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

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

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    3. Phonological awareness means:

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

    5. You can get a child to pay attention:

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    Category: Literacy learning

    6. Development of voluntary attention:

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    Category: Literacy learning

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

    8. Which one is NOT true? Listening skills...

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    Category: Literacy learning

    9. Rapid naming means:

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    Category: Literacy learning

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

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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 stresses the need for language and literacy education to take into account:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    14. Which of the following activities would be most appropriate for introducing pre-primary learners (5-6 year old children) to the alphabetic principle?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    15. 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

    16. Which of the following best describes the role of phonics in a research-based primary-school reading program in local languages?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    17. Instructional support means that:

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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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    Category: Literacy teaching

    20. Teacher-directed teaching is beneficial:

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    21. Teacher-directed teaching means that:

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    23. Choose the correct process for teaching productive writing:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    25. When assessing reading and spelling:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    26. Phonics-based instruction:

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    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. Blended learning is:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    32. 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

    33. 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

    34. Which of the following is the most effective method for improving literacy in children and adolescents with reading difficulties?

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    35. The main idea of a multi-tiered system of support in instruction is that:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    36. Based on research, we know that the most effective intervention for reading difficulties is:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    38. Spoken language skills:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    40. In shallow and transparent orthographies:

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