Language Theories
Which famous thinker proposed the language theory that we are simply born with innate knowledge?
Who is Plato
How many stages of second-language acquisition are there?
What is six stages.
What is comprehensible input?
Comprehensible input is an instructional technique from Dr. Stephan Krashen. It suggests that we acquire language only when we understand the message (what people say or what you read). The technique suggests for educators to teach language that is slightly above a students current level of understanding, they should understand some but not all of the language. The teacher can however use visual cues (drawings or acting out) to help fill in the gaps of understanding.
What does LAD stand for and who is connected to this term?
What is Language Acquisition Device and who is Chomsky. Chomsky believed that humans are born with the ability to learn language because of a LAD.
What stage of language acquisition is associated with the student speaking in short words and sentences and relying on context clues.
What is the Speech Emergent stage.
Name the BC ELL levels in order.
Beginning, Developing, Expanding, Consolidating, and Bridging
Tabula Rasa is latin for what?
Talking slower, using visual aids, and connecting ELL students who speak the same language with one another, are all strategies that would best be used in which language acquisition stage?
What is pre-production. In the pre-production stage (or the silent period) the student would be very limited in their comprehension and verbal output.
Which BC ELL level would be associated with the silent period of language acquisition?
What is the beginning level.
Schumann created the Acculturation Model and examined 8 ways that people determine whether a culture is similar or not to their own. These 8 factors will influence the ability for language-learning to occur. Name one of the 8 ways he outlined.
1. Attitude Factor
2. Cohesiveness
3. Cultural Congruence
4. Enclosure
5. Integration Pattern
6.Intended Length of Residence
7. Size Factor
8. Social Dominance
At which stage should you start to correct a students language? Early Production, Speech Emergent, or Intermediate Fluency?
What is the intermediate fluency stage. Teachers should start providing corrections at the beginning fluency stage.
True or False: The BC ELL standards have different language proficiency expectations and characteristics depending on what grade a student is in?
True. They are broken into the following age groups: Primary (K-gr 3), Intermediate (gr 4-7), and Secondary (gr 8-12).
Simply put, this French philosopher believed you simply had to find the similarities between your home language and your target language and manipulate your mind to learn a language
Who is Descartes.
A student who is Bridging overall by BC ELL standards would likely be at what language acquisition stage?
What is the intermediate or advanced fluency stage.
What three language skills do the BC ELL standards evaluate?
Reading, Writing, and Oral language.