Spanish
This part of speech comes after the noun
What is adjective?
(Ex. la casa grande, the big house)
True or False...Letters are capitalized in Arabic
What is false?
Chinese languages use these and not letters
What are characters/symbols?
This language has the longest alphabet with 74 letters
What is Cambodian?
True or False...Hand gestures commonly used to reinforce speech have similar meanings around the world.
What is false?
Thumbs up is a negative sign in many countries as is the ok sign (thumb and forefinger making a circle)
This letter of the Spanish alphabet is pronounced /b/.
What is v?
English is read and written left to right while Arabic is read and written this way
What is right to left?
In Chinese, these two sounds are interchangeable
What are /r/ and /l/?
Much of the Tagalog language has been influenced by English, Chinese and this language
What is Spanish?
While much of the American grading system is based on letter grades, this is what some countries use to show progress and growth
What are numbers?
'No quiero nada' or 'I don't want nothing' is this and allowed in Spanish
What is a double negative?
'Where he going?' is correct in Arabic because this verb is missing in the present tense
What is 'to be'?
True or False...Singular and plural are not differentiated in Chinese
What is true?
(Ex. one money, one child, one homework)
In French languages, these are formed simply by intonation and not the addition of other words
What are questions?
(i.e. you want to eat?)
A student looking away from a teacher when being spoken to may be exhibiting this
What is a cultural difference in eye contact?
Each vowel in Spanish has this many sounds
What is 1?
Arabic speakers learning English may say ¨Can I bark my car here, blease?" because this letter doesn´t exist in Arabic
What is p?
Chinese speakers learning English may confuse pronouns (he/she, him/her) because of this
What is there are no separate gender pronouns in Chinese?
True or False...German has no silent letters. Each letter used in a word makes a sound.
What is true?
Research about African American culture shows that students often value oral experiences and physical activity (Shade 1989, Hilliard 1989). These approaches may be best for African American students
What is discussions, active projects and collaborative work?
Spanish has about 23 of these while English has around 150
What are prepositions? (on, in, above, below, etc.)
Unlike English, Arabic has only one article that translates to this often used by speakers learning English before nouns (even when not needed)
What is ´the´?
Chinese, a tone language, connects the tone of speaking to this of a word
What is the meaning?
A main difference between Hindi and English is word order. English is subject-verb-object whereas in Hindi the order is this
What is subject-object-verb?
(English - My name is Ram.
Hindi - My name Ram is)
What are visual stimuli, demonstration, reflection and non competitive activities?