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1. Assigning LEP students to an English only classroom without any special ESL support is also known as:
a. segregation b. bilingual education c. discrimination d. immersion
2. A country that has a high level of bilingualism is likely to have many citizens who:
a. don't understand English b. are divided on cultural linesc. speak two languagesd. don't speak the official language
(The next question does not have a right or wrong answer. Choose the one answer that you feel is most likely to represent your feelings)
3. If a mixed racial family moved into my neighborhood speaking a language I did not know I would be most likely to want to:
a. help them learn my language b. learn their language c. stay away from them d. have them leave
4. The language that elementary school children speak most often is influenced by:
a. the teachers b. familiesc. playmates d. the dominant culture
5. The language of school instruction is most often determined by school boards based mostly on:
a. the national language b. the majority language c. political pressures d. the children's needs
6. If I met a man who was sorry his children did not speak his own native language I would be most likely to think that:
a. it is a sad situation b. it is a correctable situation c. it is good for the child d. it is the man's own fault
7. Bilingual education is useful for all:
a. the limited English students b. the foreign students c. the students d. the minority students
8. Bilingual education is likely to result in participants:
a. getting higher test scores in English b. getting lower test scores in English c. no effect on test scores d. affects only the non-English language students
9. If there were a student in my classroom who spoke some other language better than English I would be likely to:
a. expect the student to learn English and keep the pace b. send the student to specialists in teaching English c. adjust my pace and style of teaching for that student d. assign the student to a room with other such children
10. A bilingual method that includes an equal amount of instruction in each language could be described as:
a. additive b. maintenance c. transitional d. subtractive
11. If there were a student in my classroom who could read some other language better than English, letting the student read books in his own language would be likely to:
a. retard his English reading b. have no effect on English reading c. improve his English reading d. improve only his other language
12. One reason that a teacher might have the children sing in various languages is to:
a. Make the children aware of other cultures b. foster multicultural skills and attitudes c. teach foreign vocabulary and pronunciation d. teach them about customs of other countries
13. My status at this time is (check all that apply)
a. undergraduate student b. graduate student c. educator, non certified d. certified teacher
14. My formal training in multicultural education, bilingual or TESOL includes:
a. this course b. one course c. two - three courses d. four or more courses
15. My experience with cross cultural relations includes:
a. member of a minority group b. raised in a plural community/school c. adult experience with other groups d. foreign travel
16. My attitude toward other groups may be described as:
a. I wish they would go back where they came from b. I can take it c. I like it d. What other groups?
17. My attitude towards this course so far:
a. I wish I were home instead b. I can handle it c. I am looking forward to it d. I can't live without it
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