NYSTCE ESOL CST (116) QUESTION AND ANSWERS 2025/2026

NYSTCE ESOL CST (116) QUESTION AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 Intonation - answer-the way the voice rises and falls in speech morpheme - answer-the smallest unit of meaning in a language Abraham Maslow - answer-developed hierarchy of needs, which theorized to be the unconscious desires that motivate people subordinating conjunction - answer-joins a dependent clause to an independent clause to which it is related voiceless sounds - answer-sounds made without vibrating the vocal cords Howard Gardner - answer-created the theory of multiple intelligences; proposed that using a person's area of giftedness to demonstrate intellect will help learners achieve their potential independent (or main) clause - answer-a clause that can stand alone as it's own sequence one-word stage - answer-stage of language acquisition; characterized by a child's use of a single word to convey a full meaning humor stage - answer-stage of acculturation; when students start to come to terms with their circumstances and move toward acceptance of their new culture SIFE - answer-Students with Interrupted Formal Education labial consonant sound - answer-sound produced by the top and bottom lips coming together (m)