Exam #15 Remedial Instruction in English

1. One of the strategies to help struggling writers in the secondary 12. How should students be selected in the remedial program in Eng-
level is explicit teaching of the structure and language features of lish?
written genres. Which of the following procedures explicitly teach a. Through interviews and conferences
the genres? b. By administering standardized exams
a. Asking students to read the different text types. c. Through teacher election and recommendation
b. Making students write specific text type each day. d. All of the above
c. Conducting a text analysis of the specific text types. 13. Evaluation of remedial programs comes in many forms. Which of
d. Asking students to read text types and write about them. the following criteria ensures that the program achieves its goal of
2. Which of the following should a teacher do prior to reading reme- improving student abilities to prepare them for the mainstream
diation? class?
a. Conduct an interest inventory through questionnaire. a. Organizational context
b. Thoroughly assess and evaluate students. b. Accountability
c. Administer an informal reading inventory c. Effectiveness
d. Design a material reading program d. Impact
3. Which of the following characterizes remedial students in gener- 14. Listening comprehension problems are caused by linguistic and
al? non linguistic factors. Which of the following is considered a lin-
a. They have a number of learning disabilities. guistic obstacle?
b. They failed in two or more subject areas in their level. a. Students fails to concentrate on what is being listened to
c. Their abilities fall several levels below their current level. b. Student has limited schema or background knowledge
d. They have low intended quotient and low emotional quo- c. Student fails to discern changes into intonation patterns
tient. d. Student has poor listening habits and strategies
4. What is the primary goal of remedial instruction in English? 15. Which of the following is an important remedial listening strate-
a. To separate the low performing from the high performing. gies for those students who cannot distinguish between /r/ and /
b. To identify students who do not achieve school standards. I/?
c. To help students cope with the demands of their actual a. Provide ample exercise on sound discrimination.
level. b. Give exercises on various intonation patterns.
d. To help schools achieve their mission and in quality educa- c. Practice strategies in decoding sight words.
tion. d. Identify liaisons and incomplete plosives.
5. Which of the following is NOT an instructional adaptation in re- 16. To address listening comprehension problems what must teach-
medial instruction? ers in the remedial class do?
a. Scaffolding instructional cues. a. Train students in various types of listening.
b. More challenging texts and tasks. b. Train students in predicting and inferring strategies.
c. Leveling and chunking of materials. c. Train students by asking them to listen to native speakers.
d. Ongoing assessment and feedback. d. Train students in distinguishing between British and Ameri-
6. ow might class size be affected in remedial instruction in English? can English.
a. Class size becomes heterogeneous. 17. Which of the following linguistic cueing systems allow a reader to
b. Class size depends on the teacher. figure out an unknown word base on its place in a sentence?
c. Class size gets smaller. a. Linguistic
d. Class size gets bigger. b. Graphophonic
7. Which is an important curriculum consideration in the remedial c. Syntactic
writing program? d. Semantic
a. Place emphasis on difficult-to-form letters. 18. Early intervention for struggling learners may be done through
b. Develop hand writing fluency through speed trials. which of the following strategies?
c. Stress neatness and legibility of cursive hand writing. a. Clinical teaching strategies
d. Prioritize word recognition and spelling sight words. b. Teacher-student interaction
8. Reading diagnosis is a crucial component of the remedial reading c. On-going family literacy
program. What could be the problem of the students to constantly d. Rigorous assessment
read pat as bat and got as dot? 19. Which of the following does NOT correctly apply syllabication
a. Phoneme isolation principles?
b. Segmenting syllables a. Grum-ble
c. Blending of sounds b. Swag-girl
d. Graphophonic correspondence c. Irre-pa-ra-ble
9. In designing a remedial program in English, which of the following d. Un-touch-a-ble
is the most important of the student considerations? 20. Which of the following remediation strategies may help students
a. Learning styles in phonemic awareness?
b. Likes and dislikes a. Sound isolation
c. Background knowledge b. Motor imaging
d. Socio economic status c. Sight words drill
10. Remedial programs face a number of difficulties and challenges d. Syllabication
both in the local and national levels. Which of the following ap- 21. The following are factors to consider in designing a remedial
pears foremost in many studies and researches in remedial in- program except.
