Models & Programs
Someone who can only speak and/or understand one language
What is monoglot?
On-going assessments that inform teachers what to do next instructionally.
What is formative assessment?
Oral skills that have three components.
What is oracy?
The theory that human and animal behavior can be explained in terms of conditioning.
What is behaviorism?
Test results that compare student scores to that of other students.
What are norm-referenced texts?
An aspect of a student's expressive oral language proficiency.
What is fluency?
Dynamic language practices of multilinguals.
What is translanguaging?
A type of reliability evidence that test how consistent test items function.
What is internal reliability?
A finding is reported in such a manner that other teachers understand precisely what was done and what was found in a particular research study.
What is empirical literature?
A metaphor for simplifying language without watering down content while protecting ELLs from language demands.
What is sheltered instruction?
The belief that the parts of a test are interconnected and can be explained only by reference to the entire assessment.
What are holistic assessments?
Relating to the comparison of different languages.
What is crosslinguistic analysis?
Teaching English to students who are not yet proficient in the language.
What is ESL instruction?
Indicates the range of trustworthiness of an individual score.
What is SEM (Standard Error of Measurement)?
A cooperating learning structure that encourages small group to problem solve or complete a specific task.
What is concentric circle?