What are the levels of English language proficiency?
100
age, level of education in L1, amount of exposure
What are the factors which impact seond language acquisition?
100
Students take time to process language and then turn to a partner and tell them their answer.
What is Think-Pair-Share?
200
wait time, clarify key concepts in L1, frequent opportunities to talk, and group configuration
What is Interaction?
200
social and instructional, language of language arts, math, science and social studies
What are the standards?
200
three to seven years
How long does it take to acquire academic language?
200
After teachers lecture for 10 - 15 minutes, students have the opportunity to discuss the information or complete assignments together.
What is Chunk and Chew?
300
conect to prior knowledge, connect to background experience, emphasize key vocabulary
What is Building Background?
300
activities that help to differentiate instruction according to proficiency level
What are the can-do descriptors?
300
words that look the same and have similar meanings across langauges
What are cognates?
300
Students work in cooperative groups.They each have a number. When the teacher calls the number the person in the group with that number has to answer the question.