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. Examples of phoneme manipulation include:

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    3. To identify sounds of word helps learners to:

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

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    5. Development of voluntary attention:

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

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    7. Rapid naming means:

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

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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 semiotic system?

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

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    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 the following is NOT true of text comprehension?

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    16. Steps of teaching reading comprehension when the child masters the basic reading skills.

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

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    18. Instructional support means that:

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    19. Teacher-directed teaching is beneficial:

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    21. When can adult learners begin to learn to read phrases and sentences?

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    22. Why does teaching adult learners require special skills?

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

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    24. When assessing reading and spelling:

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

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    28. ICT is integrated into reading instruction when:

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    29. A benefit of using messaging apps (e.g.WhatsApp) in teaching is:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    30. Blended learning 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. To preventing reading difficulties:

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    33. Part-time special education in grades one and two:

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    34. 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

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    36. 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

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

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    Category: Reading difficulties

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

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

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