FTCE ESOL K-12 Secrets Study Guide: FTCE Test Review for the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations

***Includes Practice Test Questions***

Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the FTCE ESOL K-12 test.

The FTCE ESOL K-12 Exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. FTCE ESOL K-12 Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the FTCE ESOL K-12 exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the FTCE ESOL K-12 Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

FTCE ESOL K-12 Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A thorough review for the FTCE ESOL K-12 Exam
• A breakdown of English language principles, language acquisition, and literacy development
• An examination of sociolinguistic, cultural, ethnic, and sociopolitical issues
• An analysis of federal and state mandates
• A guide to curriculum and instructional methods
• An in-depth look at assessment
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The English Language Principles / Language Acquisition / Literacy Development section covers:

• Stages of first-language acquisition
• Learning models
• Relationship between primary language academic success and English
• Verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical students
• Kinesthetic and visual/spatial students
• Language variation and dialect
• Development of phonics knowledge
• Spelling development

The Sociolinguistic, Cultural, Ethnic, and Sociopolitical Issues section covers:

• Material and nonmaterial culture
• Cultural assimilation
• Cultural pluralism, subcultures, and reference groups
• Instruction for immigrants and children of migrants
• Multiculturalism
• Socialization
• Attachments, investments, involvements, and beliefs
• Cultural influences

The Federal and State Mandates section covers:

• Bilingual Education act of 1968
• No Child Left Behind
• Castaneda v. Pickard (1981)
• Lau v. Nichols
• Meyer v. Nebraska (1923)

The Curriculum / Instructional Methods section covers:

• Recommended sequence for phonics skills instruction
• Synthetic and analytic phonics instruction
• Decoding and encoding
• Formal and informal assessment
• Skills/balanced approach
• Whole language approach
• Language acquisition model

The Assessment section covers:

• Clarifying table
• Motivating secondary students
• Linguistic knowledge
• Literature
• Content standards
• Group and individual assessments

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the FTCE ESOL K-12 Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.
Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answers, and that's another area where our guide stands out. Our test designers have provided scores of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual FTCE ESOL K-12 Exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.