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. The best literacy teaching method for beginning reading is:

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    3. Why is letter knowledge important for literacy development?

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    4. Which of these does NOT make a child a good reader?

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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. Fine motor skills are NOT that important in:

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    Category: Literacy learning

    8. Which one of these is NOT a good strategy to reduce working memory load when a child has problems with working memory?

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    9. Rapid naming means:

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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. Which of the following is NOT a dimension of multilingual pedagogy?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    13. Many countries around the world are promoting multilingualism, even in places where multilingualism is absent from official educational policy, because multilingualism has been shown to have several advantages. These advantages do NOT include:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    14. Which of the following is NOT a level at which phonological awareness is taught?

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    15. Metalinguistic awareness and development begins:

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    16. Which of these is NOT a metalinguistic skill?

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

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    18. Teacher-directed teaching means that:

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    19. Child-centred teaching means that:

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    20. A teacher needs to inspire and encourage learners to generate ideas for what they want to write by:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    22. When can adult learners begin to learn to read phrases and sentences?

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    23. Why does teaching adult learners require special skills?

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    24. What is the most appropriate teaching method to be used in teaching adult learners?

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    28. Developing good handwriting:

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    30. A benefit of using messaging apps (e.g.WhatsApp) in teaching is:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    31. Part-time special education in grades one and two:

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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 is INCORRECT based on research? Fundamental principles for interventions for word-level reading difficulties include:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    34. Effective interventions for students with learning difficulties typically:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    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. Based on research, which of these statements is NOT true?

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    37. A precise estimate of the prevalence of dyslexia in any population is:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    39. Based on neuroimaging studies:

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    40. Based on genetic studies of dyslexia, we know that:

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