struction? a. Assessment
a. Parent's acceptance b. Curriculum
b. Program cost and resources c. Evaluation
c. Teacher's skills preparation d. Instruction
d. Availability of instructional materials 22. Which of the following components of a remedial program in-
11. Which is primary consideration in choosing instructional materials volves learners monitoring of their progress?
for remedial instruction? a. The enforcement and extension
a. Congruence with skills being developed. b. Personal emotional growth development
b. Demands of the mainstream class. c. Cognitive development
c. Variety of instructional materials. d. Schema enhancement
d. Appeal to the student 23. Which is the best way to correct basic sight vocabulary deficit?
a. Have students trace the word on paper
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 b. Discuss the meaning of words through pictures
c. Let students use context clues
d. Have student write sentences
24. Which skill should students learn in remediation through pho-
nemic awareness?
a. Clipping
b. Coining
c. Decoding
d. Blending
25. Which of the following is least useful for the teacher when doing
remedial vocabulary instruction?
a. Words study journal puzzle
b. Cross word puzzle
c. Drawings and graphs
d. Standardized vocabulary test
26. Below are general instructional guidelines that should be consid-
ered in remedial program (Strickland, 1998 cited in Gunning,
2003 and in Vacca, Vacca, and Gove, 1991), except:
a. Instruction is systematic when it is planned, deliberate in
application, and proceeds in an orderly manner. This does
not mean a rigid progression of one-size-fits-all teaching.
b. Intensive instruction on any particular skill or strategy
should be based on need. Thus, intensity will vary both with
individuals and groups.
c. There should be substitute for ongoing documentation
and monitoring of learning to determine the order in
which skills should be addressed and the level of intensi-
ty required to help a child or group of children succeed in a
particular area is ongoing.
d. To track specific goals and objectives within an integrated
language-arts framework, teachers must know the instruc-
tional objectives their curriculum requires at the grade or
year level they teach.
27. The orientation component principle in remediating reading
means that:
a. It should provide continuity and focus to the remedial session
b. It should never be traded away, even for one period, without
some compelling reason.
c. It should contain an attempt to enhance basic thinking opera-
tion such as: inference
d. It should contain proper communication among students and
parents of what is to be remediated.
28. How would you correct a student who has sight-word knowledge
deficit?
a. Ask students to write the word themselves and to be sure
have them say the word while they write it.
b. When students are first learning to blend, use examples with
continuous sounds, because the sounds can be stretched
and held.
c. Identify the relevant and irrelevant features of the concept in
question.
d. Take a difficult word from the text, write it on the chalkboard,
pronounce it, and tell what it means.
29. The following are the ways to improve students’ listening com-
prehension, except:
b. Show poor attention and concentration
c. Difficulty accessing existing topic knowledge
d. Have visual motor integration weaknesses and fine motor
difficulties.
32. You can distinguish a student with motivation difficulty in writing if
he/she has __________.
a. Impoverished, fragmented, and poorly organized topic
knowledge
b. Fail to balance performance goals, which relate to docu-
menting performance and achieving success, and mastery
goals, which relate to acquiring competence.
c. Less awareness of what constitutes good writing and how to
produce it
d. Have limited ability to self-regulate thoughts, feelings, and
actions throughout the writing process
33. One of the strategies in teaching pronunciation is Passages and
scripts are used for students to practice and then read aloud
focusing on stress, timing, and intonation which is under
____________.
a. Reading aloud/recitation
b. Recording of learners’ production
c. Developmental approximation drills
d. Listen and imitate
34. It refers to understanding that letters represent sound so that
words may be read by saying the sounds represented by the
letters, and words may be spelled by writing the letters that rep-
resent the sounds in a word.
a. Sight-Word Knowledge
b. Basic Sight Words
c. Alphabetic Knowledge
d. Knowledge on Sound-Symbol Correspondence
35. It refers to the readers’ ability to use phonics, phonemic, and
structural analysis knowledge.
a. Alphabetic Knowledge
b. Kno Exam #15 Remedial Instruction in English wledge on
Sound-Symbol Correspondence
c. Phonemic awareness
d. Phonology
36. Below are the factors that make speaking difficult (Brown, 2001)
except:
a. Clustering
b. Redundancy
c. Slang
d. Performance variables
37. Below are the techniques teacher can use in improving students’
listening comprehension, except:
a. Recognize stressed and unstressed words
b. Enrich vocabulary
c. Teach IPA
d. Practice inferring information not directly stated
38. The following are causes of poor comprehension, except:

a. Practice sound discrimination, liaisons, and incomplete plo- a. lack of background knowledge
sives b. inadequate level of vocabulary
b. Teach grammar c. failure to know the meaning of non technical academic lan-
c. Improve skills in predicting gauge
d. Teach Stress, rhythm, and intonation d. inadequate understanding of vocabulary development
30. One of the techniques in teaching pronunciation is minimal pair 39. The following are factors to consider in developing students' vo-
drills, what do you mean by this? cabulary, academic language, and background knowledge, ex-
cept:
a. The teacher established the setting or context then key vo-
cabulary is presented. a. utility
b. These provide practice on problematic sounds in the target b. morphemic value
language through listening discrimination and spoken prac- c. frequency
tice. d. level of knowledge
c. Articulatory descriptions, articulatory diagrams, and a pho- 40. What is the strategy which is considered as ineffective when
netic alphabet are used. teaching vocabulary instruction?
