MTEL ESL (54) questions
and answers 2024\2025
GradeA+
Cognition:
- correct answer The mental act or process by which knowledge is acquired, including perception,
intuition, and reasoning.
Cognitive processes:
- correct answer Needed to internalize language rules and vocabulary in L2:
- memorization;
- categorization; and
- generalization [categorize and generalize vocabulary].
Metacognition:
- correct answer An educational process that incorporates knowledge about one's abilities; the demands
of given tasks, and potentially effective learning strategies; it involves self-regulation via planning,
predicting, monitoring, regulating, evaluating, and revising strategies.
Interlanguage:
- correct answer The type of language produced by a non-native speaker in the process of learning a
second language or foreign language.
, Interlanguage development:
- correct answer The emerging language system the person creates based on L1 and L2 knowledge to
communicate in L2.
Fossilization:
- correct answer A persistent lack of change in interlanguage patterns, even after extended exposure to
or instruction in the target language.
Acculturation:
- correct answer Adapting to a new culture, which includes understanding cultural expectations,
semiotics, values, and beliefs is essential to second language acquisition in that it provides appropriate
context. Acculturation permits ELLs to adapt to new cultural expectations without the loss of the culture
of origin. Success with BICS and CALP in L2 is dependent on a degree of success in L1.
Piaget Language Acquisition Theory:
- correct answer The Cognitive model. Children think before they speak; speaking just reflects this
thinking; language is a way for children to represent their world.
Vygotsky Language Acquisition Theory:
- correct answer Language is a result of interpersonal communication.
Zone of proximal development [Vygotsky]:
- correct answer Describes the difference between what a person knows and what he could know if he
received a personal assistance.
Scaffolding:
- correct answer The process of giving temporary aid to facilitate learning. Modeling, providing cues and
encouraging.
Bronfenbrenner:
- correct answer Created the ecological model.
B.F. Skinner:
- correct answer Language is learned as a direct response to stimuli.
and answers 2024\2025
GradeA+
Cognition:
- correct answer The mental act or process by which knowledge is acquired, including perception,
intuition, and reasoning.
Cognitive processes:
- correct answer Needed to internalize language rules and vocabulary in L2:
- memorization;
- categorization; and
- generalization [categorize and generalize vocabulary].
Metacognition:
- correct answer An educational process that incorporates knowledge about one's abilities; the demands
of given tasks, and potentially effective learning strategies; it involves self-regulation via planning,
predicting, monitoring, regulating, evaluating, and revising strategies.
Interlanguage:
- correct answer The type of language produced by a non-native speaker in the process of learning a
second language or foreign language.
, Interlanguage development:
- correct answer The emerging language system the person creates based on L1 and L2 knowledge to
communicate in L2.
Fossilization:
- correct answer A persistent lack of change in interlanguage patterns, even after extended exposure to
or instruction in the target language.
Acculturation:
- correct answer Adapting to a new culture, which includes understanding cultural expectations,
semiotics, values, and beliefs is essential to second language acquisition in that it provides appropriate
context. Acculturation permits ELLs to adapt to new cultural expectations without the loss of the culture
of origin. Success with BICS and CALP in L2 is dependent on a degree of success in L1.
Piaget Language Acquisition Theory:
- correct answer The Cognitive model. Children think before they speak; speaking just reflects this
thinking; language is a way for children to represent their world.
Vygotsky Language Acquisition Theory:
- correct answer Language is a result of interpersonal communication.
Zone of proximal development [Vygotsky]:
- correct answer Describes the difference between what a person knows and what he could know if he
received a personal assistance.
Scaffolding:
- correct answer The process of giving temporary aid to facilitate learning. Modeling, providing cues and
encouraging.
Bronfenbrenner:
- correct answer Created the ecological model.
B.F. Skinner:
- correct answer Language is learned as a direct response to stimuli.
