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. The external factor that can be harmful to children’s learning to read is:

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    Category: Literacy learning

    2. A transparent language has the following characteristics:

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    Category: Literacy learning

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

    5. You can get a child to pay attention:

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    Category: Literacy learning

    6. A child shows intrinsic motivation when:

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    Category: Literacy learning

    7. Fine motor skills are NOT that important in:

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

    10. Rapid naming means:

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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 acknowledges learners:

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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. 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 a reading comprehension skill?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    17. 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

    18. Organisational support in teaching means:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    23. When assessing reading and spelling:

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    27. Reading comprehension can be developed as follows:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    28. Apps for reading development

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    29. Blended learning is:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    30. Which of the following is NOT considered a benefit of ICT usage?

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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. 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. Based on research, which of the following is NOT true:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

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

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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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