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Around the Globe - Australia
100

This language is spoken by the greatest number of students in the ESL program (Bialik et al., 2018)

What is Spanish?

100

This patriot believed that Americanization can be achieved through education which prioritized the English language (Cavanaugh, 1996)

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

100

This type of teaching style employs the use of both ESL educators and general classroom teachers which provides for efficiency in scheduling and planning (Duke & Mabbott, 2001)

What is the pull-in (inclusion) model?

100

Within this separate ESL classroom, English learners have limited connections with general education students (Duke & Mabbott, 2001)

What is a self-contained ESL classroom?

100

This precipitated Australia’s population growth following the conclusion of the Second World War to now, bringing about a rise in the quantity of English language learners (Oliver et al., 2017)

What is immigration?

200

The level of education where the majority of ESL students reside (Bialik et al., 2018)

What is elementary education?

200

This 1889 act required mandatory attendance and English-only teaching (Cavanaugh, 1996)

What is the Compulsory Education Law?

200

This ESL educational model promotes the teaching of two languages concurrently, succeeding in reducing the education deficit and segregation (Johnson, 2020)

What is dual language education?

200

Within this education model, ESL students run the risk of being left out of general education classroom instruction or having their primary teacher fail to collaborate with the ESL instructor (Duke & Mabbott, 2001)

What is the pull-out model?

200

This Australian legislation supported policies that advocated for the linguistic development of recent arrivals to the country (Oliver et al., 2017)

What is Immigration Education Act of 1971?

300

The states with the largest number of ESL students include New Mexico, California, and which other state (“Fast facts,” 2023)

What is Texas?

300

This agency’s correspondence in the 1950’s encouraged schools to adopt policies that emphasize the continued use of a child’s mother tongue (Cavanaugh, 1996)

What is UNESCO?

300

This form of ESL instruction employs the use of a teacher with training in the establishment of a second language, in addition to covering the overall curriculum in an isolated classroom (Duke & Mabbott, 2001)

What is an English language development program?

300

This belief states that those students who are working to acquire proficiency in English from a dual language program are more likely to comprehend concepts in their native language and later translate this idea to English (Johnson, 2020)

What is Transfer Theory?

300

This Australian initiative classified ESL educators as a distinct entity in the school system, beginning in 1971 (Oliver et al., 2017)

What is the Child Migrant Education Program?

400

The states with the fewest number of ESL students include New Hampshire, Wyoming, Montana, Vermont, and which other state (“Fast facts,” 2023)

What is West Virginia?

400

This Supreme Court decision in 1974 ordered the availability of specialized instruction for English language learners (Duke & Mabbott, 2001)

What is Lau v. Nichols?

400

This particular form of an English language development program is meant to act as a temporary bridge between a child’s home country and the US (Duke & Mabbott, 2001)

What is a newcomer class?

400

In the pull-in (inclusion) model, this is the main obstacle that ESL students endure when in the presence of native English speakers (Duke & Mabbott, 2001)

What is free expression of language?

400

This entity took on the responsibility of covering the expenses of schooling English language learners in 1997 when the national government of Australia ceased to cover the costs (Oliver et al., 2017)

What is the state government?

500

The immigration status of the greatest number of English language learners (Bialik et al., 2018)

What is US citizen?

500

This advocate for educational reform felt that migrant youth should be permitted to obtain instruction in their first language (Cavanaugh, 1996)

Who is John Pelton?

500

This Minnesota-based ESL program emphasizes mainstream teaching with minimal pull-out periods, resulting in the positive effects of enhanced reading and math scores (Duke & Mabbott, 2001)

What is TESOL Inclusion Program (TIP)?

500

Within the dual language educational curriculum, this is the primary shortcoming (Johnson, 2020)

What is a lack of long-term learning growth?

500

This Australian Minister of Education argued that English instruction within the Australian Language and Literacy Policy was paramount (Oliver et al., 2017)

Who is John Dawkins?