General Knowledge
Language Programs
Learning Theories
Name That Theorist
Language Facts and Others
100

Students whose first language isn't English and may have difficult home situations which can affect their academic success.

What is an ELL or English Language Learner?

100

The three "additive" program models.

What are Late Exit or Maintenance Programs, Enriched Programs, and Bilingual Dual-Language Education?

100

According to Schumann's Acculturation Model, these cause "Psychological Distance"

What is motivation, attitude, and culture shock? 

100

A theorist who believes that failing to acquire language is failing to accumulate to society well.

Who is Schumann? 

100

The three functions of language.

What is referential, expressive, and integrative? 

200

If a student decides to change their name this is what a teacher should do.

What is respect the student's choices?
200

This program has no support for ELLs.

What is the English Immersion Program?

200

Input helps with the initial language acquisition while output helps with gaining and learning the academic content

What is Krashen's Input Hypothesis? 

200

This theorist believed that language should be a functional resource.

What is Derewianka? 

200

"The conscious and reflective blend of content and process intended to enhance equity across multiple social identity groups (e.g. race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability) faster critical perspectives." 

What is Social Justice in Education?

300

What we should never do when thinking of a students culture

What is assuming something about a student or person in relation to their culture or identity?

300
This program uses teachers with ESOL endorsement and no other languages but English is used.

What is the Structure English Immersion Program? 

300
This theory states that language is a functional resource and is based on the context, what we are talking about, and who we are talking to.

What is Holliday's Language View?

300

This theorist believed that language was acquired through a natural order.

What is Krashen? 

300

The conversational language skills that come before academic language proficiency.

What is BICS or Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills? 

400

According to the Migration Policy Fact Sheet, the ratio of Kindergarteners who come from a linguistically diverse home

What is 1 out of 5 Kindergarteners?

400

The two programs who's differences lie in "instruction"

What is ESL Pullout Traditional Instruction and ESL Pullout and Push-in Content Instruction?

400

Language is a type of action that is deeply engraved in our everyday lives. 

What is Van Lier and Walqui Language Model? 

400

This theorist believes that language is a result of various social interactions.

What is Halliday? 

400

What a speaker can do under the best circumstances.

What is Grammatical Competence? 

500

Chomsky's view on Language Performance

What is Competence does not always equal Performance?

500
This program is subtractive, uses language acquisition research that L1 is important but cuts it off early, and lead to segregation and lack of community.

What is the Early Exit or Transitional Bilingual Education?

500

Language focused on grammatical structure rather than the natural order of acquisition can lead to Performance exceeding competence

What is Krashen's Natural Order Hypothesis? 

500

They believe in Language in Action

What is Van Lier and Walqui?

500

The types of Linguistic Competence

What is Grammatical and Communicative Competence? 

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