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11) Research bilingualism suggests that
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11) Research on bilingualism suggests that
A) the division of students into separate English classes according to the primary language is desirable.
B) learning a second language interferes with use of the first language.
C) the more skilled the individual is in the first language, the faster he/she will learn a second language.
D) the more skilled the individual is in the first language, the slower he/she will learn a second language.
12) According to Woolfolk, the most desirable approach to the “language problem” in today’s bilingual schools is to
A) divide students into separate language classes according to the primary language that they speak.
B) try to make students fluent in both languages.
C) employ monolingual educational strategies.
D) try to make students at least semi-lingual in their second language.
13) Nikolas is an eleventh grader who came to America from Russia with his parents one year ago. He has gradually developed his fluency in the English language, but he continues to have some difficulty using English during classroom activities. What should Nikolas’ teacher do to help him with his English language acquisition?
A) Encourage Nikolas to use English in the classroom and save his Russian for use at home.
B) Promote Nikolas’ bilingualism in both Russian and English.
C) Refer Nikolas to the English-as-a-Second-Language program in the local magnet school.
D) Respond positively to Nikolas only when he makes accurate attempts with English.
14) According to Woolfolk, the most desirable approach to the “language problem” in today’s bilingual schools is to
A) divide students into separate language classes according to the primary language that they speak.
B) try to make students fluent in both languages.
C) employ monolingual educational strategies.
D) try to make students at least semi-lingual in their second language.
15) Receptive vocabulary refers to:
A) how open the student is to learning a second language.
B) the words a student can understand in spoken or written words.
C) words that change over time due to culture.
D) words children learn as a result of scaffolding.
16) Susana says “my backpack was forgotted”, which is example of what problem of learning grammar?
A) She overregularized the word “forget” by applying a rule to every language situation.
B) She has a disability related to pragmatics.
C) She misuses monolingual educational strategies.
D) She shows evidence of being semi-lingual in her second language.
17) According to Whitehurst and Lonigan’s model (1998), phonological and syntactic awareness are part of an emergent reader’s
A) outside-in skill set.
B) receptive vocabulary set.
C) fund of knowledge.
D) inside-out skill set.
18) At home in Window Rock, Arizona, Shawn only speaks Navajo with his grandmother who has lived her entire life on the Navajo Reservation. When speaking with his grandmother in Navajo, Shawn is using his
A) inside-out skills of emergent language development.
B) sheltered language.
C) Heritage language.
D) second dialect.
19) Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
A) According to Woolfolk and other researchers, emerging readers use both decoding skills and oral language skills.
B) By age 3 most children should be able to create sentences with an average of 5 words.
C) Teachers should encourage students not to use their Heritage language during school hours.
D) Pragmatics refers to overusing a grammatical rule in appropriate situations..
20) The average amount of time it will take a student to learn academic language, such as “What is a derivative in the discipline of finance, is about
A) 1 year.
B) .2-3 years
C) 5-10 years.
D) more than 10 years.
