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.

    Ready? Let´s go!

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    Category: Literacy learning

    1. Critical factor for reading mastery is:

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    2. What would be a good starting point for teaching letter sounds?

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    Category: Literacy learning

    3. A transparent language has the following characteristics:

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    4. The method of promoting the development of phonemic awareness in young children is:

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    Category: Literacy learning

    5. Examples of phoneme manipulation include:

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    Category: Literacy learning

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

    7. Which of these is NOT part of the executive functions of the brain?

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    Category: Literacy learning

    8. Based on research, which of the following is NOT an important sub-skill of listening skills?

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    Category: Literacy learning

    9. Rapid naming means:

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    Category: Literacy learning

    10. A delay in expressive vocabulary (late talking) at the age of 2–2.5 years predicts:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    12. Multiliteracy pedagogy acknowledges learners:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    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. A pre-primary school teacher orally presents learners with pairs of words (e.g., buy/tie, see/saw) and has learners identify whether the words rhyme or not. Next, she says a list of one-syllable words and asks learners to point to a part of the body that rhymes with each word (e.g., the teacher says bed, and the learners point to their heads). These activities promote learners’ reading development primarily by:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    17. Emotional support in teaching means that:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    18. Teaching through interaction means that:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    19. Teacher-directed teaching is beneficial:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    20. Child-centred teaching has a positive effect on:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    21. Child-centred teaching means that:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    23. When beginning to teach a new phoneme, it is useful to tell a story because:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    25. Phonics-based instruction:

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    26. When supporting text composition:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    29. Which of the following is NOT a psychological benefit of listening to stories?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    30. Which of the following is NOT regarded as a literacy activity for young children?

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    31. To preventing reading difficulties:

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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. Which of the following modalities is the most beneficial in learning to read:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    34. Which of the following is INCORRECT based on research? Fundamental principles for interventions for word-level reading difficulties include:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    35. Based on research, which of these statements is INCORRECT. Intensity of reading instruction and intervention can be increased by:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    36. Based on research, which of these statements is INCORRECT concerning effective instruction for children with reading difficulties:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    38. Effective interventions for students with learning difficulties typically:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    39. Spoken language skills:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    40. The orthographic structure of a language is:

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