Principles of Effective Second Language Learning Quiz

What’s one way for educators to support ELLs in promoting literacy and developing their English language skills?

By encouraging ELLs to cease the use of all other languages to focus solely on developing their English skills

By encouraging ELLs to utilize their written and oral linguistic experiences with other languages as a way to scaffold their English development

By exclusively focusing on developing their written abilities over oral communication

By exclusively reading books in English to increase their exposure to English literature

Who is responsible for addressing the learning needs of ELLs and what should they be prepared for?

Only English Language Arts educators are responsible for addressing the learning needs of ELLs and should be prepared to accommodate their students’ varying learning styles and proficiency levels by adapting their instructional approaches.

All teachers, including ELL specialists, are responsible for addressing the learning needs of ELLs and should be prepared for their learners to learn at the same rate.

Only the principal, ELL specialists, and resource teachers are responsible for addressing the learning needs of ELLs and should be prepared for their learners to learn at the same rate.

All teachers, including ELL specialists, are responsible for addressing the learning needs of ELLs and should be prepared to accommodate their students’ varying learning styles and proficiency levels by adapting their instructional approaches.

Multilingual learners’ cultures and languages are…

Valuable resources to be leveraged at school and in the classroom

Irrelevant factors about our students that don’t need to be taken into consideration

Valuable to the individuals in the home life but aren’t beneficial at school

Considered obstacles to effective schooling

Select all who are considered to be multilingual learners.

Students who are ELLs (English language learners) or DLLs (dual language learners)

Heritage language learners

Students who speak Indigenous languages or varieties of English

ELLs (English language learners) or DLLs (dual language learners, heritage language learners, and students who speak Indigenous languages but not varieties of English

(Select all that apply) The development of various languages by multilingual learners has the ability to:

Enhance their cultural bases and knowledge

Enhance their intellectual capacities

Enhance their flexibility in using language

How do language development and learning for multilingual learners occur?

Language development and learning for multilingual learners occur over time through valued and relevant engagements in their schools, homes, and communities.

Language development and learning for multilingual learners occur solely through after-school tutoring, where multilingual learners are isolated from their non-ELL peers.

Language development and learning for multilingual learners occur at home, as a result of watching television programs and movies with subtitles.

Language development and learning for multilingual learners occur solely through formal education.

In order for multilingual learners to develop and use language, opportunities for learning should:

Be standardized as to not isolate learners and make them feel different.

Focus exclusively on their levels of language proficiency and abilities.

Take into consideration their characteristics, levels of language proficiency, abilities, and individual experiences.

Solely focus on developing their oral language abilities, as their reading and writing abilities will naturally follow.

What are interrelated processes that contribute to the success of multilingual learners in school and beyond?

Their language and cognitive development

Their social-emotional and physical development

Their social-emotional, cognitive, and physical development

Their language, social-emotional, and cognitive development

What is the most effective way for multilingual learners to use and develop language?

Through activities that allow them to focus on strengthening their writing skills and practicing their written communication (e.g. journaling, pen-pal letters, writing cards, etc.)

Through activities that intentionally integrate multiple modalities, including visual, oral, kinesthetic, and written modes of communication

Through activities that develop their oral communication skills (e.g. Oral presentations, class discussions, sharing circles, etc.)

Through activities that involve kinesthetic modes of communication (e.g. charades, role-playing, using sign language, etc.)

What are the three “meta”s that multilingual learners draw upon to effectively develop their language use?

Metacognitive, metacultural, and metalinguistic awareness

Metacultural, metaphysical, and metaconceptual awareness

Metalinguistic, meta-analysis, and metaphysical awareness

Metacognitive, metalinguistic, and metamorphosis awareness

Select all the ways in which multilingual learners use and develop language:

To understand and present different perspectives

To affirm their identities

To interpret and gather information, concepts, and ideas from different sources

To build awareness of relationships

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