Acronyms
SLA
Second Language Acquisition
How many vocabulary tiers are there?
Three
Most reading material, such as content-related texts, relies on an assumption of common ______ and ______.
prior knowledge and experiences
SIOP
Sheltered Instructional Observation Protocol
This tier consists words like summarize, analyze, classify, compare, or diagram.
Tier 2
What can you use instead of the traditional KWL?
KWHL or KWHLAQ
CALP
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
This tier has words with many Greek or Latin roots.
Tier 3
Festivals, Fashion, Flags, Food, Folklore, and Famous People are examples of
What are examples of surface-level culture?
BICS
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
Most process and function words are in this tier.
Tier 2
Communication styles and rules are examples of...
deeper elements of Culture
KWHLAQ
Know, Want to learn, How I'll find out, What I Learned, What Action I'll take, what Further questions do I have
These words have more than one meaning and depend highly on context.
Polysemous
Students from culturally diverse backgrounds may struggle due to a mismatch in what?
Schema