OSAT
Oklahoma = Subject Area=20 Tests
ENGLISH
The=20 OSAT is divided into four subareas and each deal with distinct = competencies you=20 are expected to demonstrate through taking the test. These = competencies=20 are the minimum criteria expected of beginning teachers in the state of=20 Oklahoma.
A=20
score of 240 (80%) or better is passing. 300 is the maximum number =
of=20
points possible on the text.
I. Listening and=20
Speaking 11-20 Selected Response=20
questions
II. =
Writing 11-20=20
Selected Response questions
III. =20
Reading 11-20 Selected Response=20
questions
IV. Language and=20 Literature 21-30 Selected Response questions
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The=20
OSAT also requires a =E2=80=9CConstructed Response=E2=80=9D =
answer. This is a=20
written response often in the form of an essay. The specific =
components=20
include:
FIVE=20
PARAGRAPHS
Introduction =
including your=20
three major points
First point =
including major=20
and minor supporting details
Second point =
including major=20
and minor supporting details
Final point =
including major=20
and minor details
Summary =
including each major=20
point from the introduction in the same order as your=20
introduction.
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COMPETENCIES REQUIRED=20
FOR THE OSAT
Listening and=20
Speaking:
001 Understand listening =
and=20
speaking for information and understanding
002 Understand listening =
and=20
speaking for literary response and expression, personal =
appreciation, and=20
entertainment
003 Understand listening = and=20 speaking for critical analysis, evaluation, and
persuasion.
004 Understand listening = and=20 speaking for social interaction in a variety of
formal and informal =
situations.
Writing
005 Understand writing =
for=20
information and understanding.
006 Understand writing =
for personal=20
expression and social interaction.
007 Understand writing =
for critical=20
analysis, evaluation, and persuasion.
008 Understand processes =
for=20
generating and developing written texts.
009 Edit written texts = to achieve=20 clarity and economy of expression and
conformity to conventions of standard English=20
usage.
Reading
010 Understand reading =
for=20
information and understanding.
011 Understand reading =
for literary=20
response and personal enjoyment.
012 Understand reading =
for critical=20
analysis and evaluation.
013 Understand the use =
of=20
metacognitive techniques in reading=20
comprehension
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Language and=20
Literature
Language
014 Understand the = historical,=20 social, cultural, and technological influences
shaping the English =
language.
015 Understand = fundamental concepts=20 relating to the structure, acquisition, use,
and=20
analysis of language.
Fundamentals of=20
Literature
016 Understand the =
characteristic=20
features of various genres of fiction and drama.
017 Understand the =
characteristic=20
features of various genres of nonfiction.
018 Understand the =
characteristic=20
features of various forms of poetry.
019 Understand the = historical,=20 social, and cultural aspects of literature including
the=20 ways in which literary works and movements both reflect and = shape
culture and history.
020 Understand = significant themes,=20 characteristics, trends, writers, and works in
American literature from the colonial period to = the=20 present, including literary contributions of women, members of = ethnic=20 minorities, and figures
identified with particular =
regions.
021 Understand major = themes,=20 characteristics, trends, writers, and works in
British and Irish=20 literature.