LICENSURE EXAMINATION

FOR TEACHERS

ENGLISH MAJORSHIP UPDATED

REVIEWERS

In miscue analysis, which category of graphic similarity does the teacher illustrate in this situation?

Text:

The project encouraged the use of imagination.

Child read aloud:

The project encouraged the use of inauguration.

Miscue record:

Inauguration
High graphic similarity C. Low graphic similarity

Some graphic similarity D. No graphic similarity

Which type of retelling does the situation exemplify?

Teacher: “You told me that Isabele couldn’t find a seat when she got on the school bus, why

not?“

Victor: “I think the other kids, you know the animals, didn’t want her to sit with them

because she was small and plus the bus driver was mean so she didn’t want to sir

near him.”

Unaided retelling C. Half-aided retelling

Aided retelling D. Fully-aided retelling

While reading orally, John’s word error range is from 2 to 5 word calling errors per 100 words of text
(95% accuracy or better), with at least 80 percent comprehension on simple recall questions about the
story. In what level does his reading ability belong?

Independent Reading Level C. Frustration Reading Level

Successful Reading Level D. Instructional Reading Level

Don, a Grade 4 pupil reads saw for was, says a b is a d, skips, omits, or adds words when he reads
outloud, rites 41 for 14, shows no difference between 1 2 3 and 123, act and cat, + and X, and between
OIL and 710. What learning difficulty

Dyscalcula C. Dysgraphia

Dyslexia D. Reading miscues

What should teachers avoid in order to help pupils with learning difficulties remediate their challenges?

For a child with difficulty in speaking, allow extra time for the child to respond instead of hurrying him to
give an answer, teach vocabulary words clearly, practice sentence building and sequencing, introduce
‘talking partners' and use speaking frames.
For a child who has difficulty in planning, organizing ideas and formulating language, provide
sequencing, idea/ concept mapping activities, use reading sessions to explore meaning, cause and effect,
and teach and guide pupils how to use coloured pens to highlight different sorts of information for note-
taking, revision etc.

For the child who has difficulty with interaction, use auditory aids, repeat an Instruction if requested,
phrase questions carefully, and use open-ended questions requiring an elaboration (‘what do you like to
drink?’), than closed questions indicating a preference (‘Do you want orange or milk?’).

For a child who has reading difficulty, use imitative, repeated and impress methods which are
characterized by the use of more than one physical sense.

Fe, a Grade 5 pupil has difficulty completing school work, using writing in everyday situations, producing
letters on paper, and may not understand the relationship between letters, words, and sounds, shows
weakness in understanding letter/sound connections, and in fine motor skills. What learning difficulty
does she suffer from?

Dyscalcula C. Dysgraphia

Dyslexia D. Digraph

Self-monitoring and paying attention belong to which category of learning strategies identified by
Oxford in 1989?

Metacongnitive C. Compensation

Affective D. Social

Which of the following statements does not describe correctly the given illustration of miscue analysis?

Text:

The parachute did not seem to be working

Child read aloud:

The film did not seem to be working.

Miscue record:

Film
 The parachute did not seem to be working

A. There is no graphic similarity C. It is semantically correct

B. It is syntactically incorrect D. It is syntactically correct

Which of the following characterizes a “strategic reader”?

Refers to the dictionary when an unfamiliar word is encountered in the text

Chooses reading materials that are easier to read

Previews a selection and rereads difficult passages

Refrains from taking notes while reading

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Bottom-Up Model of Reading?

Suggests that the reader constructs meaning from all available sources

The primary focus of instructions should be the reading of whole selections

Reading is driven by the text, not the reader.

The emphasis is on comprehension, not decoding

Don, a grade three pupil finds it difficult to relate his thoughts and feelings through speaking and
writing. He may find it hard to recall the right word and may try to communicate using gestures and
sound effects. When he does speak it will often be in short phrases or sentences which may show
incorrect grammar or tense. After undergoing diagnosis, Don is found to suffer from __________.

expressive disorder C. auditory processing disorder

receptive disorder D. phonological difficulty

Which of these words is an example of slang?

Spyware C. Ammo

Goalie D. Scrub suit

Which among the list of activities below should be least prioritized or used in an ESP class?

