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Sample lesson · Topic 1

The syllabus for this subtest is a rule, and it names the skills

English Language Skills · FTCE General Knowledge

  • Rule 6A-4.0021, F.A.C. incorporates the competencies and skills by reference and makes them part of the rule. That is unusual and it works in your favor: the examinable content is a published list rather than a description, and the list is short enough to read in ten minutes.
  • There are three competencies and nineteen skills. Language structure has four skills, vocabulary application has three, and standard English conventions has twelve. The subtest is thirty questions.
  • The proportions follow the skill counts. Expect roughly six questions on structure, five on vocabulary and nineteen on conventions. Nothing else is examinable on this subtest, however good a piece of writing advice may be.
  • Work from the list, not from a general sense of correctness. A candidate who can name which of the twelve conventions skills an item is testing has usually found the error already, because each skill describes exactly one kind of fault.

Rule 6A-4.0021, F.A.C.Competencies s.82 ELS 1.1