TEL 301 Final Exam Topics and Advice for Doing Well
The Final Exam contains the same types of question formats that were on the weekly quizzes: true/false,
matching, ordering, multiple choice, etc. There are no essay questions and no short answer questions.
The content on the exam reflects the culmination of information and knowledge covered since Week 1.
Be sure to cover the following as you study:
Information about the backgrounds and unique needs of ELs
Policies affecting emergent multilinguals
The approximate time to full English proficiency
The stages of second language acquisition
The subsystems of language (e.g., morphology, phonology, etc.), as well as classroom activities
based on these systems
The names of instructional models that support multilingual learners
Various strategies to support multilingual learners
Terminology related to testing
Identifying whether a student learning objective is a content objective or a language objective
(there are six objectives to identify)
The Final Exam is open book, open note like the quizzes. Once you begin working on the Final Exam, you
must finish it.
The following are some recommendations for doing well.
Beforehand, review the guiding questions and objectives in the weekly folders on Blackboard,
and organize your notes and materials.
Study and review your materials ahead of time, so you can more easily locate the answers during
the exam.
Rest well the night before and have water/snacks or what helps you be comfortable and focus
nearby.
Find a location that will help you focus and that has a good wi-fi connection.
Give yourself adequate time to complete the exam once you begin.
Look in the grade book and see if there were any weeks that perhaps you should focus on. For
example, was there a quiz that contained terms that you had difficulty with. If so, use the games
in the weekly folder from that week to refresh your memory on various terms.
If possible, study with group or partner.
