Bililgualism and its Funding
Who funds Bilingualism in schools?
Federal Government.
What is the meaning of ELL ?
English Language Leaner
Bilingulas tend to multitask better than monolinguals ?
True
What percentage of states required recruitment and enrollement materials ro be availlable in languages other than english ?
37%
What is the defination of the term Lantix?
Gender Neutral alternative for Latino or Latina
What US president proposed allocating federal funds to be used for the Preschool for All intiative?
Barack Obama
What is another name for ELL or LOTE students?
Emergent Bilinguals
The New York Department of Education rejected the term emergent multilingual learners to refer to preschool students
False
Has there been an increase or decerease in the percent of Lote speakers whom have been identified at Emergent Bilingual Learners over the years?
Decreased
What test measures a small sample of the broadest concepts of intelligence?
IQ test
At what point did the expasnsion of funding come in to being for supporting bilingual programs?
When the US population set records due to its racial, ethnic and linguisitc diversty.
What race has the highest Emergent Bilingual student population in public schools?
Hispanic
With accurate knoweldge about language development teachers can broaden their statrageies and implement more effective approaches.
True
Which Latnix national group has the highest percentage of emergent bilingual students?
Houndurans with 17.3%
Name two out of the five largest school disticts in the country with the largest population of Latnix students
Los Angelos and Miami Dade County
Where does most of the educatonal inequities stem from in regards to emergent bilinguals?
Policymakers and educators lack of understanding bilingualism themselves.
Which associations advised that the curriculum used in preschools should be responsive to and support children with non English home languages?
National Association of Education Children ( NAEYC) and the National Association Of Early Childhood Specialist ( NAECS/SDE)
It is important to track the the number of children who are classified as English Language Learners uopn kindergarten entry to note their progress from Pre-K?
True
It is important to track the the number of children who are classified as English Language Learners uopn kindergarten entry to note their progress from Pre-K?
South Carolina with 800% increase
Where has there been the greatest increase of emergent bilinguals in schools?
High School aged Students
What is the name of the funding initiative that called for states to develop coordinated sysytems of early care and education to address and track issuses of bilingualism?
Race To The Top Early Learning Challenge ( RTT-ELC)
At what stage of education should students be encourage to use their bilingual abilities in the classroom?
Preschool
The most valuabe opportunity to launch the educational trajctory of childrenn from the best possible foundation happens in Kindergarten
False
What percentage of immagrant studnets in the United States are Lantix ?
58%
At which threshold do children have age appropriate competence in one but not two languages, where they are unlikley to be positive or negative cognitive consequences.
Second Threshold - Less balanced Bilinguals