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MTEL Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test

The MTEL Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test is composed of a reading subtest and a writing subtest. Each of these subtests contains a multiple-choice section that addresses a number of subareas.

The reading subtest of the MTEL Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test addresses six subareas. Four of the subareas, Word Meaning; Main Idea and Detail; Writer's Purpose; Idea, are given equal weight. Relationships and Critical Reasoning are each assigned 15% of the reading subtest total score. The fifth subarea; Graphs, Tables and Charts, completes the section with 25% of the total weight.

The Writing subtest also contains a multiple-choice section, along with an open-response section. The multiple-choice section of the MTEL Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test divides five subareas equally, giving each 11% of the subtest's total weight. The subareas include Unity and Focus, Verbs and Nouns, Pronouns and Modifiers, Sentence Structure and Punctuation, and Capitalization and Spelling.

In addition to the multiple-choice question section, an open-response portion of the MTEL Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test adds 45% to the subtest's total score in two written responses. The first is a composition exercise in which the candidate demonstrates facility in terms of the expression of an idea, in an organized manner. The second written response is a summary exercise in which the candidate demonstrates the ability to read and understand a passage, then summarize it succinctly and without loss of essential information.

MTEL Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test Practice Questions

1. What is the least effective way to help students add a new word to their active vocabulary?

1. Make it relevant to them.
2. They are required to memorize it.
3. Essential to understanding the material
4. Makes a connection to known information

2. Phonics is:

1. Non-Analytical
2. Old fashioned
3. Helps students sound out new words
4. Not used very much

3. Guided oral reading can be used with:

1. Any age at any grade level
2. English Language Learners
3. Groups and Individuals
4. All of the above

4. What are sentences?

1. The building blocks of writing
2. Difficult to write
3. Subject, verb and modifiers
4. None of the above

5. What is one way reading and writing are related?

1. Writers usually like to read.
2. Background knowledge is irrelevant.
3. Both are required subjects in school.
4. The alphabet is used in both

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