Simulation C. Case studies

Feasibility studies D. Research

Which item is an example of an ESP needs analysis?

Psychoanalysis C. Advocacy Analysis

Material-based Analysis D. Target Situation Analysis

The following statements characterize ESP in the context of English language teaching, EXPECT _______

It is designed to meet specified needs of the learner

It is related in content to particular disciplines, occupations and activities

It is centered on the language appropriate to those activities in syntax, lexis, discourse, semantics, etc.,
and analysis of this discourse

It is in contrast with General English

Whish is a jargon of academe?

Pedagogy C. Deficit

Leverage D. Bureaucracy

Which is an example of a course for English for Occupational Purposes (EOP)?

English for Counseling

English for Classroom Application

English for Technicians

English for Social Advocacy

Slang expression are any of the following EXCEPT ________

expression that are not considered standard in the speaker’s language or dialect

considered acceptable in certain social setting

widely used in informal and formal speech and writing

very short and momentary expression

Which of the following written outputs does NOT qualify as a product of English for Academic Purposes
(EAP)?

Annual Reports C. Laboratory reports

Financial reports D. Thesis abstract

Which of the following K to 12 features of English language teaching in secondary level is NOT true?

Focus on common areas of difficulty in grammar

Sequential teaching of language forms

Common errors included in standard and international English proficiency tests

Use of literary and informative texts

Which approach to language teaching anchors on the behaviorist assumption that language learning is
the acquisition of a set of correct language habits and whose goal is to use the target language
communicatively, overlearn it, so as to be able to use it automatically?

Grammar-Translation Method C. Suggestopedia

Direct Method D. Audio-Lingual Method

 The curriculum goes through the stages of curriculum planning, curriculum implementation and
curriculum evaluation; the production of instructional materials falls under _________.

curriculum planning and implementation

curriculum planning and evaluation

curriculum planning

curriculum evaluation

An important step in ensuring the relevance of the instructional materials to the rest of the curriculum
is to keep a list of ________________.

policies issued by DepEd C. goals and objectives of the curriculum

visions and mission of the school D. curriculum standards

Which type of syllabus is given examples by the following activities: writing notes and memos, reports,
agendas, letter to companies, and reply letters?

Situational syllabus C. Task-bases syllabus

Grammatical syllabus D. Topical syllabus

Which is NOT a goal of K to 12 language teaching in the secondary level?

To link life, literature, and language and to integrate themes, texts, and tasks

To gain mastery of language forms and rules of usage

To hone independent study strategies through prescribed tasks

To use differentiated instruction to accommodate varied learners’ strategies

The primary aim of second language teaching using the Audio-Lingual method is ______________.

reading comprehension C. literary appreciation

vocabulary development D. oral proficiency

Which of the following concepts is/are correctly defined?

A curriculum includes to philosophy, purposes, design and implementation of a whole program.

A course is an integrated series of teaching learning experiences, whose ultimate aim is to lead the
learners to a particular state of knowledge.

A syllabus is the specification and ordering of content of a course or courses.

I only C. I, II

II only. D. I, II, III

A teaching practice which is compatible with Communicative Approach is one that _____________.

derives and makes explicit the grammatical rules of the language

addresses the needs of the target learners

follows the listen-speak-read-write sequence of skills

gives priority to oral proficiency

The K to 12 language teaching in secondary school can be described as follows EXCEPT it

_____________.

is literature-based and genre-focused

uses literary and informative texts

uses culminating performance tasks

focuses on common areas of difficulty in grammar

Newspaper articles, advertisement, radio announcement, etc. in the real world when used in the
classroom situations are classified as _____________.

authentic materials C. audio-visual aids

mass communication materials D. recycled materials

A plan of what to be achieved through the teaching and learning process which contains the course
description, objectives, the prerequisites, the requirements, and the topics to be taught is the
___________.

course outline C. course syllabus

curriculum guide D. lesson plan

Which of the following DOES NOT characterize the direct method of language teaching?

It allows errors and these errors are addressed by self-correction.

The teacher illustrates and demonstrates meaning.

The target language is used as an auxiliary/support language.

The language is viewed as spoken than written.

