Engagement
Language Learning
Background
Guidelines and Strategies
Vocab
100

When people talk to each other

What is social interaction?

100
Two-way negotiation of meaning

What is social interaction?

100

The most spoken language in WA state schools after English

What is Spanish?

100

What pictures and charts are called

What are visuals?

100

Gathering information about students.

What is needs assessment?

200

When students see something as familiar or novel they may be this...

What is interested?

200

Teachers and peers may supply this essential information

What is feedback?

200

The % of WA public school students that are MLLs 

What is 23%?
200

This strategy involves posting vocabulary with supporting information around the room

What's a word wall?
200
A word for a people's lifestyle

What is culture?

300

When students perceive that something is relevant to their lives, they may find it this

What is authentic?

300

It consists of opportunities for speaking, writing, and even drawing (2 words)

What is comprehensible output?

300

The number of language groups represented in WA state schools

What is 96?

300

Researchers recommend doing this with vocabulary before lessons

What is pre-teaching?

300

Learning goals that describe what students should know and be able to do at each grade level in core academic subjects  

What are standards?

400

When students are given choices, they may experience this

What is autonomy-structure balance?

400

It includes listening and reading, and also charts and other graphics (2 words)

What is comprehensible input?

400

The official language of both Washington State and the United States.

What is there isn't one?

400

This strategy involves linking new material to students' existing experiences and cultures

What is creating/connecting to background knowledge?

400

The specific content and method used to teach standards 

What is curriculum?

500

When students can identify the task difficulty and perceive it to be achievable, they may experience this

What is challenge/skills balance?

500

This means being conciously aware

What is noticing?

500

The top reason that MLLs drop out of schoo

What is high stakes testing?

500

This strategy means showing students how to do something before they do it

What is modeling?

500

A specific, measurable statement that defines what a student will know or be able to do after a learning experience

What is an objective?

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