Language & Identity
Allows people to communicate their beliefs, value and traditions while also connecting people with their communities.
How does language help people express themselves?
What does American culture and schools prioritize in 2nd language acquisition?
Monolingualism after learning English
This is what ESOL stands for:
What is English for Speakers of Other Languages?
What is the top spoken language by English-language learners in the US?
(Bonus if you know the other languages that follow it!)
What is Spanish? (+ Arabic, Chinese, and Vietnamese)
What is Ebonics or AAVE?
Ebonics or AAVE is a dialect from African Americans with its own sentence structures that differs from Standard American english.
This is the age at which ESOL can begin to be offered:
What is 4 years old?
What is 400 languages!
What group of people were that were targeted in a government-funded institutions established to forcibly assimilate its children into mainstream white-American culture?
Native Americans and Indigenous people
These are the 4 skills ESOL can help develop proficiency in:
What is reading, writing, listening and speaking?
This is the difference between a multilingual and English-language learner:
What is one can speak two or more languages already while the other is actively learning English on top of their first language?
Dialects are accents but with an emphasis on the group/region it is from
This is the largest drawback of ESOL classrooms:
What is the pull-out method, or ESOL students missing general instruction time?
This is a challenge of multilingual and English-language learners:
What is 1. they learn a language while also learning academic content / 2. there is a lack of bilingual teachers / 3. they may face judgement or confusion from peers / 4. tests may not be available in their spoken language
Why is code-switching for African Americans common for their experience in academia and the workplace?
racial bias and social expectation for conformity in the English language
This is a teacher strategy that can be used in an ESOL setting:
What is 1. assistive technology / 2. using multi-subject vocab / 3. promoting using native languages as a strength / 4. using visual/physical materials
This is the amount of multilingual or English-language learner students in the US:
10% or ~5 million