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FTCE ESOL K-12 Practice 2
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The Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL K-12) is a requirement for state certification, and all teachers seeking to teach English for Speakers of Other Languages in Florida must pass the exam. Exam content: Skill -    Percentage of Test Culture as a factor in English language learners' (ELLs') learning - 8%                      Language as a system - 12%                      Language acquisition and development - 12%                      Second language literacy development - 10%                      ESL/ESOL research,... Show more
FTCE ESOL K-12 Practice 2
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1. A ninth-grade world history teacher front-loads vocabulary from her unit on ancient Greece with a group of advanced-level English language learners. What effect will this have on her students
2. An elementary school is preparing for parent–teacher conferences. Which of the following is NOT necessarily a consideration that the school and teachers should make with families of English learners
3. A third-grade English Language Development (ELD) teacher is hoping to learn more about her students' family acculturation patterns. Which strategy would help her MOST in developing an understanding of how her students' families have adapted to the new dominant American culture
4. Which is a primary tenet of the social constructionist view of language learning
5. A middle school English Language Development (ELD) teacher is teaching English learners Greek and Latin roots. What skill is this teacher developing
6. An eighth-grade math teacher notices that his English learner is silent in class and often has a hard time answering when called upon. Aware that sometimes silence in his culture can mean respect rather than regret or embarrassment, he decides not to call on him in class. Before making this accommodation, what should the teacher do first
7. A middle school drama teacher is focused on developing communicative competence with her English language learners. She has them role play scenarios that require that they ask each other clarifying questions and elaborate on their answers. What type of skill is she mainly fostering by encouraging questions
8. A middle school social studies teacher has several Spanish-speaking beginning- and advanced-level English learners in his class. He pairs each of the beginning-level students with an advanced-level student to allow them to use their primary language to understand an assignment on ancient Roman history. This pairing is most likely to achieve which outcome for English learners in his class
9. Which statement is a primary tenet of behavioral theories of language acquisition
10. An eleventh-grade anatomy teacher is administering a test for his unit on the bones in the body. Several of his essay questions require extensive writing to demonstrate knowledge of the skeletal system. What are ways he can ensure that for the English learners in his class, his assessment measures content knowledge rather than language skills
11. A high school science teacher has a group of beginning-intermediate-level English learners in her class. She has students answer questions regarding the parts of a cell and share them with the class. Which is the best way of lowering students' affective filters in her class
12. A fifth-grade elementary school English Language Development (ELD) teacher wants her students to be able to self-correct when pronouncing words during discussions. Which strategy would best support this goal
13. Which activity is likely to be MOST effective in helping elementary school English learners develop familiarity with the concept of print
14. A high school teacher notices that an English learner in his class is able to speak English with her peers during lunch and breaks; however, she has difficulty speaking English in his chemistry class. Which description offers the BEST explanation for this difference
15. A sixth-grade math teacher considers several tools and strategies to use with her beginning-level English learners that would support their vocabulary development in math. She is specifically teaching surface area. Which tool would best serve this purpose
16. To develop pragmatic competence in oracy, a student must pay the most attention to which of the following
17. Which of the following describes a limitation of two-way immersion programs
18. Which example of a classroom display best describes a language-rich environment for English learners
19. What is one of the main impacts of cultural assimilation
20. An English teacher for early-intermediate-level English Learners from a variety of backgrounds wants his students to understand the subject–predicate pattern and agreement for sentences. Which activity best supports this goal
21. A seventh-grade science teacher places diverse learners into groups that require cooperative lab work. She also praises times that students are able to work together despite their differences or when their differences bring multiple perspectives. What phenomenon is she seeking to reduce
22. A middle school has always had a no hat or headwear rule in its dress code policy. Recently, an immigrant from Iran who wears religious head garb enrolled in the school. The school allowed for her to wear something on her head as an exception to the policy but still maintained no headwear in other situations. What effect does this MOST likely have for the student
23. A fourth-grade teacher has a new English learner who has recently immigrated to the United States and enrolled in her class halfway through the school year. She notices that this student seems eager to participate and share about her culture. Which stage is this student experiencing in the acculturation process
24. A teacher arranges diverse students to work together in cooperative learning groups. What is the likely impact of this action
25. A third-grade teacher is seeking to foster a culturally supportive classroom. Which of the following best describes a strategy she can use to do this