Acculturation and Its Role
The term that refers to the process of adapting to a new culture after social integration or immigration.
What is acculturation?
This type of assessment involves observations, interviews, informal conversations with students and families.
What is informal assessment?
This type of assessment helps teachers make quick decisions during a lesson
What is informal assessment?
This type of assessment is recommended for CLD students to reduce anxiety and better capture their true abilities.
What are informal assessments?
What is Fordham's school color?
What is Burgundy/Maroon?
Is acculturation a one-time event or an on-going process?
What is on-going process
Why do we assess acculturation?
What is scaffolds, classroom culture, engagement?
Why should teachers learn about students' families and traditions?
What is to connect lessons to students' lives and cultures?
Instructional placement should consider this, referring to how different a student’s home culture is from the school culture.
What is cultural distance?
What is Fordham's mascot?
What is a ram.
Which pattern means maintaining your culture and avoid the new one?
What is seperation?
What is something evaluated when assessing a student's level of acculturation?
What is language use, social relationships, cultural practices, emotional response?
When students learn new English words for ideas they already know, what are they really doing?
What is learning new labels for familiar ideas?
Home visits and conversations with parents can provide valuable insights into this aspect of a student's development.
What is cultural adjustment (or acculturation)?
Where is Fordham's Graduate School of Education located?
What is Lincoln Center Campus?
Which pattern means keeping both home and new cultures?
What is integration?
What is the name of the formal assessment to assess acculturation?
How can teachers make CLD students feel welcome and safe in class?
What is showing respect for their language and culture?
This emotional response to a new culture can negatively affect performance on formal assessments for CLD students.
What is acculturative stress (or culture shock)?
Name a famous actor who is a Fordham Alumni
Who is Denzel Washington?
Which pattern means rejecting both cultures?
What is Marginalization?
What two context may show different acculturation patterns?
What is home vs school? What is academic vs social language?
Why might traditional tests be unfair for some CLD students?
What is because they may not match the students' cultural background or learning style?
This status is a key factor when determining if CLD students need language support programs.
What is acculturation status?
This was Fordham’s original name when it was founded in 1841.
What is St. John’s College?