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!

    If you want to do the pretest now, please continue below.

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    Category: Literacy learning

    1. The best literacy teaching method for beginning reading is:

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

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    3. Why is letter knowledge important for literacy development?

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    4. To identify sounds of word helps learners to:

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

    6. A child shows intrinsic motivation when:

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    Category: Literacy learning

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

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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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    Category: Literacy learning

    9. To become a good reader, it is important that a child:

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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. Which of the following is an example of a communication mode?

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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 a level at which phonological awareness is taught?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    14. Metalinguistic awareness and development begins:

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    15. Which of these is NOT a metalinguistic skill?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    17. 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

    18. Emotional support in teaching means that:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    19. Teaching through interaction means that:

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    23. Why does teaching adult learners require special skills?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    26. After the first school year, the best predictor of spelling skill in transparent languages is:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    28. Reading comprehension can be developed as follows:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    29. Which of the following is not beneficial for listening to stories?

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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. In learning to read, it is important that:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    32. 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

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    34. 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

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    36. 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

    37. Effective interventions for students with learning difficulties typically:

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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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    Category: Reading difficulties

    40. The orthographic structure of a language is:

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