Which is NOT a strategy that can be implemented by a teacher to understand a family’s goals for his or her child’s linguistic development?
A. The teacher can create a parent survey.
B. The teacher can assume each family has the same goal for their child to learn English.
C. The teacher can participate in a home visit.
D. The teacher can participate in a short interview with the family.
2. Which one of the following conditions does NOT foster good communicative interactions in an early learning setting?
A. The teacher repeats everything a child says, but in the proper English form.
B. At least during the time the child is in the early care environment, the teacher models Standard English.
C. The teacher offers daily opportunities for each child to speak.
D. The teacher provides a variety of stimulating opportunities for children to practice with children and adults in the early care environment.
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the important “big ideas” related to being a successful communicator?
A. Active listening
B. Speaking more loudly for Dual Language Learners
C. Taking turns
D. Speaking for clarity
4. For many families, the home language experience represents a/an:
A. private matter not related to school experiences.
B. obstacle, when not English.
C. complex and personally meaningful context of social and communicative experience.
D. complex system of unique words and speech patterns.
2 answers
A
C
A
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