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. Critical factor for reading mastery is:

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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. The method of promoting the development of phonemic awareness in young children is:

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    5. The skill of identifying and producing rhyming words is useful for:

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    6. Which of these is an important learning skill?

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    Category: Literacy learning

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

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    Category: Literacy learning

    8. Fine motor skills are NOT that important in:

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    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 NOT a level at which phonological awareness is taught?

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    12. A good way to teach morphological awareness is:

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    13. Which of these is NOT a metalinguistic skill?

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    14. Which of the following is NOT true of text comprehension?

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

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    16. 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

    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 primary purpose and function of a classroom reading assessment?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    19. Instructional support means that:

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    20. Teaching through interaction means that:

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    21. Child-centred teaching means that:

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    22. How can you help adult learners become fluent in reading?

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    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. How should a teacher NOT help children with spelling difficulties?

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

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

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    Category: Literacy teaching

    29. ICT is integrated into reading instruction when:

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    30. Apps for reading development

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    31. In learning to read, it is important that:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

    32. 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

    33. Based on research, which of these statements is INCORRECT. Intensity of reading instruction and intervention can be increased by:

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    Category: Reading difficulties

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

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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. In shallow and transparent orthographies:

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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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