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. 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. Phonological awareness means:

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

    6. To increase reading motivation, it is important that:

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    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. 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

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    14. Metalinguistic awareness and development begins:

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    15. Which of these is NOT a metalinguistic skill?

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

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    17. 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

    18. 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

    19. Organisational support in teaching means:

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    20. Teacher-directed teaching is beneficial:

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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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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    26. Developing good handwriting:

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    27. When comparing handwriting and typing:

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    28. Reading comprehension can be developed as follows:

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    29. Blended learning is:

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    31. 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

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

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

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    34. 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

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

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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. 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. The orthographic structure of a language is:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    40. The most prominent characteristic of reading disability (dyslexia) is:

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