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A practical guide to the 2 hour 30 minute Praxis 5038 exam, including literature, informational texts, rhetoric, language use, vocabulary, writing, speaking, listening, and selected-response pacing.
Praxis 5038 is a selected-response ELA content exam for prospective secondary teachers. A strong plan balances literary and informational reading, language and vocabulary, writing process, research, speaking and listening, instruction, and assessment topics.
Use these ETS structure points to organize English Language Arts Content Knowledge preparation.
ETS lists 2 hours and 30 minutes with 130 selected-response questions.
Reading has about 49 questions and 38% of the examination.
Language Use and Vocabulary has about 33 questions and 25% of the examination.
Writing, Speaking, and Listening has about 48 questions and 37% of the examination.
The Reading category includes literature, informational texts, and rhetoric. Review major works and authors, literary contexts, genre conventions, theme, textual evidence, literary elements, figurative language, poetic devices, reading strategies, literary theory, central ideas, organization, rhetoric, claims, and source use.
Language Use and Vocabulary covers grammar, usage, mechanics, syntax, language variation, word meaning, context, morphology, semantic relationships, and vocabulary instruction. These questions reward precision rather than general ELA familiarity.
Writing, Speaking, and Listening covers modes of writing, audience, purpose, research, source reliability, revision, assessment, feedback, discussion, oral communication, and instruction that responds to student backgrounds and needs.
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Praxis English Language Arts: Content Knowledge 5038 measures standards-relevant knowledge for prospective secondary English Language Arts teachers. ETS lists a 2 hour 30 minute computer-delivered exam with 130 selected-response questions.
HiraEdu prepares candidates around the official ETS blueprint: Reading has about 49 questions and 38% of the examination, Language Use and Vocabulary has about 33 questions and 25%, and Writing, Speaking, and Listening has about 48 questions and 37%. The exam is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and covers literature, informational texts, rhetoric, conventions of standard English, vocabulary development, writing, speaking, and listening.
ETS lists a 2 hour 30 minute time limit for Praxis 5038.
The official ETS study companion lists 130 selected-response questions.
The categories are Reading, Language Use and Vocabulary, and Writing, Speaking, and Listening.
Reading is about 38%, Language Use and Vocabulary is about 25%, and Writing, Speaking, and Listening is about 37% of the examination.
No. ETS lists Praxis 5038 as a 130-question selected-response exam, unlike Praxis 5039, which includes constructed-response questions.
Plan study around Reading at 38%, Language Use and Vocabulary at 25%, and Writing, Speaking, and Listening at 37%.
Review major U.S., British, World, non-Western, and young adult literature alongside genre forms, movements, and historical contexts.
Practice grammar, usage, mechanics, syntax, dialect, register, vocabulary, context clues, roots, affixes, and figurative meaning.
Complete selected-response sets under 150-minute pacing and tag each miss by ETS category and content topic.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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