
hindered by...
3.is migratory and whose native language is other than English and comes
from an environment where a language other than English is dominant.
1. Variations in degrees of proficiency across both languages
The 3 types of LEP students that exist in
2. Sequential vs. simultaneous bilingualism
the US
3. Elective vs. circumstantial bilingualism
negligible
very limited
The 5 levels of language proficiency limited
fluent
advanced
Provides information on a student's language skills across oral language, listening
The Woodcock- Munoz Language Survey
and reading/ writing domains in both English and Spanish
The Woodcock- Munoz Language Survey variations in degrees of proficiency across both languages in domains such as:
can be used to assess oral language and reading/ writing
an individual who initially was a monolingual speaker in his or her native
Sequential Bilingualism language and was subsequently exposed to an additional language at a later
time in his or her development is considered to have sequential bilingual
ability
a student who recently immigrated to the United States or who came from a
Sequential Bilingualism may develop in
non English- speaking home and is now entering public school
tends to occur when someone comes from a home where 2 languages are used,
Simultaneous bilingualism or when a child is in a situation in which he or she was exposed to 2 languages
at the same time at an early age.
households where parents are bilingual
Sequential Bilingualism may develop in one parent may speak to the child in one language whereas the other parent may
speak to the child in another.
children who typically home from families who have recently immigrated to this
Circumstantial Bilingualism country or who live in homes where parents/ family members have primarily, if
not exclusively, conversed in their native language
1/
2