d. Passages and scripts are used for students to practice and a. contextual redefinition
then read aloud focusing on stress, timing, and intonation b. looking up the word in the dictionary
31. You can distinguish a student with knowledge difficulty in writing if c. semantic maps
he/she has __________. d. semantic feature analysis
a. Do not analyze or reflect on writing 41. When a lesson is not engaging, what should the teacher do?
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 a. Ask more lower level questions a. Direct Instruction Component
b. omit parts of the activity b. Schema-Enhancement Component
c. Modify the materials, lesson, or student groups c. Reinforcement and Extension Component
d. Choose another lesson d. Personal-Emotional Growth Development
42. Why is feedback to students important?
a. Allows the teacher to assess the situation Exam #16 Translation & Editing of Text
b. Makes them question their work
c. Helps students understand the subject matter and guides 51. The terms “computer-assisted translation” and “machine transla-
them to continue with their learning tion” are the same.
d. There aren't any real benefits in the long run b. True
43. This means providing more and slightly longer pauses to give c. False
students more time to make sense of the utterances 52. The interpretation of non-specific language.
a. Specialized Translation
a. Speak at standard speed b. Literary Translation
b. Use shorter, simpler, sentences c. General Translation
c. Use specific names instead of pronouns d. Human Assisted Machine Translation
d. Use more gestures, movement, and facial expressions 53. In translating idioms or figurative language we need to use.
44. These provide emphasis on words and give learners extra clues a. Lexical Synonymy
as they search for meaning. b. Cultural Equivalence
a. Speak at standard speed c. Functional Equivalence
b. Use shorter, simpler, sentences d. Transposition SL- TL
c. Use specific names instead of pronouns 54. A translation from press releases to promotional videos.
d. Use more gestures, movement, and facial expressions a. Literal Translation
45. In order for teachers to support all students' writing ability devel- b. Literary translation
opment, certain qualities of the writing classroom must be c. Media Translation
present, they should do the following, except: d. Knowledge Translation
55. Intersemiotic translation is also called?
a. Routines should permit students to become comfortable with a. rewording
the writing process and move through the process over a b. transmutation
sustained period of time at their own rate. c. literal translation
b. Lessons should be designed to help students master craft d. formal translation
elements (e.g., text structure, character development), writ- 56. The translator uses a computer to improve or speed up the
ing skills process of translation.
c. Activities should be set high in order to close the gap a. Machine/Mechanical Translation
among the students b. Human Assisted Machine Translation
d. A common language for shared expectations and feedback c. Audiovisual translation
regarding writing quality might include the use of traits d. Computer Assisted Translation
46. These are consideration in accommodations in teaching strate- 57. SL: To make a delicious turkey requires the following simple steps

gies in remedial instruction, except: TL: Mga simpleng hakbang kailangan para sa masarap na pabo.

*The translation above is an example of?
a. Devote more instructional time to writing mechanics. a. Contraction
b. Provide physical assistance during handwriting practice. b. Translation Collocation
c. Re-teach writing skills and strategies. c. Lexical Synonymy
d. Provide impromptu feedbacking for fast-paced learning d. Expansion
47. These are the curriculum considerations for teaching handwriting, 58. Under this technique is ‘Shift in order of words’.
except: a. Functional Equivalence
b. Transposition SL- TL
a. Visual cues, such as numbered dots and arrows, and verbal
c. Lexical Synonymy
descriptions are used to guide letter formation.
d. Cultural Equivalence
b. Activities to reinforce letter recognition and naming are com-
59. It basically means that the translator makes a conscious choice to
bined with handwriting practice.
use the same word in the target text as it is found in the source
c. Style of handwriting should be dependent on students’
text.
needs.
