Language Learning Models
This model uses practice and repetition like flashcards or drills.
What is the Behaviorist model?
What does BICS stand for?
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
What's it called when a student uses English and their home language together in class?
What is code-switching?
This idea says humans are born ready to learn language and just need exposure to it.
What is the Innatist model?
BICS usually takes this long for language learners to develop.
What is 1–2 years?
What’s one thing teachers can use to support students while learning?
What is a visual aid or sentence starter?
This model says we learn best by talking with others and using language in real situations.
What is the Interactionist model?
What does CALP stand for?
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
What’s it called when we use both languages to think, learn, and express ourselves?
What is translanguaging?
A bilingual program where both English and a student's first language are used equally.
What is the Dual Language program?
CALP takes this many years to fully develop for language learners.
What is 5–7 years?
What are “funds of knowledge”?
What are the skills, languages, and cultures students bring from home?
A program that starts in a student’s first language, then slowly switches to English instruction.
What is the Transitional Bilingual program?
Why might a student seem fluent in conversation but still struggle in school?
What is the difference between casual language and academic language?
How can a teacher support a student when they’re not allowed to speak their home language in class?
What is using pictures, gestures, or group work that helps students still feel supported?