WIDA Framework
Identify the 6 levels of proficiency in the WIDA framework.
1- Entering
2- Emerging
3- Developing
4- Expanding
5- Bridging
6- Reaching
Define hypothesis testing in language learning.
Learners try out language rules and revise them based on feedback; errors are part of testing their hypotheses.
What are the two parts of a simple sentence?
Subject and predicate.
Define mode in language.
How language is communicated (spoken, written, signed, digital, visual, or multimodal).
What is the first step of any reading lesson?
a phonemic awareness warm up or intro
Name the 4 modalities of language.
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing
What do IRE and IRF stand for?
IRE: Initiation, Response, Evaluation
IRF: Initiation, Response, Follow-up.
What makes a compound sentence?
Two simple sentences joined with a coordinating conjunction.
What is the register continuum?
A range of language styles from frozen and formal to consultative, casual, and intimate.
What is the most critical step of a reading lesson?
Connecting to meaning.
Which modalities are interpretive, and which modalities are expressive?
Interpretive: reading and listening
Expressive: speaking and writing
Which classroom interaction pattern is more conducive to language learning: IRE or IRF?
IRF
What makes a complex sentence?
A dependent clause joined with an independent clause.
Why is it important to teach students academic register?
Students must learn the formal language used in academic contexts.
Not only will this register be how they are assessed, it should be in their linguistic repertoire so they can choose when and when not to use it.
Define phoneme and morpheme.
Phoneme: the smallest unit of sound.
Morpheme: the smallest unit of meaning.
Name the four key language uses in the WIDA framework.
narrate, inform, argue, and explain
Why is “noticing” important in language learning?
Learners must notice the gap between what they produced and the target language form for feedback to be effective.
A dependent clause contains what type of conjunction?
A subordinating conjunction.
What is the mode continuum?
A continuum showing how communication ranges from spoken forms (like conversation) to written forms (like research articles).
Why is English difficult in terms of reading and writing?
English has a deep orthography with many spellings for one sound and many sounds for one spelling; it also preserves word history and meaning.
Identify the three areas of discourse in the WIDA framework.
Organization of Language
Cohesion of Language
Density of Language
What are the limitations of recasts?
Learners may not notice them, and they are not explicit enough to guarantee learning.
Identify the sentence type:
“When I got home, I walked the dog, and I did the laundry.”
Compound-complex sentence.
What does it mean to “shunt students along the mode continuum”?
Gradually moving students from speaking about ideas toward writing about them while reducing contextual support.
Why are multilingual learners sometimes overrepresented in SPED?
On the adult's part: misunderstanding language acquisition, lack of culturally responsive assessment, and confusion between language difference and disability.