a. Contraction
d. Students practice using a comfortable and efficient tripod
b. Translation Collocation
pencil grasp
c. Lexical Synonymy
48. The following are considerations for teaching spelling, except;
d. Borrowing
a. Previously taught spelling words are daily viewed to pro- 60. Who is the proponent of ‘Linguistic Aspect of Translation’?
mote retention. a. Lev Vygostky
b. Correct use of spelling vocabulary in students’ written work is b. Roman Jakobson
monitored and reinforced. c. Noam Chomsky
c. Students are taught and encouraged to use dictionaries, d. Michael Halliday
spell checkers, and other resources to determine the spelling 61. If a document with 1,000 Tagalog words is translated into English,
of unknown words it would on average convert into 1,250 words.
d. Spelling “demons” and other difficult words are posted on a. Reduction/Contraction
wall charts. b. Cultural Equivalence
49. This period of time ideally should build on the direct instructional c. Functional Equivalence
period and be spent in empowered reading, writing, and discus- d. Addition or Expansion
sion of what was read. 62. Translation of Research Findings is a good example of?
a. Machine Translation
a. Direct Instruction Component b. Knowledge Translation
b. Schema-Enhancement Component c. Literary translation
c. Reinforcement and Extension Component d. Media Translation
d. Personal-Emotional Growth Development 63. Translating the word depends on its meaning not just literal trans-
50. There is little learning or consequence that can occur without the lation.
learner involvement and anticipation of personal progress. a. Contraction
b. Translation Collocation
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 c. Lexical Synonymy 75. It checks for the quality of the manuscript, or proof, before mass
d. Borrowing production. The focus is the language and the layout of the man-
64. The words that goes together in harmony with other word as ap- uscript.
propriate pairing. a. Copy-Editing
a. Contraction b. Editing
b. Translation Collocation c. Proofreading
c. Lexical Synonymy d. Translation of Text
d. Expansion 76. Intralingual translation is…
65. The aims at keeping the contextual features of the source text a. an interpretation of verbal signs by means of signs of non-
intact in the target language. verbal sign systems.
a. Lexical Synonymy b. an interpretation of verbal signs by means of some other
b. Cultural Equivalence language
c. Functional Equivalence c. an interpretation of verbal signs by means of other signs
d. Addition or Expansion of the same language.
66. A translation without any help of human. d. none of the above
a. Machine/Mechanical Translation 77. Which is not a meaning of Literary Translation?
b. Human Assisted Machine Translation a. Is a type of translation where the source documents are fic-
c. Audiovisual translation tion.
d. Computer Assisted Translation b. The academic conference into the hands of people and
67. Proofread: “Last summer, my family and I camped by the Missis- organizations who can put it to practical use.
sippi river.” c. It is the poetic focus of the text that makes this type of trans-
a. change family to Family lation different from,
b. change I to me d. The artistic image created in the particular literary work
c. change river to River 78. This is known as “translation proper”.
d. The sentence is correct. a. Intersectional translation
68. Recognised Translation refers to… b. Intralingual translation
a. translating the lexicon in terms of meaning. c. Intersemiotic translation
b. using the officially accepted translation. d. Interlingual translation
c. dividing a sentence by segments. 79. An effort to find equivalent and appropriate terms for the transfer
d. to use the same word in the target text from Source Language to Target Language.
69. In this principle you have the same words but have different mean- a. Terminology
ings, the word can be different in a way how it was spoken or ex- b. Tuning
pressed. c. Analysis
a. Consider differences in written expression from spoken ex- d. Understanding
pression. It requires formally of words in translation. 80. Filipino: Ang buwan ng pebrero ay buwan ng pag ibig

b. The believe that Filipino language is inadequate, hence, English: The moon is a moon of love

translators resort to imitation or borrowing not only the The translation above is an example of?
word, but also the idioms, way of expression, and the a. Literary translation
structure of the sentence of English. b. Media Translation
c. Brief, concise, condensed expressions should always be c. Literal Translation
observed in translation process. d. Knowledge Translation
d. Every language is rooted from the culture of the people who 81. Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
owns it. a. In the middle of night. The van pulled up.
