Pedagogy ELL questions and
answers
Which lesson for high school ELLs uses integrated learning
activities? - answer Students write a paragraph about their career
goals, then trade papers with a partner. Each student orally
summarizes his/her partner's paper.
An ELL teacher wants to use a listening strategy that will involve
the students' prior knowledge in understanding oral language.
Which approach should the teacher use? - answer Top-down
processing approach
Listening closely to instructions during a first driving lesson is an
example of which type of listening function? - answer
Transactional
A beginning ELL teacher is teaching students about animals in
science class. The teacher brings to the classroom a collection of
books, audio materials, videos, and pictures about various
animals.
The experienced ELL teacher should advise what? - answer This
will provide a variety of support and access to the content
through a variety of resources.
, ELL teachers should motivate students to carefully read texts
which require the student to demonstrate good understanding of
details in the text, to learn information from it, and to use that
information for other tasks.
Which activity fosters careful reading for understanding? - answer
Listing examples that appear in the text, adding other pertinent
examples to the list, and explaining one's reasons for doing so
ELLs are asked to read a new book each month. The teacher puts
up a new list of vocabulary from each book on the word wall for
reference.
Considering individual needs, an excellent way to develop a
student's thematic learning of vocabulary is through _____. -
answer Vocabulary notebooks
When a teacher uses realia, repetition, change in speech, and
multiple resources to help students access demanding concepts,
this is called _____. - answer Sheltered English instruction
When an ELL teacher instructs students on how to choose verbs
from a word list, this is an example of _____. - answer Integrated
learning
If an ELL teacher wants to know how much a student has learned
in vocabulary, the teacher would use which test? - answer
Achievement