WGU ELO1 Pretest(57 Expert
questions and answers)
Role of the teacher in Communicative Approach?
To act as an advisor by encouraging communication and
answering questions
What is consistent with the Natural Approach to language
learning?
Language learners must receive comprehensible input to advance
Example of an Integrated Learning Activity in content-based
instruction?
The teacher reads portions of The Indian in the Cupboard to the
class, and then the students research web sites and books to
design a replica of the Indian's home.
Lesson for HS ELLs that uses Integrated Learning Activities
Students write a paragraph about their career goals, then trade
papers with a partner. Each student orally summarizes his/her
partner's paper.
Activity to help ELL practice speaking in a specific Register
Give directions to a small child about how to make a paper
airplane
Situation with 2 different spoken Registers
Speaking with your student and speaking with your friend
Top-Down Processing Approach example
ELL Teacher uses a listening activity that will involve the students'
prior knowledge in understanding oral language
, Transactional Listening Function example
Listening closely to instructions during a first driving lesson
Something the teacher should do to expose new ELLs to the
many uses of print around them
Label different kinds of items in the room
Example of Language Experience Approach
Having students tell stories and read transcripts of these stories
Teaching students about animals in science class; teacher brings
books, audio materials, videos, and pictures about various
animals helps ELL students how?
This will provide a variety of support and access to the content
through a variety of resources
Transactional Strategies Instruction example
Explain and model effective comprehension strategies that focus
on what a text might mean and how students come to understand
the information in the text
An activity that fosters careful reading for understanding
Listing examples that appear in the text, adding other pertinent
examples to the list, and explaining one's reasons for doing so
Example of generating ideas prior to beginning to write
Brainstorming
Example of a likely topic for a Rhetorical Pattern essay
Compare and contrast one culture with another culture
What is an excellent way to develop a student's thematic
learning of vocabulary?
Vocabulary notebooks
questions and answers)
Role of the teacher in Communicative Approach?
To act as an advisor by encouraging communication and
answering questions
What is consistent with the Natural Approach to language
learning?
Language learners must receive comprehensible input to advance
Example of an Integrated Learning Activity in content-based
instruction?
The teacher reads portions of The Indian in the Cupboard to the
class, and then the students research web sites and books to
design a replica of the Indian's home.
Lesson for HS ELLs that uses Integrated Learning Activities
Students write a paragraph about their career goals, then trade
papers with a partner. Each student orally summarizes his/her
partner's paper.
Activity to help ELL practice speaking in a specific Register
Give directions to a small child about how to make a paper
airplane
Situation with 2 different spoken Registers
Speaking with your student and speaking with your friend
Top-Down Processing Approach example
ELL Teacher uses a listening activity that will involve the students'
prior knowledge in understanding oral language
, Transactional Listening Function example
Listening closely to instructions during a first driving lesson
Something the teacher should do to expose new ELLs to the
many uses of print around them
Label different kinds of items in the room
Example of Language Experience Approach
Having students tell stories and read transcripts of these stories
Teaching students about animals in science class; teacher brings
books, audio materials, videos, and pictures about various
animals helps ELL students how?
This will provide a variety of support and access to the content
through a variety of resources
Transactional Strategies Instruction example
Explain and model effective comprehension strategies that focus
on what a text might mean and how students come to understand
the information in the text
An activity that fosters careful reading for understanding
Listing examples that appear in the text, adding other pertinent
examples to the list, and explaining one's reasons for doing so
Example of generating ideas prior to beginning to write
Brainstorming
Example of a likely topic for a Rhetorical Pattern essay
Compare and contrast one culture with another culture
What is an excellent way to develop a student's thematic
learning of vocabulary?
Vocabulary notebooks
