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!

    If you want to do the pretest now, please continue below.

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    Category: Literacy learning

    1. The best literacy teaching method for beginning reading is:

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

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

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

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    8. 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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    9. Rapid naming means:

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    10. In teaching vocabulary, it is important to:

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    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. Multilingualism:

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

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    15. A good way to teach morphological awareness is:

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    16. Which of these is NOT a metalinguistic skill?

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

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    18. 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

    19. 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

    20. 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

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

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    22. Teaching through interaction means that:

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    23. Which of these allows writers to write content that is readable and understandable?

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

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

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

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

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

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    29. Which of the following is NOT regarded as a literacy activity for young children?

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    30. ICT is integrated into reading instruction when:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    31. To preventing reading difficulties:

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

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    33. 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

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

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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 neuroimaging studies:

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    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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