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MTEL Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test Answer Key

1. B: Students should be able to make a connection to information they already know, relate the term to personal experience or use it to solve a real problem. Discussing examples and/or applications of the word in a different context along with examples of how not to use it help students understand. Requiring a written explanation helps makes new ideas and concepts easier to remember.

2. C: Phonics is an analytical approach to reading. Learning to decode or “sound-out” letter combinations enables students visually recognize words they already hear and speak in every day conversation. It gives them tools to sound-out unfamiliar words. It helps expand vocabulary by giving students a way to pronounce new words.

3. D: Guided oral reading is an instructional strategy used to improve verbal reading skills. It can be used with any age and grade level student and will help both native English speakers as well as English language learners. The exercise can be used at home, in the classroom with the whole group or students can be paired (a fluent reader with a struggling student); the process is the same.

4. A: Teachers can help students overcome their fear of writing by providing an organized, sequential approach to the task and explaining and sharing examples of each step. At the beginning of the term, work on composing clear, complete sentences, progress to short, one-page essays and move to longer research and term papers after the students are proficient in the basics.

5. A: A person who enjoys writing is usually a voracious reader. A fluent reader is usually able to write clearly and effectively. Both utilize background knowledge and experience to comprehend and integrate information. They understand the structure of the language and bring certain skills to the task such as the ability to search for and define meanings and ideas and respond to the message by sharing it with others.