Pretest on Second Language Development

Instructions:

  1. Complete the Pretest on Second Language Development found on p. 22 in your study guide or use the downloadable document. Read each statement and indicate "A" if you agree with it and "D" if you disagree.
  2. Complete Module 2, referring to the questions as you proceed.
  3. You will submit your answers for the pretest along with the posttest you will complete at the end of the module to the course facilitator with a rationale supporting your answers, and if necessary, why your answers changed on the posttest.

*Course assignments may be completed and submitted using downloadable Microsoft Word documents via links throughout the course. To open the documents, click on the links (see below). To save them, go to "File" and then to "Save As" and select where you want them to be saved.

Download Pretest in Microsoft Word Format

_____1. Children acquire a second language primarily through imitation and repetition.
_____2. Maintaining the first language in the home will facilitate and enhance the acquisition of English.
_____3. Oral fluency is a sufficient indication that an ESOL student has mastered the new language.
_____4. An initial "silent period" can benefit a second language student because it allows the student an opportunity to process and decode the new language.
_____5. Placing a limited English proficient student in a mainstream classroom will ensure that the student acquires English quickly.
_____6. Correction of students' language errors is an effective strategy to enhance the acquistion of the correct structure.
_____7. It may take some ESOL students five to seven or more years to develop academic language.
_____8. The only real difference between academic language and social language is the academic or technical vocabulary.
_____9. Students in the preproduction phase of language development should not be asked questions that require a verbal response.
_____10. Bilingual aides can be very helpful to beginning ESOL students by providing concurrent translations for them.


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