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

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    3. A transparent language has the following characteristics:

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    4. Twenty-first century learning skills do NOT include:

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    Category: Literacy learning

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

    6. Development of voluntary attention:

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    Category: Literacy learning

    7. 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

    8. Which one of these is NOT related to rapid naming problems?

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    9. A delay in expressive vocabulary (late talking) at the age of 2–2.5 years predicts:

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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 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. Monolingualism:

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

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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 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

    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. Which of the following best describes the primary purpose and function of a classroom reading assessment?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    21. Why does teaching adult learners require special skills?

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    22. When assessing reading in transparent languages:

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    26. Reading comprehension can be developed as follows:

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    27. Which of the following is NOT a psychological benefit of listening to stories?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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

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    30. Apps for reading development

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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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    Category: Reading difficulties

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

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

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

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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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