The content of the language teaching in this type of syllabus is a collection of specific abilities that may
play a part in using language. Which is referred to?

Skill-based syllabus C. Content-based syllabus

Task-bases syllabus D. Notional-functional syllabus

The teacher uses a contemporary a highly relevant song in presenting a lesson on conditional clauses.
She provides activity sheets in which students indicated their regretful experiences and the possible
outcome had they not done a certain regretful act. Then, the students were assigned in pair to share
with a partner what they have written. The use of the song, the worksheet, the pair group, the teacher
and the student' talk are provisions of which hypothesis in Krashen’s Monitor Model?

Affective Filter C. Comprehensible Input

Monitor Output D. Natural Order

 Which conversational maxim is violated in this utterance? In the classroom, the students are nosy; the
teacher spoke loud, “ Class, I really appreciate your behaving quietly today, You see we can smoothly
and clearly discuss our lesson.”

Quality C. Relation

Quantity D. Manner

The aspect of communicative competence that deals with the appropriate use of communication and
coping strategies is known as ______________ competence.

Discourse C. grammatical

Sociolinguistic D. strategic

Which generalization in the area of phonology can be drawn from the following linguistic data: table,
attack, can, paper, space, accordion?

A voiceless stop is aspirated if it begins a syllable of a stressed vowel.

A voiceless stop is aspirated if it follows a stressed vowel.

A voiceless stop is aspirated if it is in between a consonant and a tense vowel.

A voiceless stop is aspirated if it is in between a stressed vowel and a voiced consonant.

Which of the following has a glottal segment?

Hot C. Mat

Sad D. Dam

The study of illocutionary acts is an area of ______________.

pragmatics C. morphology

semantics D. syntax
 Mary thinks that she is the only girl who can sing the song. Obviously, “she” refers to Mary. What
concept in referential semantics explains the italicized word?

Deixis C. Coreference

Anaphora D. Prototype

What truth relation is exemplified in this pair of sentences: “Sentence A: The fisherman caught a fish.”
“Sentence B: The fisherman caught a milkfish.”?

Sentence A presupposes Sentence B

Sentence B presupposes Sentence A

Sentence A entails Sentence B

Sentence B entails Sentence A

What is the classification of the morpheme in each of the following linguistic data: invert, covert, revert,
subvert, divert?

Grammatical bound morpheme C. Grammatical free morpheme

Lexical free morpheme D. Lexical bound morpheme

Why does the word “take” when pronounced is different from the words “fake”, “vase” and “thank”?

All the three expressions have initial fricative segment.

All the three expressions have initial affricative segment.

All the three expressions have final voiced consonant.

All the three expressions have final voiceless stops.

The vowels in the words “pet”, “but”, “say” and “sew” are ______________.

[+high] C. [-high] and [-low]

[+low] D. [+tense]

Let’s surveil the place. The morpheme surveil is an example of ___________.

root creation C. back formation

derivation D. clipping

What is the morphological error in the following sentence: “The boy’s in the camp exercises are held in
the morning.”?

Two derivational morphemes are used in the noun [boy].

The derivational morphemes is used before the inflectional morpheme.

Two inflectional morphemes are used in the head noun of the noun phrase.

the inflectional morpheme is used before the derivational morpheme.

Which of the following is CORRECT?

A noun phrase must always have an adjective and a prepositional phase.

A determiner and a noun are obligatory components of a noun phrase.

A noun phrase must constitute a determiner, a quantifier or a verb phrase before a head noun.

A noun in the noun phrase may have an adjective before it, or a determiner, or may be followed by a
prepositional phrase.

In the phrase structure rules, a prepositional phrase consists of a preposition, followed by a ______.

noun C. noun phrase

objective pronounce D. clause

Which is a sense property in which two words have the same sense, or same values for all of their
semantic features? Example: “teacher” and “instructor”.

Hyponymy C. Anaphora

Deixis D. Synonymy
American: Are you a Filipino?

Filipino: Yes, I am.

American: So you must be a nurse.

What concept explains the conversation above?

Referent C. Prototype

Extension D. Stereotype

After supper, the wife asked the husband, “Should I get you some ice cream?” The husband responded,
“Am I diabetic?” What conversational maxim is violated?