70. It refers to the process of speakers adopting words from a b. Chuck would not, give Jane the seat.
source language into their native language. c. Over coffee and toast, Kelly told me about her new job.
a. borrowing d. Lemonade. My favorite drink.
b. loan words 82. This principle shortened versions of word or phrases help speed
c. adoption of words up our communication.
d. lent words a. Every language is rooted from the culture of the people who
71. Which is not an example of Audiovisual translation. owns it.
a. Dubbing b. Abbreviations and Acronyms including formulas that are
b. written translation considered established or universal in use need not to
c. voice-over be changed to conform with spelling and equivalence.
d. subtitling c. Consider differences in written expression from spoken ex-
72. Also referred to as automated translation or instant translation. pression. It requires formally of words in translation.
a. Knowledge Translation d. There are instances when direct expressions best said eu-
b. Literary translation phemistically to avoid awkwardness.
c. Machine Translation 83. The process of checking for mistakes, inconsistencies and repeti-
d. Media Translation tion; the polishing of your manuscript before publication; it is also
73. A translator should be a totally dependent to dictionaries. used to remove the obstacles between the readers and what the
a. True author wants to convey.
b. False a. Copy-Editing
74. This principle requires the formality of words in translation. Some- b. Editing
thing done because if follows the usual or accepted way of doing c. Proof-Reading
things, although it may not be important. d. Translation of Text
a. Consider differences in written expression from spoken 84. The example of this AB English- Literary Translation.
expression. It requires formally of words in translation. a. Specialized Translation
b. Brief, concise, condensed expressions should always be b. Literary Translation
observed in translation process. c. General Translation
c. Every language is rooted from the culture of the people who d. Human Assisted Machine Translation
owns it. 85. It can be one through reading and digging information in discus-
d. The believe that Filipino language is inadequate, hence, sion as much as you can about the content and context.
translators resort to imitation or borrowing not only the word, a. Terminology
but also the idioms, way of expression, and the structure of b. Tuning
the sentence of English. c. Analysis
d. Understanding

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86. Is the art of PERSUASION. b. I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and, ba-
a. Discourse nanas.
b. Communication c. I went to the store, and bought apples oranges and
c. Rhetoric bananas.
d. Contextual Application d. I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and ba-
87. The following sentence pair should be combined to make a better nanas. 
sentence. Which is the best revision? 
 98. As the translator reads through the text, he should note down any
“The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike.” lexical items which seem to be the key words. The process is
a. The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat. called?
b. The flat bicycle tire is on the bike. a. Transfer
c. On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat. b. Analysis
d. The tire on the bicycle is flat. c. Understanding
88. Is a process of going from the semantic structure analysis to the d. Reconstructing
initial draft of the translation. 99. Is used to refer just to the special vocabulary of a particular sci-
a. Transfer ence or social practice
b. Analysis a. Discourse
c. Understanding b. Communication
d. Reconstructing c. Rhetoric
89. The third step in translation process according to Ronald H. Bath- d. Contextual Application
gate. 100.The replacement of lexical items by other equivalent items that
a. Terminology are considered more suited to the target audience.
b. Tuning a. Intralingual translation
c. Analysis b. Intersemiotic translation
d. Understanding c. Interlingual translation
90. Carries a source text (or artefact) across sign systems and typical- d. Intersectional translation
ly creates connections between different cultures and media.
a. Intralingual translation
b. Intersemiotic translation
c. Interlingual translation
d. Intersectional translation
91. A particular language points to the culture of a particular social
group.
a. Consider differences in written expression from spoken ex-
pression. It requires formally of words in translation.
b. There are instances when direct expressions best said eu-
phemistically to avoid awkwardness.
c. Every language is rooted from the culture of the people
who owns it.
d. Translation should be accepted by the target receiver.
92. La Parure to ‘The Necklace’ is an example of?
a. Literal Translation
b. Knowledge Translation
c. Literary translation
d. Media Translation
93. In this process the translator needs to know whether he makes
and adequate translation.
a. Transfer
b. Analysis
c. Understanding
d. Reconstructing
94. This principle can be best describe using “went to heaven” instead
of “dead”.
a. Consider differences in written expression from spoken ex-
pression. It requires formally of words in translation.
b. There are instances when direct expressions best said
euphemistically to avoid awkwardness.
c. Every language is rooted from the culture of the people who
owns it.
d. Abbreviations and Acronyms including formulas that are
considered established or universal in use need not to be
changed to conform with spelling and equivalence.
95. A human translator is the one reading and deducing the meaning
of the source text and transferring it into the target language.
a. Machine/Mechanical Translation
b. Human Assisted Machine Translation
c. Audiovisual translation
d. Computer Assisted Translation
96. Common Errors to look in “proofreading” EXCEPT:
a. Spelling
b. Content
c. Typography
d. Grammar
97. Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a. I went to the store and bought apples, oranges and
bananas.

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