ICLA STANDARD 2 EXAM (ACTUAL 2025/2026)
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
comprehension
an ability to understand the meaning or importance of
something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
comprehension strategies
specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such
as predicting and gaining word meanings from context
context
discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to
determine its interpretation; the social or cultural situation
situation in which a spoken or written message occurs
schema
an internal representation of the world; how the mind
categorizes incoming stimuli
morpheme
,a meaningful linguistic unit that cannot be divided into
smaller meaningful elements
multiliteracies
the many modes of representation and forms of text made
available through multimedia and technological change
narrative text
text that tells a story, either actual or fictional
prediction
anticipating what is coming next in a speech or in a writing
phrase-cued text
a strategy for helping students with reading fluently: using a
marked text passage, students follow along with the teacher
then continue to reread the passage to practice phrasing and
expression
, PreReading Plan (PreP)
a strategy that helps elementary students activate their
knowledge schema and extend their prior knowledge about a
topic before reading
text preview
a prereading and during reading strategy organized around a
"hook" to get the students' interest and questions that guide
reading
prosody
a part of fluency: the pitch, loudness, tempo, and rhythm
patterns of spoken language
Questioning the Author
a teaching strategy that guides students to focus on the
author's viewpoint and the author's purpose for writing the
textbook
Question Answer Relationship (QAR)
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
comprehension
an ability to understand the meaning or importance of
something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
comprehension strategies
specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such
as predicting and gaining word meanings from context
context
discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to
determine its interpretation; the social or cultural situation
situation in which a spoken or written message occurs
schema
an internal representation of the world; how the mind
categorizes incoming stimuli
morpheme
,a meaningful linguistic unit that cannot be divided into
smaller meaningful elements
multiliteracies
the many modes of representation and forms of text made
available through multimedia and technological change
narrative text
text that tells a story, either actual or fictional
prediction
anticipating what is coming next in a speech or in a writing
phrase-cued text
a strategy for helping students with reading fluently: using a
marked text passage, students follow along with the teacher
then continue to reread the passage to practice phrasing and
expression
, PreReading Plan (PreP)
a strategy that helps elementary students activate their
knowledge schema and extend their prior knowledge about a
topic before reading
text preview
a prereading and during reading strategy organized around a
"hook" to get the students' interest and questions that guide
reading
prosody
a part of fluency: the pitch, loudness, tempo, and rhythm
patterns of spoken language
Questioning the Author
a teaching strategy that guides students to focus on the
author's viewpoint and the author's purpose for writing the
textbook
Question Answer Relationship (QAR)
