Teacher Certification

    Background

    This Teacher Certification module was developed to give You feedback, how well You master the research-based content of Literacy learning, Literacy teaching and Reading difficulties. If you successfully complete the module, you will receive a Certificate of Completion that enhances Your professional development.

    How to start?

    Before you start to study eTALE Africa learning content, we highly recommend You do first a “pretest” by answering 40 random multiple-choice questions. Note that there is only one correct answer for each question (a, b, c or d). You will have one hour to complete the pretest. After answering to all 40 questions, you will receive immediate feedback how well You did.

    How to do the test?

    If You already are an expert in the content and receive at least 70% (28 out of 40 questions correct) in the pretest, you will automatically receive the Certificate to your email. You can save and print it as a demonstration of your knowledge in literacy learning and teaching and reading difficulties.

    What if I do not get 70% in pretest?

    If You don’t get 70% in the pretest, do not worry. The “pretest” is the starting point of eTALE Africa eLearning environment! When You have gone through and studied the content, you can do the “post-test” or “final examination”. You can do the test as many times as you like. But note the questions will not be the same or in same order.

    When You have answered correctly least to 28 questions (that is 70% and above), the Certificate is send to Your email.

    Parts of the eTALE Africa content may seem challenging and the test might not be an easy task! But remember, You can always read a little bit more and do the test again.

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    Category: Literacy learning

    1. Which of the following is NOT one of the roles of an efficient reader?

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    2. A transparent language has the following characteristics:

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    3. Examples of phoneme manipulation include:

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    4. Twenty-first century learning skills do NOT include:

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    5. A common manifestation of weak cognitive or mental flexibility in children is NOT:

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    6. Development of voluntary attention:

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    7. A child shows intrinsic motivation when:

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    8. In teaching motor and visuo-motor skills, it is important to:

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    9. Fine motor skills are NOT that important in:

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    Category: Literacy learning

    10. In teaching vocabulary, it is important to:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    11. Which of the following is an example of a semiotic system?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    12. Multiliteracy pedagogy stresses the need for language and literacy education to take into account:

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    13. Which of the following is NOT true of text comprehension?

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    14. Which of the following is NOT a reading comprehension skill?

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    15. Which of the following teacher prompts would be most appropriate to use to promote pre-primary learners’ (5-6 year old children) phonemic awareness skills?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    16. Teacher-directed teaching is beneficial:

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    17. Which of these allows writers to write content that is readable and understandable?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    18. Choose the correct process for teaching productive writing:

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    19. Which of the following statements about the importance of teaching productive writing is FALSE?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    20. How can you help adult learners become fluent in reading?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    21. Why do not adult learners spend all day learning, as children do?

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    22. Who chooses the appropriate learning time for adult learners?

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    23. How can you manage adult learners during literacy learning sessions?

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    24. When assessing reading and spelling:

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    25. In phonics-based instruction, one of the repeated processes is NOT:

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    26. How should a teacher NOT help children with spelling difficulties?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    27. Developing good handwriting:

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    28. The centre of motor images in the brain related to writing is:

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    29. When spelling in transparent languages (e.g., bantu languages):

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    30. Which of the following is NOT a good way to teach phonics?

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    31. For very young children, the reading environment in the home is strongly linked to their emergent literacy skills before entering school. Which of these is NOT an important aspect of the home literacy environment:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    32. We can say that a child has dyslexia or a reading disability when we are sure that:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    33. A reading disorder is a developmental disorder that is characterised by reading achievement (i.e., accuracy, speed, and comprehension) being significantly below standards expected for which of the following:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    34. Screening instruments used in prevention programs for reading difficulties do NOT usually assess which of the following skills?

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    35. Which of the following is NOT included in Fletcher’s general principles of instruction for children with learning difficulties:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    36. In learning to read, it is most important that a child:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    37. Spoken language skills:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    38. In shallow and transparent orthographies:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    39. The orthographic structure of a language is:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    40. The most prominent characteristic of reading disability (dyslexia) is:

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